Lorrkon ‘This is my new lino design, a long time ago when people passed away they used to put bones inside the lorrkon (hollow funeral log). This is an old history story. There is string and feathers on the side, that’s kunyarl. They put parrot feathers on the djerrh (dilly Read more…
River and Rocks A beautiful piece of bush dyed silk. This bright yellow colour has been harvested from the root of the man-kurdudjumuk shrub and dyed on country by Deborah Wurrkidj. “This river we call Mangabo. It is near Gudjarrngarrl homeland of my daughters, Deborah and Jennifer Wurrkidj. We Read more…
Yawkyawk and bush flower Yawkyawk is a word from the Aboriginal Kunwinjku language, meaning ‘young woman’ and ‘young woman spirit being’. Sometimes compared to the European notion of mermaids, yawkyawks are usually depicted with the tails of fish. They have long hair, associated with trailing blooms of algae, typically found Read more…
Hand Made Bag with Lino Fabric Off Cuts Hand made at Babbarra Designs, Maningrida.
Hand Made Bag with Lino Fabric Off Cuts Hand made at Babbarra Designs, Maningrida. Pocked featuring the Lino cut design by Jay Jurrupula Rostron.
Mandjabu – Hand Sewn Tablecloth Kuninjku people traditionally make two sorts of conical fish traps. One is called mandjabu and is made from a strong, durable vine called milil, and a smaller one is called manylik mandjabu, and made from the grass manylik. The mandjabuconical fish trap is bigger and stronger and Read more…
Bolung Bolung (Rainbow Serpent) is from the sacred country of Dukala- Djarranj. This is the country of Jay’s grandparent and a place of great significance, as Bolung, the Rainbow Serpent, travelled through the landscape. Rock art in the area depicts a rotund Bolung.
Hand Made Bag Marilyn’s first screen print design depicts the story of lorrkkon (hollow funeral logs). This the story of her great, great grandfather and grandmother who were bark painters, as well as also sacred lorrkkon painters. When designing this screen print, Marilyn was remembering her childhood living in a Read more…