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Margaret Rocky: Maroon on natural linen
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Vanessa Cannon: Yellow Design on burnt orange
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Tampe – Bread Bag
Town Camp Designs is a 100% Aboriginal-owned initiative belonging to Tangentyere, Yarrenyty Arltere and Ewyenper Atwatye Artists.
Through this purchase you are directly supporting Town Camp Artists to maintain and share stories about their culture, with all profit going towards artist fees and future projects. All our products are designed in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and printed in Australia.
This bread bag features a reproduction of an original artwork by Tim McNamara of Ewyenper Atwatye Artists. ‘Tampe’ is the Western Arrernte word for ‘damper’.
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Weaving Journey
Lino Print/Paper Ink
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Bushflowers – Lotoya Petrick
The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies.
“I have just started painting, my grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching me, she tells me all about the bush Flowers
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Bush Flowers – Dakota Petrick
The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies.
“My twin sister Lotoya and I have just started painting, our grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching us, she tells us all about the bush Flowers and bush medicine.
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My Grandmothers Country – Denise Ngwarraye Bonney
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories belong.
Denise paints ‘Tijamburra’, her Grandmothers country.
“This is my Mothers Mothers country, out near Canteen Creek, we go hunting for wild onions, goannas, echidnas and sugar bag honey in the trees. I like to hunt in my country, there is water all year round even if it look dry, we follow the bird tracks to know where to dig and then we find water.
This painting is after rain, many grasses are out, but the riverbed is still sandy.”
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My Fathers Country
“This is my Father’s country.
This country provides many bush foods for my people.
Painting my country helps to keep the country very strong for current and future generations of Alyawarr people.”
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View of Country – Sevania Kemarre Bonney
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Sevenia was born in Soakage Bore, Utopia and started to paint when she was teenager. She learnt the way to paint landscape and bush medicine from her grandmother Eileen Bonney, a former health worker and artist. Sevenia finds painting soothing and enjoys to share this activity with her kids so they can learn as she did with her grandmother.
Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja. Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.
“This is my country, my view of country.”