Name: Dora Diaguma
Language: English, Kuninjku
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Dora Diaguma started working with Bábbarra Designs in 2007, however, due to ill health she is now based at home.
Dora’s designs often depict her djang (ancestral creation stories) and native flora and fauna, such as her popular fabric design Murnubbarr (Magpie Goose).
Kunkurra (Spiral Wind) ‘My designs, they are all alive living up in my head’- Janet Marawarr Janet Marawarr has depicted kunkurra, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, Read more…
Kayawa (baby floor mat) and Lorrkon This design features the Lorrkkon tile by renowned artists and arts worker Raylene Bonson. In a hopscotch pattern, Joy has printed her own Kayawa (baby floor mat) in between.
Yawkyawk and Wak ‘Yawkyawk swim underneath the rock. They always stay there. When the sun comes out they come out from underneath the river, make themselves warm. They sit and they look around. When they Read more…