Gunga, Pandanus Mat. DC My painting depicts the Gunga, a woven Pandanus Mat. I learnt how to weave by my mother. She taught me how to make baskets from pandanus using the coiling technique. I learnt how make string bags, dilly bags and woven mats during a workshop for junior Read more…
Bushfire Fires can destroy but it can also heal and bring warmth, it is used for cooking. It makes landscapes greener, grass for the animals. Aboriginals would do burning at certain times of year. Cool burning is after winter, hot burning is midsummer and it would be burned in patches, Read more…
Hand painted textiles These textiles have been hand painted by the local indigenous artists from Wujal Wujal. Each cloth is unique. All have been hand crafted in the Bana Yirriji Art Centre. Each piece of fabric has its own story, which is a statement from the artist that reflects their culture and connection to Country. The Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion accessories, Earrings. Bana Yirriji are currently collaborating with Fashion Designer, Shannon Brett -To create a collection of fashion accessories to go with the garments – as wearable art pieces – that promote the work of the artists of Bana Yirriji Art Centre, and the beautiful community of Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion Collection, Doreen Collins, feather print. I learnt how make string bags, dilly bags and woven mats during my time with the rangers on Crocodile Islands. I’ve been mostly a weaver but now trying painting and printing. My fabric print could be leaf or feather, it represents my Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion accessories, Earrings. Bana Yirriji are currently collaborating with Fashion Designer, Shannon Brett -To create a collection of fashion accessories to go with the garments – as wearable art pieces – that promote the work of the artists of Bana Yirriji Art Centre, and the beautiful community of Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion Collection, Junibel Doughboy, Bulbuji Print I’m Kuku-Yalanji woman. My mum is from Wujal Wujal and my dad is from Laura, Chillagoe and Cooktown. My Bulbuji print represents the dragonfly’s. We can’t touch Bulbuji or wurarr-wurarr. They are sacred. Bulbuji start flying around once the rains come, they Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion Collection, Junibel Doughboy, Bulbuji Print I’m Kuku-Yalanji woman. My mum is from Wujal Wujal and my dad is from Laura, Chillagoe and Cooktown. My Bulbuji print represents the dragonfly’s. We can’t touch Bulbuji or wurarr-wurarr. They are sacred. Bulbuji start flying around once the rains come, they Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion accessories, Earrings. Bana Yirriji are currently collaborating with Fashion Designer, Shannon Brett -To create a collection of fashion accessories to go with the garments – as wearable art pieces – that promote the work of the artists of Bana Yirriji Art Centre, and the beautiful community of Read more…
KAMBI – Fashion Collection, Junibel Doughboy, Bulbuji Print I’m Kuku-Yalanji woman. My mum is from Wujal Wujal and my dad is from Laura, Chillagoe and Cooktown. My Bulbuji print represents the dragonfly’s. We can’t touch Bulbuji or wurarr-wurarr. They are sacred. Bulbuji start flying around once the rains come, they Read more…