Handbag 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 the Ghunmarn Read more…
Woven Coolamon 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 the Read more…
Large Woven 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…
Large Woven 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…
Stone Blades Translated from Wagilak: “I am Harry Malibirr. I am from Gapuwiyak. I am sitting down and doing this painting. This is my great great son’s story (skin relationship: great grandfather on mothers side). This story we do la’arda (stone blade), flint fire starter, spear, dimbooka (sacred dillybag), water Read more…
Bat Dreaming This painting represents a bat dreaming and has been completed in contrasting black and white colour. In the middle you can see a large bat, feasting on flowers and pollen. This has been represented by the multiple dots surrounding a central dot. Leaves are also visible which represent the Read more…
Palm Canoe This is a scaled down replica of a traditional bark canoe. This piece has been constructed from a painted palm seedpod, constructed using similar techniques to traditional bark canoes. You can see binding at the end, pulling the palm pod into a canoe form. Traditionally bark from trees such as stringybark Read more…
Woven Turtle 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 the Read more…
Woven Basket 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 the Read more…
Wyadda Spirit Figure This finely crafted figure represents a Whyadda or Mukuy Spirit creatures. The Mukuy belong in Yirritja country called Galanbirni. At night you might hear them playing the Didjeridu. The Mukuy travel around a lot and are often found in sacred places. They are mysterious, sometimes playful and sometimes Read more…