Status: Stock Magpie Goose Women’s Shorts Various Designs Alice depicted the Tali Tali (sandhill) Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). Her work refers to the vast and desolate sandhills of her country near Taalalpi, which is located beyond the Kintore/Kiwikurra road near the West Australian and Northern Territory border. This is the country where her Read more…
Status: Stock Watiya Tjuta Hand Screen Printed Community Made Cushion Cover – Large ‘Watiya Tjuta’ Napurrula’s father, Tupa Tjakamarra gave her the right to paint works related to Ilyingaungau in the Gibson Desert. This site, south of Walungurru (Kintore), some 520 kilometres west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), is where the Read more…
Re painting currently ‘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…
Yindjibarndi Munggu- Anthill Country – Judith Coppin “This work is about Yindjibarndi Munda (rocky hills) on the tablelands, on my Ngurra (country). My ancestors walked the land. The old ladies would get the seeds from the grass and grind it down to make flour. The ladies would sit at the bottom Read more…
Burndud Ground The Burndud is the sacred Marrga creation spirits dance ground at Birlinbirlin on the Fortescue River. It is an important story in Yindjibarndi culture which relates to Birdarra Law. Its a dance in our traditions, It’s a unique law and it belongs to the Yindjibarndi people.
Bent Trees From floods Flood water comes fast and vurious, filling up dry water beds. It’s so strong it bends the trees.
Wuyumarri – Yandi-uuru Beautiful morning colours we wake up to when out at ngurra. I focused on the carved feature named Yandi-urru. Yandi means north and urru means river, in Yindjibarndi. My father taught me the songs of this place, that’s why I know its proper name. Read more…
Ngayuku Walka / My Design Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.
Handwoven Dillybag Earrings, Silver 925 Wagilak Yapa Watj (Wagilak Sisters) range –exclusive jewellery from Indigenous women of Beswick. Developed in studio workshops with jeweller Kate Sale and weaver Fiona Gavino, traditional fibre artists are translating their skills into a series of fine woven wire earrings and pendants. Hand woven in Read more…