Ngalyod and Bush Flower (collaborative work) This fabric was created using the linocut fabric printing technique, which has been refined at Bábbarra Women’s Centre since it was introduced in the mid-1990s. Printed by hand by Lucy Yarawanga. This collaborative design Read more…
Ngalyod & Bush Flower (collaborative artwork) This fabric was created using the linocut fabric printing technique, which has been refined at Bábbarra Women’s Centre since it was introduced in the mid-1990s. Printed by hand by Lucy Yarawanga. This collaborative design Read more…
Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs) This design tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland – a dreaming place, a good dreaming place with plenty of Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs). Elizabeth’s homeland lies east of Maningrida, at the mouth of Blyth river. This country is 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…
Gunga (Pandanus) Basket The fibre works of artists from Elcho Island and surrounding homelands are handmade using traditional techniques passed down from generation to generation. They are constructed from the fibre of the Pandanas leaves and Kurrajong plant which is Read more…
Kunmadj – Deborah Wurrkidj Deborah has depicted kunmadj (dillybag), which is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the burney vine (Trophis scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon Read more…
Djomi (Fresh Water Spirit) This design depicts the story of the artist’s ancestral dreaming, the Djómi (Fresh Water Spirit). The Djómi figure is a mermaid-like spirit with fish tail that lives in the freshwater stream that flows out to the Read more…
Kakan (Black Palm) Basket Weaving This design shows how the bottom part of a black palm basket is woven. My grandmothers and aunties used to make them. They cut off the young palm leaves in the centre, stripped and scrapped Read more…
Soft Country bowl This little bowl holds quiet traces of country- soft Symbols painted and weaving stitched with care. A gentle blend of earth and hands, carrying story in a subtle way
Beverly Pula Luck – My Mother’s Country Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of the bush plants has been Read more…