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Mat, Yam & Dilly Bag

The 2025 Gapu series is the 12th workshop series in Djilpin’s long collaboration with Basil Hall Editions. Djilpin Artists worked, for the first time, with Printmaker Antonia Aitken. Collograph plates were developed by 15 artists over a week in April at Djilpin Arts Centre in Wugularr (Beswick). For Series XII, artists have depicted traditional string and dilly bags, bathi, exploring the place of these artefacts in culture, ceremony and mythology.

Series XII was launched at Honey Bones Gallery, Melbourne in October 2025.

Name: Noreena Ashley


Language: Rittharrngu


Community: Wugularr (Beswick)


Biography:

Noreena is originally from Gapuwiyak, and learned the arts of bush harvesting and weaving there with her sister, mother and grandmother. Noreena creates vibrant fibre mats, baskets, string bags and Mukuy spirit figures, as well as designs for print and textiles. Noreena has exhibited in Melbourne and Darwin and has travelled to Timor-Leste with Djilpin.

 


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