Baskets, Mats and Catfish
This single screen print was designed in 2003 by artist Kate Miwulku (dec).
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Baskets, Mats and Catfish
This single screen print was designed in 2003 by artist Kate Miwulku (dec).
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Bulbuji
I’m Kuku-Yalanji woman. My mum is from Wujal Wujal and my dad is from Laura, Chillagoe and Cooktown. For us Bama (Kuku-Yalanji people), we can’t touch bulbuji or wurarr-wurarr. They are sacred. Bulbuji start flying around once the rains come, they are also maja (boss) for bana (water) and the walkurr (water goanna).
After the rains come everything comes to life. It’s the time when special plants flower and tell us to go hunting for different animals. Everything is connected for us. The plants and animals. Everything.
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Kababina & Kunjuri
I am a Nyungul woman. My art depicts cultural, historical and contemporary stories from my bubu (Country) located in the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat areas in Far North Queensland.
I wanted to paint one of the many lagoons from my Country. A kunjuri (shield) shape represents the lagoon and I have then painted my water lilies floating in the water. This lagoon has lots of long-neck turtles. The spaces between the kababina represent the turtles pushing aside the plants and making corridors as they swim through the water.
There are many species of kababina (water lilies) that grow in the lagoons and wetlands on my bubu (Country). There are lots of different colours, big and small ones.
My father told me that in the old days bama (people) would harvest the water lilies for food. I love going out bush with my family and enjoy looking at the wetlands, plants and animals.
Nature is the inspiration for my artwork. Anne Nunn
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Gunga Mät
My painting depicts a gunga mät (pandanus mat)
I learnt how to weave from my mother and during my time with the Crocodile Islands Junior Rangers. I also learned how to make string bags, dilly bags, earrings and woven mats during a workshop for the
My mum taught me how to make baskets from pandanus using the coiling technique. I would go out with the ladies and collect the middle part of the pandanus tree leaves using a wooden hook made from a long branch. Gunga (pandanus) leaves are very spiky. We strip off the spikes and split the leaves in two with our thumbnails. The gunga is then hung out in the sun to dry. Once dried, some gunga gets dyed with natural dyes using a myriad of roots, leaves and ashes. We make red, yellow, brown, purple, black and green.
We boil the gunga with the bush dyes and then hang and dry out. It’s a very time-consuming process. We use the processed gunga to weave lots of items. To make a mat, we have to start small and then work around the mat. Sometimes, the mats can be very big. Each artist has their own style. For example, some artists like leaving long tassels and others cut them shorter. Each weaver uniquely uses colour.
Making a pandanus mat requires much gunga, and we collect and process it daily! It’s a big job!
I’ve been mostly a weaver but am now trying painting. We might have a go at weaving in Wujal Wujal.
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Hand Print Tea Towels – Set of three
A Bábbarra Designs Xmas special! 100% Linen hand printed tea towels – comes in a set of three.
The team at Bábbarra Women’s Centre have printed a range of archived screen-print designs onto 100% linen tea towels in time for Xmas!
*Please note that your set of three tea towels will be selected by our team and may be different to the listed image.
Being handmade there may be some print variations, making each item unique.
Bábbarra Women’s Centre supports the economic independence of Indigenous women in the Arnhem Land community of Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia. Designs created by the women at Bábbarra reflect strong cultural knowledge, which is passed down to younger generations through their textile design practice.
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Hand Print Tea Towels – Set of three
A Bábbarra Designs Xmas special! 100% Linen hand printed tea towels – comes in a set of three.
The team at Bábbarra Women’s Centre have printed a range of archived screen-print designs onto 100% linen tea towels in time for Xmas!
*Please note that your set of three tea towels will be selected by our team and may be different to the listed image.
Being handmade there may be some print variations, making each item unique.
Bábbarra Women’s Centre supports the economic independence of Indigenous women in the Arnhem Land community of Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia. Designs created by the women at Bábbarra reflect strong cultural knowledge, which is passed down to younger generations through their textile design practice.
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Hand Print Tea Towels – Set of three
A Bábbarra Designs Xmas special! 100% Linen hand printed tea towels – comes in a set of three.
The team at Bábbarra Women’s Centre have printed a range of archived screen-print designs onto 100% linen tea towels in time for Xmas!
*Please note that your set of three tea towels will be selected by our team and may be different to the listed image.
Being handmade there may be some print variations, making each item unique.
Bábbarra Women’s Centre supports the economic independence of Indigenous women in the Arnhem Land community of Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia. Designs created by the women at Bábbarra reflect strong cultural knowledge, which is passed down to younger generations through their textile design practice.
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Hand Print Tea Towels – Set of three
A Bábbarra Designs Xmas special! 100% Linen hand printed tea towels – comes in a set of three.
The team at Bábbarra Women’s Centre have printed a range of archived screen-print designs onto 100% linen tea towels in time for Xmas!
*Please note that your set of three tea towels will be selected by our team and may be different to the listed image.
Being handmade there may be some print variations, making each item unique.
Bábbarra Women’s Centre supports the economic independence of Indigenous women in the Arnhem Land community of Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia. Designs created by the women at Bábbarra reflect strong cultural knowledge, which is passed down to younger generations through their textile design practice.
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Hand Printed Tea Towel – Single
A Bábbarra Designs Xmas special! 100% Linen hand printed tea towels.
The team at Bábbarra Women’s Centre have printed a range of archived screen-print designs onto 100% linen tea towels in time for Xmas!
*Please note that the team at Bábbarra Women’s Centre will select your tea towel and may be different o the listed image.
Being handmade there may be some print variations, making each item unique.
Bábbarra Women’s Centre supports the economic independence of Indigenous women in the Arnhem Land community of Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia. Designs created by the women at Bábbarra reflect strong cultural knowledge, which is passed down to younger generations through their textile design practice.