Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by Read more…
Minyma Kutjara There are many stories about the Minyma Kutjara [Two Sisters]. The Minyma Mingkiri are collecting bush foods together when the Minyma Kutjara decide to go travelling. They travel to several water sources to the north and east. They Read more…
Napperby Station My grandfather is the one hiding in the cave with his little dog, that little dog doesn’t bark. The police are looking for him because he killed a white bloke. This is near Napperby Station. They didn’t find Read more…
Kunwarrde (Stone Country) – Collection 3 – NFS Country to Couture 2023 That kundalk (sedge/grass) it grows in the water in that black mud, it holds fast to that mud. Wet season time, that kunwarrde (stone country) covered by leaves Read more…
Marebu (Floor Mat) – Top- Collection 3 NFS Deborah Wurrkidj is a Kuninjku artist from the Kurulk clan. Wurrkidj’ country lies around the outstation of Mumeka in central Arnhem Land. She is an accomplished artist working across mediums including painting, sculpture, Read more…
Manbirrbbirr (small bush flowers) – Collection 3 NFS In Kuninjku the name manbirrbbirr is used for a number of densely flowering shrubs and small trees including Verticordia cunninghamii, yellow-flowering Austromyrtus species and also Acacia platycarpa which also has dense white flowers. A multicoloured cloth with interlocking designs Read more…
Woodblock pant by Babbarra x Tharangini – Collection 3 NFS Woodblock print on cotton, extract print with organic dyes, 100% Silk Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India Printed by artisans at Tharangini Studio Design brief by Bábbarra Read more…
Bawáliba and Bush Flower Pant – Collection 3 NFS This new design from workshops held in 2022 depicting Bawáliba (stone country mimihs) and dilly bags against a background of loosely placed bush flowers. Lucy has depicted her Bawáliba with werrkno (skin) textures. ‘Bawáliba is Read more…
Travelling along the road This work portrays an area known to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements of Read more…
Kipara (Australian bustard, bush turkey) Kipara (Australian Bustard, bush turkey) are ground-dwelling, large, speckled grey-brown birds found in the plains of the Western Desert and across northern Australia. Kipara fly long distances in the search of food, and were once Read more…