Gath Dress 1 OF 3 Gath in my language means low tide. The yellow for the sand and you can also see the reef bar where there’s a lot of stone fish swimming around. Art Centre notes: The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ print, or monotype, printed on BFK Rives paper 100% Read more…
Small Island Top 3/3 Small island top looks like smalll island dress rolled up in dark blue ink used to put through the press. Now it looks like X-ray vision of the small top, I like it! Art Centre notes: The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ print, or monotype, printed on BFK Read more…
Muddy Tracks Walking to village through bushes seeing all kind of thongs on muddy tracks. Art Centre notes: The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ print, or monotype, printed on BFK Rives paper 100% cotton rag with strong archival properties. Signed by the artist on the front. Printer: Paula Savage Print Assistant: Dian Read more…
Djomi (Fresh Water Spirit) This design depicts the story of the artist’s ancestral dreaming, the Djomi fresh water spirit mermaid. The Djomi figure is a mermaid like spirit with fish tail that lives in the fresh water stream that flows out to the sea cliff near Maningrida. Djomi is a Read more…
Gurrpurdu (Diving Bird) A design by emerging textile designer, Charmaine Pascoe. ‘My Gurrpurdu (diving bird) was white. She flew from Gan Gan to Gapuwiyak and then to Yathalamarra. And then she flew to Gartji. At Gartji two fresh water seaweed shoots, one long and one short were trying to keep Read more…
Kandji ‘Minmanyarr is the wetlands area before Mumeka, my homeland. There are always a lot of birds there, including this Kandji (Jabiru). The Kandji belongs to the Yirridja moiety, so I call this bird mother. They are looking for fish and turtle in the billabong area, in the mud. There Read more…
Ngaldadmurrng (Saratoga) This design tells the story of Saratoga dreaming, a freshwater fish that swims on the edge of creeks and rivers. This design is the Saratoga dreaming from the Mularra songline. Where the Saratoga we call Murdulngu, Danguny travelled from Malmyangarnak billabong to Mirrigatja. This Billabong was owned by Read more…
Namurre Boko A two colour screen print design from 2022. Jay’s first large format design to join the Bábbarra Designs Collection. ‘This is my first one, I’m really happy, I’m proud. It’s just a songline for everybody. This story is from my great great grandfather on my fathers side. The songline Read more…
Bawáliba (Stone Country Mimih) ‘Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance late at night and have a lot of hair. In olden times, Read more…
Makéddja (Turtle) Makéddja is the generic word for turtle in the Ndjébbana language of the Kunibidji people of Maningrida.