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Ngayuku Walka / My Design

Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.

Categories: Ernabella Arts Inc.

Name: Ngunytjima Carroll

Language: Pitjantjatjara

Community: Pukatja

Biography:

Ngunytjima Carroll is the grandson of Tjariya Stanley and the son of Renita Stanley, two important minyma (women) at Ernabella Arts. Ngunytjima has worked at the art centre since the ceramic studio was established in 2003. He began as a maker, building forms for the women to work on. In 2009 he did a residency with other Ernabella Artists at ANU Ceramics Department, and has travelled up to work with Robert Puruntatameri at Munupi Arts. Since the first Wati (men) only workshop at Ernabella in 2011, Ngunytjima has been drawing on his own forms. His work alternates between landscape depictions of the bush, of emus and echidnas and what is considered more traditional markiings on his thrown forms. 'During the week I make pottery and at nights and on the weekend I go hunting. I learnt from my grandfather, hunting, when I was a young fella, before I was a wati. Then when I was a wati, I learnt pottery from Geoff. Geoff Crispin.' In 2012 Ngunytjima began to learn wheel throwing, with Greg Daly, Head of Ceramics Workshop at the Australian National University. Ngunytjima quickly progressed to making large forms on the wheel and has been working tjungu - together - with Derek Thompson in the Ernabella Ceramic Studio. Since 2013 Ngunytjima has concentrated on throwing tall pots for himself, Derek and the senior men to work on. 

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