Handwoven Stringbag Earrings, Copper/Silver Wagilak Yapa Watj (Wagilak Sisters) range –exclusive jewellery from Indigenous women of Beswick. Developed in studio workshops with jeweller Kate Sale and weaver Fiona Gavino, traditional fibre artists are translating their skills into a series of fine woven wire earrings and pendants. Hand woven in sliver, Read more…
Handwoven Stringbag Earrings, Copper/Silver Wagilak Yapa Watj (Wagilak Sisters) range –exclusive jewellery from Indigenous women of Beswick. Developed in studio workshops with jeweller Kate Sale and weaver Fiona Gavino, traditional fibre artists are translating their skills into a series of fine woven wire earrings and pendants. Hand woven in sliver, Read more…
Handwoven Stringbag Earrings, Copper/Silver Wagilak Yapa Watj (Wagilak Sisters) range –exclusive jewellery from Indigenous women of Beswick. Developed in studio workshops with jeweller Kate Sale and weaver Fiona Gavino, traditional fibre artists are translating their skills into a series of fine woven wire earrings and pendants. Hand woven in sliver, Read more…
Saltwater creatures Shark, stingrays and catfish Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. For two decades, Djilpin Arts has been working on country with kin and culture, across generations. Our activities are rich in spirit, bringing, Read more…
Didjeridu (Mago) Didjeridus from this region are made in the West Arnhem style. Called Mago, they’re different and special and follow the tradition made famous by Beswick’s Mago Master, elder David Blanasi. Djilpin Arts didjeridus are sourced on country, and hand cut from Woolybutt trees. Artists travel considerable distances on foot to Read more…
Barramundi, Jarlumbu and Burgon In this painting there are freshwater fish including barramundi (one Dhuwa and one Yirritja), jarlumbu (catfish) and burgon (smaller fish used for live bait). On the right side of the painting is a rock found in freshwater river, Gimbat is the name for that rock. Djilpin Read more…
Wurrkadi (termites) In this painting there are stone spears, and wurrkadi – termites – weaving through the leaves. The wurrakdi are travelling in trails, in one line. Don’t go there where there are termites. Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission Read more…
Cockatoo Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony and to Read more…
Handwoven Pandanus Mat Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from Read more…
Freshwater fish and fishing nets This painting depicts three fishing nets in the billabong with black bream, black and white bream, nail fish and a mud crab fish Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. For Read more…