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…
Balku Bathi When I was was working for the Crocodile Islands Rangers group I was learning about my culture and language. Whenever we had the junior ranger program I would sit down with my elders and they would teach me. This is where I learnt how make handmade string, weaving Read more…
Hand Painted – Clapsticks Bana Yirriji Art Centre represents artists from the Yalanji, Nyungkul and Jalunji clan groups. Bama (local people) have had a long history of artistic expression, including ceremonial body painting, weavings made from local plants, rainforest shields and weaponry decorated with clan designs using earth pigments. Today, artists Read more…
Hand Painted – Clapsticks Bana Yirriji Art Centre represents artists from the Yalanji, Nyungkul and Jalunji clan groups. Bama (local people) have had a long history of artistic expression, including ceremonial body painting, weavings made from local plants, rainforest shields and weaponry decorated with clan designs using earth pigments. Today, artists Read more…
Hand Painted – Clapsticks Bana Yirriji Art Centre represents artists from the Yalanji, Nyungkul and Jalunji clan groups. Bama (local people) have had a long history of artistic expression, including ceremonial body painting, weavings made from local plants, rainforest shields and weaponry decorated with clan designs using earth pigments. Today, artists Read more…
Baral – Tracks Our bubu (country) is like a storybook. Baral (tracks) tell you what animal is travelling around. Some of the tracks we see are from the kurriyala (snake), walkarr (lizard) and kadar (wallaby). We can track the animals we hunt by following their tracks. The waybala (whitefella) has bought new tracks into our country, shoes and mudaka (motorcar) and plenty of Read more…
Painting Our Culture This painting reflects the patterns, animals and stories from my culture.
Kudi Ngadimunku – Barra from the dreamtime SF When Kudi (Barra) was small, he grew up as a boy. He went out hunting with the other men and young boys for kangaroo, goanna, turtles, dugong and crocodile. As a young boy, he went through initiation to be a young man. Read more…
Hand Painted – Tote bags These colourful tote bags are the outcome of a painting colloboration with Shannon Brett, Cairns based Indigenous artist and mentor.
Hand Painted – Tote bags These colourful tote bags are the outcome of a painting colloboration with Shannon Brett, Cairns based Indigenous artist and mentor.