Yawkyawk (Mermaid) la Manjelk (Rain) Sari A beautiful pink discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 – 2025. Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India. Marebu (floor mat) by Raylene Bonson Manjelk (Rain) by Helen Lanyinwanga Kundalk (grass) by Deborah Wurrkidj Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Yawkyawk (Mermaid) la Manjelk (Rain) Sari A beautiful pink discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 – 2025. Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India. Marebu (floor mat) by Raylene Bonson Manjelk (Rain) by Helen Lanyinwanga Kundalk (grass) by Deborah Wurrkidj Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Kunmadj – Dora Diaguma Dora has depicted kunmadj (dillybag), which is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect heavy Read more…
Kulata and Kali (Spear & Boomerang) My father told me this story, it’s a dream he had. There was a man who was travelling for a long time. He was travelling with kulata (spear) and kali (boomerang) because someone was waiting there for fighting. In the middle of the way Read more…
Tjukula/Waterholes For the Pitjantjatjara people living in the desert, knowledge of their water sources was critical to their survival. This resulted in an intimate understanding of the landscape which continues today. Water is an essential element in the desert. These rock holes were particularly important during the dry season when Read more…
Marebu (Floor Mat) and Yawkyawk (Young woman mermaid) A beautiful indigo discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 during a special workshop with Tharangini Studio in Bangalore. This fabric features the following block designs: Kunred (Country) by Janet Marawarr) Marebu (Raylene Bonson) Kunngol ( clouds) Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Tjintungku irnyani ngangkaalingka ungu-wanungku This painting is the sun shining through the clouds. ‘Cloudy, raining, but the sun is shining through the clouds. The sun is going through the clouds. The clouds are trying to cover the sun, thunder coming, but the sun still coming through’.
Dirdbim (Moon Dreaming) The images in this painting refer to a site in the clan estate of the artist, at a place called Dirdbim which literally means ‘image of the moon’. The site is a large, unusually round hole in sandstone, residual on the plain not far from the Mann Read more…
Dilly Bag Kun-madj, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine Malasia scandens, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect any kind of large Read more…