Status: Stock Marsha Pants – Kunngol – E. Kandabuma The wide leg culottes take their name from the 60’s stunner and inspiration behind the song Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones, Marsha Hunt.Featuring an elastic back, zip and button closure and generous side pockets This design depicts certain clouds that Read more…
Djomi This design depicts the story of the artist’s ancestral dreaming, the Djomi fresh water spirit mermaid. The Djomi figure is a mermaid like spirit with fish tail that lives in the fresh water stream that flows out to the sea cliff near Maningrida. Djomi is a known to be Read more…
Kunred Kunkurra (Helen Kaminski) The artist, Janet Marawarr calls this design Kunred Kunkurra in her language, Kuninjku. Kunred means country, kunkurra refers the spiralling wind associated with the mini cyclones that occur around several sites in the Kardbam clan during the build up to the wet season. Marawarr often shares different versions Read more…
Kunred Kunkurra (Helen Kaminski) The artist, Janet Marawarr calls this design Kunred Kunkurra in her language, Kuninjku. Kunred means country, kunkurra refers the spiralling wind associated with the mini cyclones that occur around several sites in the Kardbam clan during the build up to the wet season. Marawarr often shares different versions Read more…
Mabbúlarr – Murnun Featuring murnun (dugong) and yokkara (fish) This new 2022 design by Josephine is part two of her Mabbúlarr collection. Mabbúlarr is the Ndjébbana word describing calm and stillness – both regarding people and the ocean. Printed by hand at Injalak Art Centre 2022 using cotton poplin (sarong weight). Read more…
Ngalkunburriyaymi (Mermaid) – Jay Rostron Ngalkunburriyaymi Kuninjku people call mermaids yawkyawk, but in my language, Kune, we call them Ngalkunburriyaymi (pronounced Ngaal gun borro yay mee). The Ngalkunburriyaymi depicted in my artworks is from a place called Marra-yii (sp?). There are too many Ngalkunburriyaymi living at this place. They are always there and have been there Read more…
Mandjabu Kuninjku people traditionally make two sorts of conical fish traps. One is called mandjabu and is made from a strong, durable vine called milil, and a smaller one is called manylik mandjabu, and made from the grass manylik. The mandjabuconical fish trap is bigger and stronger and used in tidal reaches Read more…
Garriwa (Sea Turtle) A detailed lino print design depicting a sea turtle surrounded by sea shells. Elizabeth is from the Burrarra language group and her homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land.
Yokkarra (fish), Ngaduna (palm tree) & Barruar (Seagull egg) ‘Hi it’s me Marilyn! I’m the age of 52. I like working at the women centre and doing lino printing but I prefer screen printing. I have one design, that’s lorrkkon (hollow log). My great grandfather used to make lorrkkon and Read more…