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Arlepe – Prickly Wattle

Town Camp Designs is a collection of products created by Ewyenper Atwatye, Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists.


We are a 100% Aboriginal owned and run art centre. All sales directly support the artists, with all profit going towards artists fees and future projects. 

This design depicts arlepe or prickly wattle in Arrernte language.

The design was created by Ewyenper Atwatye artists from (Hidden Valley Town Camp). Ewyenper Atwatye is the Central Arrernte place name for Hidden Valley, and the chosen name for the textile enterprise established by the community of Hidden Valley Town Camp in 2015. It is a satellite project of Tangentyere Artists. Each year, Tangentyere Artists run workshops in collaboration with the community, and out of these workshops new designs are released at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair in August and Desert Mob in Alice Springs every September.

All Ewyenper Atwatye Artists’ products are ethically produced on high quality, natural fabrics. Sales directly support Ewyenper Atwatye, with the profit returning to artist fees and investment in future projects.

 

Categories: Tangentyere Artists

Name: Loretta Neil


Language: Arrernte



Biography:

Born at Alice Springs grew up in Lltyentye Apurte when it was still the Santa Teresa Mission. Loretta had five children, four boys and a girl. They have all married up and moved on. Two of her sons live in Queensland. Loretta moved a long time ago to Hidden Valley Community where she was surrounded by many other former Santa Teresa Mission and Community residents. 

Since 2016, Loretta has been a leader in the Ewyenper Atwatye screenprinting and textile project. In 2019 her  'Arlepe' prickly wattle design went into production on silk scarves and was also made into a cotton voile wrap dress which was part of From Country to Couture in Darwin and the Desert Mob symposium in Alice Springs. 


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