A detailed lino print design depicting a sea turtle surrounded by sea shells.
Elizabeth is from the Burrarra language group and her homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land.
Name: Elizabeth Wullunmingu
Language: Burarra
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Elizabeth Kodjdjan Wullunmingu is an Anbara Burrara woman who grew up on her mother country at the mouth of the Blyth River, east of Maningrida in Arnhem Land.
Elizabeth started working as a sewer for Babbarra Women’s Centre in 2010 and created her first screen print design the same year.
Rrugurrgurda (mud crab) tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland, a peaceful place with plenty of mud crabs and shellfish to eat. Rrugurrgurda and Dakkara are good baladji (bush food) and can be eaten all year round.
Elizabeth artistic talent comes from her mother Doris Gingingara who was an artist for the iconic Desert Designs label in the 1980’s.
Elizabeth designed and sewed outfits for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Her screen print design Rrugurrgurda (Mud Crab) was part of the successful KipandCo x Babbarra homewares collection in 2020.
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…