Status: Stock
Goorrarndal is the Kija word for brolga. These earrings were designed by Kija artist Rowena Morgan.
Brolgas are one of Rowena’s favourite birds, often seen dancing out on the flood plains of her Country.
Pearl grey acrylic with handpainted charcoal details and green mirror jila (waterhole) with a black organic circle top and stainless steel post
Approx. 10cm in length including top circle.
Name: Rowena Morgan
Language: Gooniyandi, Kija
Community: Halls Creek
Biography:
Rowena was born in Wyndham and grew up on Kija country in Halls Creek. She remembers spending time as a child sitting down in the dirt painting with her Grandmother, who taught her about important Kija knowledge and the stories she should paint. Rowena began learning printmaking at Nagula Jarndu in 2014, transferring her painting skills into block and screen-printed designs. Her artwork draws on aspects of her custodial country; the Lansdowne Ranges region of the East Kimberley; dry desert country, rocky riverbeds, spinifex grasslands and winding hillscapes and waterholes (full and drying up) and the creatures that inhabit these places. Rowena’s textiles are highly sought after and her choice of ochre and muted tones connects audiences further to her country and the specific colours it evokes. She is also a part-time artworker at Nagula Jarndu, facilitating artist studio support and skills development.
Rowena was the winner of the National Indigenous Fashion Award for Textile Design in 2023 and released her first Fashion collection in 2024.
Status: Stock Large Purse Hand sewn in Broome from hand screen printed fabrics designed by Nagula Jarndu artists