String bags can vary greatly. Artists commonly use a mix of naturally dyed and undyed fibre to create a striking variation of coloured bands. Some artists also incorporate different types of looping to produce different patterns and textured finishes. Each type of fibre bag, mat, basket and dilly bag has its own name in the various languages spoken in the Maningrida region.
Name: Lulu Laradjbi
Language: Kuninjku
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Lulu Laradjbi is a senior fibre artist born in 1949. Her partner was the acclaimed bark painter Mick Kubarkku. His waterhole djang which he passed on to her often features in her work. Expansive and innovative in scale and composition, Lulu's oeuvre is also inspired her totem the stringray and the yawk yawk spirit being from her country.
Wak Wak “This is two black crows, baby and mother, there are living in the waterhole there, near to Kurrurldul. It’s a dream, longtime, but it’s still there. We call the crow Wak.” – Melba Read more…
