Status: Stock Make it Real Scrunchie Set by Olive Joseph Wreath Wildflowers This is our wildflowers we call Wreaths in my Mothers Country in Mullewa area. When they flower (bloom) we couldn’t wait to see them along our Mullewa Country side. Everlastings We used to go with grandma to the fields in Mullewa when the Everlastings were Read more…
Status: Stock Make it Real Bag Charm by Olive Joseph Pilbara Times This painting is about when the salmon running, when the cold weather comes and we go the our fishing spot too catch them. I Love my country the spinifex and the red and orange sand. Digging for the honey ants in the desert. ————————————————————————- Make it Real Read more…
Untitled This is Dale’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…
Basket Weaving is a skill that has been practiced by Martu for thousands of years in the making of utilitarian and ceremonial items, such as yakapiri (bark sandals) and manguri (head pads for balancing carved carrying dishes). However, coiled basket weaving as an artform is a relatively newly adopted practice for Read more…
Spiritual Dreaming The echidna has made himself a small nest on country as the cold winter is about to start. He will go to dreamtime until the winter has past.
View Of Country The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit. This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Read more…
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…
Wilma Ngala Ross – My View Of Country My grandmother, my mother, and myself come from the heart of the country, Anmatyerr country. My mother was born at the old Telegraph Station (old bungalow) Alice Springs. In 1979 I came to Ampilatwatja with my new husband Joe Morton, and Read more…
