Basket Weaving is a skill that has been practiced by Martu for thousands of years in the making of utilitarian and ceremonial items, such as yakapiri (bark sandals) and manguri (head pads for balancing carved carrying dishes). However, coiled basket weaving Read more…
Untitled “I come to Martumili to paint about my Country, where my grandfather walked around and collected food, and visited the same rockholes I do. I paint to keep my culture and stories strong, and share with others.” – Tamisha Read more…
Untitled “I come to Martumili to paint about my Country, where my grandfather walked around and collected food, and visited the same rockholes I do. I paint to keep my culture and stories strong, and share with others.” – Tamisha Read more…
Dakota Ngwarraye Petrick – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) 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 Read more…
Maisie Petyarre Bundey – Anhelengkw (Emu) Dreaming Anhelengkw (emu) dreaming is the breast body painting depicting the story of the mother emu who runs away and leaves the father emu to look after the eggs until they hatch, he then raises the Read more…
Kelvin Kemarre Ladd – Holden HQ with no bonnet I am driving my Holden HQ with no bonnet with my family. The Flying Doctor is landing on the air strip while the sun sets, its makes the sky black on Read more…
Kiara Pula Ladd – Apmer (Land) I am new to painting. I am a singer and I love to perform, I have a music video. My mum Robina Pitjara Jones and my dad Kelvin Kemarre Ladd are both great painters, Read more…
Robina Pitjara Jones – Atyenh Amper (My Country) This is my country out in Utopia an outstation called Soapy Bore it’s my Father’s country, there’s big soakage, hills, bush medicine and bush tucker. All my family paint, my grandmother, my mother Read more…
