icy pole colours on hot day gotta have icy pole if you out doors on hot day cool colours.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 77 x 57cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
icy pole colours on hot day gotta have icy pole if you out doors on hot day cool colours.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 77 x 57cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
weaving with raffia different dryed colours no need no cotton.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 57 x 77cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
weaving with raffia different dryed colours no need no cotton.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 57 x 77cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
weaving with raffia different dryed colours no need no cotton.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 57 x 77cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
washing raffia in hot sun to dry out shows all colours wash out.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 77 x 57cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
washing raffia in hot sun to dry out shows all colours wash out.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 77 x 57cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
washing raffia in hot sun to dry out shows all colours wash out.
Art Centre notes:
This artwork is a unique state, monotype screen print printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag paper with strong archival properties.
Paper size: 77 x 57cm
Printed at Northsite Print Studio, Cairns, January 2026
Print Assistant; Dian Darmansjah.
Work 3 of 9 drawings
Ngaldjorlhbo (Mother of Everything)
Short Statement:
(And the old lady Ngaldjorlhbo says:) ‘then I made this’
She was carrying her own dillybag and was walking slowly and she kept looking at Country. She made the rocks, the rivers. In the same way she made the fish and she also made the animals and the butterflies. She kept on creating all this while walking.
She made the water spirit mermaids from the sea.
She made the mimih spirits – the spirit of the rocks.
She created Djarnbokkorn, the sacred dog.
She created Ngalng, the yabby.
She made Namorrorddo – the shooting star spirit.
She made the freshwater mermaids.
She made Ngalyod (rainbow serpent).
Then she made all the humans.
Djerrk (Bush String Bag) is a flexible, open weave bag made from the bark of Balgurr (red-flowered Kurrajong) but can also be made using Banyan Tree or the Cocky Apple Tree.
The bark is harvested by cutting sections of the tree from the trunk. Depending on the size of the tree, this can involve removing small sections or the whole trunk. The inner bark is then softened by being beaten or chewed, then dyed.
Bula’bula weavers exclusively use natural dyes, derived from locally sourced roots, leaves and grasses. These pigments are extracted and infused into dried balgurr fibres by boiling over an open fire, producing the rich, vibrant colours characteristic of contemporary Yolŋu weavings.
Once dyed, the fibre is separated into fine strips the rolled on the thigh to create a rope, otherwise known as bush string. The bush string is woven and knotted to create the Djerrk (String Bag). This bag was used for every day utilitarian purposes, particularly collecting bush foods.