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.
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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