July 2024

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Poppet purse S

FABRIC ARTWORK

This product was screenprinted by Yolŋu art workers at Bula’Bula Arts. We print small batches of tea towels, tshirts and fabric lengths by hand because we love putting Yolŋu designs on everyday items – especially ones that balanda (non-Yolŋu) use! Due to the lovely handmade nature of this product, print quality may vary.

 Available in four fabric designs and multiple colourways:

• Dawurrmonuk (itchy caterpillar) by Evonne Gayuwrri
• Lidjilidji (Crimson Finch) by Andrew Wanamilil
• Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) by Peter Gambung
• Ngambi (limestone) spear by Shannon Ashley

Manymak (very good)! Buying Bula’Bula Arts products helps us build a sustainable income source for our 150 artists and artworkers from Ramingining and surrounding outstations.

 

WORKING WITH FLYING FOX FABRICS 

We work with Flying Fox Fabrics, a small social enterprise based in Darwin. Flying Fox Fabrics, make and sell accessories, clothing and homewares from fabrics designed by Aboriginal artists which have been hand printed in Australia. They work in partnership with Aboriginal artists and fair trade organisations in Cambodia that train and employ disabled artisans.

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Ramingining Tshirt

It gets pretty hot up in the top end, so you need to look as cool as possible to counteract those 30 degree+ days. Enter this shirt from Bula’bula which is not only good looking, but also teaches you how to actually spell Ramingining!

100% cotton.

Made in collaboration with MCA, Sydney.

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‘Manymak natha’ (good food)

Perfect the art of cooking in our ‘Manymak natha’ apron – it means ‘good food’! The design is made from three original artworks and features traditional Yolgnu bush foods from both freshwater and saltwater sources.

Cotton drill apron with pocket and adjustable straps.

ARTISTS

• Nyoka (crab), Benjamin Garrawurra
• Wuldulbal/badju (bream), JB Fisher
• Dakawa (yabby), Peter Gambung 

Manymak (very good)!

This product helps build a sustainable source of income for Yolŋu artists and art workers at Bula’Bula Arts.

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Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) by Angela Malibirr

• Screenprinted tea towel with Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) design 
• 100% linen
• 70 x 50cm
• Available in black and flax colours 

Manymak (very good)! This product helps build a sustainable source of income for Yolŋu artists and art workers at Bula’Bula Arts.

ARTWORK STORY

Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) are a totemic species significant to the Gupapuyngu clan of the Yirritja moiety. They are represented through storylines and songlines during ceremonial practises. Lorrpu can be found in large flocks across the Arafura Swamp.

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Banami (brolga) by Billy Black

Screenprinted tea towel with Banami (brolga) design
100% linen
70 x 50cm
Available in black and flax colours 

Manymak (very good)! This product helps build a sustainable source of income for Yolŋu artists and art workers at Bula’Bula Arts.

ARTWORK STORY 

Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and are referred to as totems. This is one of the artists totems.

Brolgas have very long legs, which are grey to black. The Brolga is omnivorous meaning that they will feed on both plant and animal matter. They will eat a variety of wetland plants, insects and amphibians, and have also been known to eat mice. They are seen in the Wetlands of Arnhem Land.

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Gurrumattji (magpie geese) by Selena Malibirr

Manymak (very good)! This product helps build a sustainable source of income for Yolŋu artists and art workers at Bula’Bula Arts.

• Screenprinted linen tea towel with Gurrumatji (Magpie Geese) design 
• 100% linen
• 70cm x 50cm
• Available in black and flax colours 

 

ARTWORK STORY 

The Yolngu people of Arnhem Land originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘Spiritual Reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (Creative Beings) long ago close to the beginning of time.

The creator beings moved across the country side, shaping the land and implanting in each tract of country, the spiritual life force for the people who were to own it. These Creative Spirits took many forms. When they gave the land to each group they also gave songs, dances, ceremony, the associated laws and language. The Creation story for Ganalbingu people took place near the middle section of the Glyde River where it becomes the Goyder River. Their land, Ngaliyindi, sits astride the Arafura Swamp in Central Arnhem Land.

In this painting, the artist has depicted Gurrumattji (magpie geese), which are sacred to the Ganalbingu people. To the east of the Arafura Swamp is a freshwater billabong which is said to have been made by the Goose Spirit and is in the shape of a goose nest. As a result, geese, their eggs and their nests are sacred.

 

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Nelly clutch

This zippered clutch with detachable wrist strap was made with fabric that was screenprinted by Yolŋu art workers at Bula’Bula Arts. We print small batches of tea towels, tshirts and fabric lengths by hand because we love putting Yolŋu designs on everyday items – especially ones that balanda (non-Yolŋu) use! 

• Zippered clutch with detachable wrist strap 
• Fully lined with internal zippered pocket
• 21cm x 16cm

FABRIC STORY

The Nelly clutch is available in four fabric designs and multiple vibrant colour combinations:

• Dawurrmonuk (itchy caterpillar) by Evonne Gayuwrri
• Lidjilidji (Crimson Finch) by Andrew Wanamilil
• Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) by Peter Gambung
• Ngambi (limestone) spear by Shannon Ashley

Due to the lovely handmade nature of this product, print quality may vary.

WORKING WITH FLYING FOX FABRICS 

We work with Flying Fox Fabrics, a small social enterprise based in Darwin. Flying Fox Fabrics, make and sell accessories, clothing and homewares from fabrics designed by Aboriginal artists which have been hand printed in Australia. They work in partnership with Aboriginal artists and fair trade organisations in Cambodia that train and employ disabled artisans.

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Zara purse (large)

The Zara Purse is a small zippered back made with fabric that was screenprinted by hand by Yolŋu art workers at Bula’Bula Arts. We print small batches of tea towels, tshirts and fabric lengths by hand because we love putting Yolŋu designs on everyday items – especially ones that balanda (non-Yolŋu) use! Due to the lovely handmade nature of this product, print quality may vary.

• 27cm x 17cm
• Fully lined with internal zipper pocket 
• Made with screenprinted fabric designed and printed by Bula’bula artists 

The Zara Purse is available in four fabric designs and multiple vibrant colour combinations:

• Dawurrmonuk (itchy caterpillar) by Evonne Gayuwrri
• Lidjilidji (Crimson Finch) by Andrew Wanamilil
• Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) by Peter Gambung
• Ngambi (limestone) spear by Shannon Ashley

WORKING WITH FLYING FOX FABRICS 

We work with Flying Fox Fabrics, a small social enterprise based in Darwin. Flying Fox Fabrics, make and sell accessories, clothing and homewares from fabrics designed by Aboriginal artists which have been hand printed in Australia. They work in partnership with Aboriginal artists and fair trade organisations in Cambodia that train and employ disabled artisans.

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Zara purse (small)

• Screenprinted fabric from Bula’Bula 
• Fullly lined with internal zipper pocket 
• 22cm x 13cm

FABRIC STORY 

This product was screenprinted by Yolŋu art workers at Bula’Bula Arts. We print small batches of tea towels, tshirts and fabric lengths by hand because we love putting Yolŋu designs on everyday items – especially ones that balanda (non-Yolŋu) use! Due to the lovely handmade nature of this product, print quality may vary.

 Available in four fabric designs and multiple vibrant colour combinations:

• Dawurrmonuk (itchy caterpillar) by Evonne Gayuwrri
• Lidjilidji (Crimson Finch) by Andrew Wanamilil
• Lorrpu (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) by Peter Gambung
• Ngambi (limestone) spear by Shannon Ashley

WORKING WITH FLYING FOX FABRICS 

We work with Flying Fox Fabrics, a small social enterprise based in Darwin. Flying Fox Fabrics, make and sell accessories, clothing and homewares from fabrics designed by Aboriginal artists which have been hand printed in Australia. They work in partnership with Aboriginal artists and fair trade organisations in Cambodia that train and employ disabled artisans.

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Sticker Pack

Meet animals and creation spirits from Ramingining, Arnhem Land. These sticker designs are taken from original paintings from incredible Yolŋu artists at Bula’Bula Arts. We love seeing Yolŋu designs on everyday items – especially ones that balanda (non-Yolŋu) use – because we are proud of our culture! It makes us happy to see our stories travel all around the world.

• Materials: High quality PVC. UV protected and water resistant. 
• Use: Suitable for indoor and outdoor use including bumpers, vehicles and windows.
• Designed in Ramingining, Arnhem Land. 

Yo! 10 stickers inside by Bula’bula artists: 

• Guwarrtji (Hawksbill sea turtle) by Peter Gambung
• Warrnyu (Flying Fox) by Andrew Wanamilil
• Wuldulbal/badju (bream) by JB Fisher
• Gananhdharr (egret) by Daniel Warrulukuma
• Gumang (magpie goose) by Angela Malibirr
• Burala (diving duck/oriental darter) by Peter Gambung

Manymak (very good)! This product helps build a sustainable source of income for Yolŋu artists and art workers at Bula’Bula Arts.