Untitled This is Mayiwalku’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Untitled This is Mayiwalku’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) area, close to Parnngurr. My ngurra (home Country, camp), my jamu’s (grandfather’s) Country, my father’s daddy, Jakayu [Biljabu’s] daddy and my daddy’s Country. Jakayu been bury her father there. In pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) days, my Read more…
Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment) “Clouds here. It’s dry, no water, but still flowers grow.” – Helen Dale Samson Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment) is a stark, flat and unforgiving expanse of blinding salt lake surrounded by sand hills, located in the Little Sandy and Gibson Desert of Western Australia. Kumpupirntily translates to Read more…
Nyinyir “Nyinyiri, that’s my father’s ngurra (home Country, camp). Daddyku, Pitu (My father’s name was Pitu). Nyinyiri soak, near to Pitu, that’s Daddy’s ngurra. I been see him. Plenty warta (trees, vegetation), sandhill, good kapi (water) for drinking. Every day up and down, up and down. Good hunting there, pussycat Read more…
Status: Stock Yalka at Karrkurutinytja by Daphne Marks, in Cream and Pinks on Maroon, Cotton. This beautiful fabric features Daphne Marks’ ‘Yalka at Karrkurutinytja’ design. Daphne was passed down the right to paint the Yalka Tjukurrpa at Karrkurutinytja (Bush onion dreaming at Lake Macdonald) from her grandmother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai. Read more…
Status: Stock Sisters at Watarru by Noreen Dixon, in 3 colour blend on cotton. In this design, Noreen Dixon depicts the story of two female ancestors, sisters, in the Watarru area in South Australia.These sisters are fleeing a man who is pursuing them, hiding in rockholes and caves amid the Read more…
Status: Stock Kuruyultu Flowers, Green and pink on pink, cotton. This design by Eunice depicts her father’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). It shows the country at Kuruyultu, near Tjukurrla in Western Australia. Eunice Napanangka Jack says about the artwork: ‘This is my country. I can’t remember how it all happened, because it happened before Read more…
Status: Stock Echidna fabric, by Daisy Jugadai, Blue on Natural linen. This design comes from a lino-print made by Daisy Jugadai! It depicts Echidnas. This fabric has been screen printed by hand by Publisher Textiles and Papers, ensuring the highest quality and longevity. About the printers: Publisher Textiles & Papers Read more…