Bag Art Centre notes: The basket/bag is made of natural raffia and jute. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin strap. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. Size of bowl: 6cm x 9cm Length of strap: 40cm
Bag Art Centre notes: The basket/bag is made of natural raffia and jute. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin strap, the strap is adjustable. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. Size of bowl: 5cm x 9cm Length of strap: 53cm
Bayaderra Bayaderra swimming towards the river bank’s sand ridge to lay eggs after a cultural burn off on country. The burn-off creates a clear path for the Broad shell or Long Neck turtle to lay eggs The wattle blooms it’s flowers then the grubs come up out of the ground. Read more…
Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and are referred to as totems. For this, Serena has woven a stingray.
Mindirr (Pandanus Bag) Miṉḏirr (dilly bags) are made from gunga (Pandanus spiralis), baḻgurr (kurrajong) and natural bush dyes. The body of the miṉḏirr is made from gunga, and the handles from baḻgurr. Once the gunga fronds and baḻgurr bark have been collected, they are stripped and prepared then boiled with the dyes. Miṉḏirr were used traditionally for every day Read more…
Bathi (Pandanus Basket) Bathi are woven from the split leaves of the Screw Palm (Pandanus Spiralis). Coil weaving was introduced to Arnhem Land in the 1930s. It was adapted from techniques used by Indigenous women throughout South East Australia.
Mat Mats 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 mat, fibre bag, basket and dilly bag has Read more…
Woven Hat Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Read more…
Mimi Spirit Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony and Read more…
Wyaddah (mimi) Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony and Read more…