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Ntaria Cup – Antjatjinya (Camel)
STORY
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This cup has travelled all the way from our pottery studio in the community of Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Western Aranda Country, to you.
Antjatjinya mean camel in Western Aranda. Antja means ‘throat’ and tjinya means ‘long’, so a camel is referred to as a ‘longthroat’, or a humpa. Antjatjinya is good meat, good medicine for the body and for lowering blood pressure, makes you healthy.
Hermannsburg Potters is an Aboriginal owned art centre located at the remote foothills of the MacDonnell Ranges, 130 kilometres west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Taking inspiration from Country, culture, history and day to day life activities the Potters depict family, birds, animals, bush tucker, mission days, stories of Country and current life in Ntaria (Hermannsburg).
Our new range of homewares was designed by the Potters in a series of workshops at Charles Darwin University in Alice Springs, then produced by hand out here at our pottery studio in Ntaria. Each form and painting was created by one of our artists – keep reading to find out more about the artists who made your cup.
ARTISTS
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FORM DESIGN: Karen Inkamala
Karen was born Hermannsburg and is now living in Tijikata.
Coming from Inkamala family who holds a strong legacy in the Pottery, Karen has enjoyed painting throughout her life. Joining the Pottery in 2019 Karen is an emerging artist who exhibits natural handbuilding and slip-casting skills.
PAINTING DESIGN: Rona Rubuntja Panangka
Rona Rubuntja was born in 1970 and is the niece of famous watercolourist and elder Wenten Rubuntja. She joined the Hermannsburg Potters in 1998, and has since established herself as one of the most prominent senior artists of the group, participating in over twenty exhibitions in Australia and internationally, including the highly acclaimed exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria Our Land is Alive: Hermannsburg Potters for Kids in 2015/2016.
Rubuntja’s joyous style is distinctive, humorous and imaginative, and her storytelling ability comes across most strongly in her figurative work. She remains inspired by contemporary life in Ntaria, and her work often includes depictions of cattle and brumbies roaming country, heading out to the outstation in a Toyota, and collecting bush tucker with her extended family.
Rona’s work was shortlisted for the Telstra NATSIAA’s in 2021 and she her work has also been shortlisted in The Design Files Awards for 2021. Rona Rubuntja’s work was selected for the prestigious Shepparton Art Museum Indigenous Ceramic Art Award three times, winning second place in 2008 for her work Palm Valley Muster.
