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Stone Axe & Dilly Bag

The 2025 Gapu series is the 12th workshop series in Djilpin’s long collaboration with Basil Hall Editions. Djilpin Artists worked, for the first time, with Printmaker Antonia Aitken. Collograph plates were developed by 15 artists over a week in April at Djilpin Arts Centre in Wugularr (Beswick). For Series XII, artists have depicted traditional string and dilly bags, bathi, exploring the place of these artefacts in culture, ceremony and mythology.

Series XII was launched at Honey Bones Gallery, Melbourne in October 2025.

Categories: Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation

Name: Eric Malibirr

Language: Yolngu, Kriol, Wägilak, Ganalbiŋu, Ritharrŋu

Community: Gapuwiyak

Biography:

Eric learned to paint from his uncle Roy Ashley, father, grandfather and eldest brothers. Eric describes always watching and learning from his teachers. "Seven, eight, or nine learned to paint myself." 

"I can make saltwater story, mother's freshwater story, or swamp area story which is my father side."

"I paint, sometime I do carving too. Sometime I make spear or boomerang. Big log (Larrakitj/Lorrkon)."

Eric is a songman and also dances. "Learned when i was 10, 11 age. Start touring around with my uncle Roy Ashley. I dance Wagilag, Ganalbingu, Bongilingy Bongiliny, Mulada."

Eric works with modern acrylic paint but also has worked with traditional ochres.

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