Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia and brown jute string.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin plaited strap that is closed at the end. It has long tassels below with a Kulap (matchbox seed)
The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Size of bowl: 9 x 10cm
Length of strap: 30cm
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia and tie-dyed cotton twine.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a think plaited strap that is closed at the end.
The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Size of bowl: 9 x 12cm
Length of strap: 30cm
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia, cotton twine and jute string.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thick plaited strap that is closed at the end.
The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Size of bowl: 9 x 11cm
Length of strap: 30
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia and brown jute string.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a think plaited strap that is closed at the end.
The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Size of bowl: 14 x 12cm
Length of strap: 30cm
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia and tie-dyed cotton twine.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin plaited strap that is closed at the end.
The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Size of bowl: 9 x 10cm
Length of strap: 30cm
Yalpirakinu is Adrian’s mother’s country. Adrian’s mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. His artworks consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. Using a restricted colour palette, Adrian’s brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.
I still hunt my Grand Mothers country for goanna, bush medicine and yams.
I hunt all year round, hunting and walking through the country makes me happy. When I look at the distant hills I can feel my grandmother. Bush flowers are everywhere.
Painting and printing my grandmother’s country reminds about those times.
Jeffrey paints his favourite birds that live in the country around Ernabella. These include the kuparu (magpie), partilpa (Port Lincoln ringed neck parrot), kayarkiyarpa (galah), tjintir-tjintirpa (willy wag-tail), piil-piilpa (yellow throated minor) and kuurkuurpa (owls).
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This finely crafted hand woven dragonfly is a cheerful reminder of the real dry season dragonflies.
Signalling in the dry season, dragonflies are ubiquitous with dry winds, cool nights and saying goodbye to the wet season! Our senior fibre artists are continuing to expand their techniques and range with dragonflies and other complex woven forms. Each are unique, hand woven and coloured using natural bush dyes.
Pandanus fibre art is labour intensive requiring a high level of care and fine needlework. Finished works are both functional and beautiful. Women collect pandanus by pulling from the top of a pandanus tree, stripping then dying the leaves using natural bush colour.