Linda Gurawana is a Djinang speaker and she calls hunting bag or dilly bag bah-je.
This design was created in 2007 however Babbarra printers keep experimenting with colours and layers to make it fresh.
Name: Linda Gurawana
Language: Djinang
Biography:
Linda Gurawana has been working at Bábbarra Women’s Centre since 2002.
Her favoured print medium is silkscreen, and she often depicts objects that are both sacred and utilitarian, such as dillybags. Linda also works for the Bábbarra Cleaning Crew and is a keen sewer.
MERLEMERLE (BUTTERFLY) and BILLABONG BOLUNG (RAINBOW SERPENT) Wood Block print on handwoven silk, extract print with organic dyes Composition as briefed by Carol Kamanj Liyawanga and Jay Jurrupula Rostron Printed by C. Satish and Tharangini Read more…
MERLEMERLE (BUTTERFLY) and BILLABONG BOLUNG (RAINBOW SERPENT) Wood Block print on handwoven silk, extract print with organic dyes Composition as briefed by Carol Kamanj Liyawanga and Jay Jurrupula Rostron Printed by C. Satish and Tharangini Read more…
Bawáliba and Bush Flower This new design from workshops held in 2022 depicting Bawáliba (stone country mimihs) and dilly bags against a background of loosely placed bush flowers. Lucy has depicted her Bawáliba with werrkno (skin) textures. ‘Bawáliba is Read more…