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Bamboo Shoot Belinda’s popular bamboo shoot design lightly printed in tones of green on a cream cotton. Her layering technique creates texture and rhythm on the fabric.

Palm Tree on my Country This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile has been carved by the artist in Maningrida, and has been printed by hand using a variety of colours and layers. The linocut Read more…

Arnhem Land Vines This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile has been carved by the artist in Maningrida, and has been printed by hand using a variety of colours and layers. The linocut technique ensures Read more…

Bush Yam Leaf This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile was carved by the artist in Maningrida and printed by hand using a variety of colours and layers. The linocut technique ensures each textile piece Read more…

Bush Flower Belinda is an emerging young artist, with a good eye for colour layering. Belinda has strong skills in hand carving lino designs, a medium through which she often depicts significant natural plants from her mother’s country (the central Read more…

Yam Leaf ‘Hi, my name is Belinda and I like coming to work every day because I love printing. I’m printing yam leaf and some other designs. We eat yam because it’s a bush tucker, like a sweet bush potato.’ Read more…

Bush Flower Belinda is an emerging young artist, with a good eye for colour layering. Belinda has strong skills in hand carving lino designs, a medium through which she often depicts significant natural plants from her mother’s country (the central Read more…

Bawáliba (Stone Country Mimih) ‘I feel good waking up in the morning, knowing I am going to Bábbarra. After work I go home and talk about my printing with all my family, and then I dream about it too. I Read more…

Bawáliba (Stone country Mimih) ‘I feel good waking up in the morning, knowing I am going to Bábbarra. After work I go home and talk about my printing with all my family, and then I dream about it too. I Read more…

Romolo (Green Frog) One of Lucy’s latest linocut designs, Romolo, green frog. Lucy is an experienced textile artist at Bábbarra Women’s Centre. Lucy often references her ancestral stories in her textile work, including Bawaliba (Djinkarr spirit woman), with various lino Read more…