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Ntaria Cup – Windmill
STORY
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This cup has travelled all the way from our pottery studio in the community of Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Western Aranda Country, to you.
There are alot of windmills around Ntaria.
Hermannsburg Potters is an Aboriginal owned art centre located at the remote foothills of the MacDonnell Ranges, 130 kilometres west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Taking inspiration from Country, culture, history and day to day life activities the Potters depict family, birds, animals, bush tucker, mission days, stories of Country and current life in Ntaria (Hermannsburg).
Our new range of homewares was designed by the Potters in a series of workshops at Charles Darwin University in Alice Springs, then produced by hand out here at our pottery studio in Ntaria. Each form and painting was created by one of our artists – keep reading to find out more about the artists who made your cup.
ARTISTS
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FORM DESIGN: Anita Ratara Mbitjana
Anita Ratara was ‘born bush’ in the alukura (women’s camp) near Hermannsburg in 1943. She is the mother of prominant potter Hayley Coulthard. Anitas youngest daughter Alizha is an emerging artist with her niece Stephanie Ratara, June Campbell and grandson Lawrence Inkamala.
She attended the Hermannsburg Mission school, and later went on to work in the clinic, teaching the young mother’s who had children. She also recalls making moccasins, or ‘fancy work’, for the missionaries.
As a young woman, Anita showed natural ability in the arts and crafts, teaching herself to paint from an early age. She recalls being taught pottery by Naomi Sharp in the early 1990s, when the pottery program was located at the outstations. Anita continues today residing mostly at her outstation, Ipalala, today, but travels into the Pottery most days to continue her love of working with clay.
Anita mostly depicts Palm Valley in her work, the home of the Wily Wagtail Dreaming, who turned into a stone in the desert. Palm Valley is Anita’s grandfather’s Country, and she continues to assert her links with her Country through her art.
PAINTING DESIGN: Stephanie Ratara Ngala
Stephanie was born in Hermannsburg and then spent her early years of childhood at MutiTjulu, Uluru. Stephanie returned to Hermannsburg with her family at age 9. Stepahnie is the niece of senior artist Anita Ratara and cousin to prominent artist Hayley Coulthard.
Stephanie draws on the landscape of Palm Valley, her fathers country. Stephanie is a strong emerging artist and dedicated member of Hermannsburg potters.
