Fish Bernadette’s painted logs are often offcuts from mako or didjeridu manufacture. Rather than wasting the pieces or relegating them to the fire, Bernadette collects these, sands them smooth and then experiments with different painting techniques. Painted using a combination of brushes; handmade traditional Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from Read more…
Fish Bernadette’s painted logs are often offcuts from mako or didjeridu manufacture. Rather than wasting the pieces or relegating them to the fire, Bernadette collects these, sands them smooth and then experiments with different painting techniques. Painted using a combination of brushes; handmade traditional Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from Read more…
Dance Belt Dance belts are an important cultural component of ceremony. This belt has been made predominantly from cotton string, along with kurrajong bush string details on the belt component. This can be seen on the wrap around the two end loops, the detailing holding the dangle components, along with Read more…
Dance Belt Dance belts are an important cultural component of ceremony. This belt has been made from a mix of bush string, double twisted to form the belt component, along with cotton string for the dangling components. White cockatoo feathers are used at the end of the dangle. Bush String is incredibly Read more…
Ceremonial Spear This is a ceremonial spear, carved from a single piece of wood. Featuring multiple barbs and finished in acrylic paint. It is not deadly sharp, and for use in ceremony.
Mako (Key F, Toot A#) Key: FToot: A# 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. Ghunmarn didjeridus are sourced on country, and hand cut from Woolybutt trees. Artists Read more…
Mako (Key F, Toot A#) Key: FToot: A# 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. Ghunmarn didjeridus are sourced on country, and hand cut from Woolybutt trees. Artists travel considerable Read more…
Mako (Key E, Toot A) Key: EToot: A 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. Ghunmarn didjeridus are sourced on country, and hand cut from Woolybutt trees. Artists Read more…
Woven Fish This finely crafted hand woven fish represents species found both in blue water and local billabongs surrounding Beswick / Wugularr. Djilpin’s super talented pandanus artists have been busy pushing their skills and techniques. This fun little fish is a prime example of this and a step away from traditional baskets, mats Read more…
Goanna This piece by Clinton Brian depicts a goanna. It is painted with acrylic paint on locally harvested stringy bark. The goanna’s body is finished with traditional rarrk (fine cross-hatch style painting).