AN-GUJECHIYA (FISH TRAP) AND JIN-MERDAWA (MERMAID) Elizabeth Gochan Wullunmingu b. 1972, Darwin, Australia AN-GUJECHIYA (FISH TRAP) JIN-MERDAWA (MERMAID) Woodblock print and Lambadi embroidery on handwoven kala cotton Pigment print with organic dyes Design brief by Bábbarra Women’s Centre Print composition by Anshu Arora and Prithi Pais Printed by artisans at Read more…
Mardarda and Njarlarla (Bones and Fire Sticks) Designed 2019 In Esther’s first screen design, she depicts the story of Mardarda (bones) and Njarlarla (fire sticks) carried in a dilly bag, reminiscent of traditional ways of the Ndjebenna people. ‘Back in the old days, our people would use a ‘bush lighter’ 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 sea cliff near Maningrida. Djómi is known to be a Read more…
Yawkyawk (Mermaid) la Manjelk (Rain) Sari A beautiful pink discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 – 2025. Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India. Marebu (floor mat) by Raylene Bonson Manjelk (Rain) by Helen Lanyinwanga Kundalk (grass) by Deborah Wurrkidj Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Yawkyawk (Mermaid) la Manjelk (Rain) Sari A beautiful pink discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 – 2025. Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India. Marebu (floor mat) by Raylene Bonson Manjelk (Rain) by Helen Lanyinwanga Kundalk (grass) by Deborah Wurrkidj Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Yawkyawk (Mermaid) la Manjelk (Rain) Sari A beautiful pink discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 – 2025. Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India. Marebu (floor mat) by Raylene Bonson Manjelk (Rain) by Helen Lanyinwanga Kundalk (grass) by Deborah Wurrkidj Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Kunmadj – Dora Diaguma Dora has depicted kunmadj (dillybag), which is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect heavy Read more…
Marebu (Floor Mat) and Yawkyawk (Young woman mermaid) A beautiful indigo discharge dyed cotton silk sari featuring woodblock designs created in 2023 during a special workshop with Tharangini Studio in Bangalore. This fabric features the following block designs: Kunred (Country) by Janet Marawarr) Marebu (Raylene Bonson) Kunngol ( clouds) Yawyyawk (young woman Read more…
Kunmadj – Dora Diaguma Dora has depicted kunmadj (dillybag), which is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect heavy Read more…
Kunmadj – Dora Diaguma Dora has depicted kunmadj (dillybag), which is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The bags are used to collect heavy Read more…