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Elizabeth is well known for her design “’Mud Crab” Rrugurrgurda, which relates to the ancestral story of large mud crabs in the mangrove near her family homeland on Blyth River. Elizabeth artistic talent comes from her mother who is an artist for the iconic Desert Designs label. Elizabeth designed and sewed outfits for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. This is Elizabeth’s first linocut design depicting fish and a fish trap. She has a natural talent for print design and took the care to make her line tile an interlocking repeat design. Elizabeth has printed dark purple and blue on a chartreuse/lime green fabric. She has a natural flair for creating edgy colour combinations.

Categories: Babbarra Women’s Centre

Name: Elizabeth Wullunmingu

Language: English, Burarra

Community: Maningrida

Biography:

‘I drew on the inspiration of my mothers designs.’ Elizabeth Wullunmingu 2021

Elizabeth was born in Darwin. She started sewing and designing at Bábbarra in 2010 and is a key member of the sewing team. Elizabeth is well known for her design the “’Mud Crab” Rrugurrgurda, which relates to the ancestral story of large mud crabs in the mangrove near her family homeland on Blyth River.

Elizabeth artistic talent comes from her mother Doris Gingingara who painted textile prints for Desert Designs in the 1980's. Her colourful line work is reflected in Elizabeth own crab design Barnkabarra* (mud crabs) *Kuninjku. Elizabeth designed and sewed outfits for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. 

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