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Melissa Butler

Language:NgaanyatjarraDate of birth:1992-04-07From:Papunya - Warumpi

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Have you seen the @indigenousfashionprojects Count

Have you seen the @indigenousfashionprojects Country to Couture fashion parade? It's live now via their Facebook site and you can watch our @magpiegoose.nt collection as part of it.
What an amazing experience to see our collection like this!
All photos by @georgefphotography and @darwinartfair

Do you have a favourite? Next week we will launch

Do you have a favourite?
Next week we will launch our new bags!!! Made from our fabrics in collaboration with @flyingfoxfabrics and Cambodian makers. These 100% ethical and handmade products are all unique as the print placement varies.
Six months in the making this will be huge! In some styles we only have a few available. Make sure you don't miss out!

So proud to be part of this with our @magpiegoose.

So proud to be part of this with our @magpiegoose.nt collection!
This Friday! Join us online for the #CountrytoCouture broadcast via @nitv_au celebrating First Nations textiles and fashion🖤

To tune in and watch the live broadcast, simply head to @indigenousfashionprojects on Facebook at 7pm AEDT on Friday 22 Jan.

A look into the intimate showcase that was held on Larrakia country late last year, along with a glimpse into the stories of the artists and designers behind the collections, this is not to be missed.

Featuring work by some incredible designers and artists including:
➖ @o_north_o and @warlu_art
➖ @liandraswim
➖ @ngali_australia & #LindsayMalay from @warmunart
➖ @anindilyakwaarts and @artistannareynolds
➖ @bimawear and @nobodydenim
➖ @ikuntjiartists and @magpiegoose

Country to Couture is brought to you by @darwinartfair as part of @indigenousfashionprojects and proudly supported by @ntgovernment @ntmajorevents, and @countryroad.

We love photos of our artists and their achievemen

We love photos of our artists and their achievements!
This was in 2009, taken by Keturah Zimran: her husband Billy Pareroultja and their son Rocky traveled to Brisbane for an exhibition opening of their works!

Eunice Napanangka Jack depicts in her work Kuruyul

Eunice Napanangka Jack depicts in her work Kuruyultu. It's the country where she was born and which she left when she was about four years old. A country that is part of her Tjukurrpa (Dreaming), yet she hardly gets to go there as it's so far away from Ikuntji where she lives.
This print by her is limited edition, printed on Hahnemuehle paper by @basilhalleditions
You can get this or other limited edition prints by our artists via our website www.ikuntji.com.au and link in bio.

Noreen Dixon learnt to paint from her mother Ms Ku

Noreen Dixon learnt to paint from her mother Ms Kumuntjai Dixon. She's travelled extensively to her mother's country and paints several Tjukurrpa stories related to Watarru.
To find out more about Noreen and her work please visit our website www.ikuntji.com.au and link in bio.

Susie Lane's delicate paintings show the precious

Susie Lane's delicate paintings show the precious wildflowers that come up after the rain in the desert. They can be found in an abundance of colours and are spread across the desert.
Head to our website www.ikuntji.com.au and link in bio to see them in full.

Sonja Jugadai paints this stunning work, which is

Sonja Jugadai paints this stunning work, which is available through our website www.ikuntji.com.au and link in bio.
This painting shows Karrkurrutintja (Lake Mcdonald in Pintpui), located west of Kintore along the Western Australia/Northern Territory border. This country is an important site of the Pilkati (snake) Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) of Kuniya Kutjarra (two carpet snakes, two brothers, two Tjangalas). This is the place where the snake lives and from which it travels to Haasts Bluff sometimes.

This is the country and Tjukurrpa of the artist’s mother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai, who was born there. Narputta was passed down this story from her father, Talaku Tjampitjinpa. Sonia’s Sister, Molly Jugadai, who has now passed away, also painted this same country. Narputta was one of the founding members of Ikuntji Artists, and has been painting since the beginning of the desert painting movement in the 1970s.

Kuniya Kitjarra (Two carpet snakes) as told by Narputta,

“Two Tjangalas were travelling, looking for meat. Their grandfather, Tiwil Tjangala, asked them for kaniya (carpet snake). They hid the snake under their feet, ‘No, We’ve got no meat.’ Tiwil turned around to make a fire and the two Tjangalas ran off with the snake. They were confronted by their father, Talaku Tjampitjinpa, and he said, ‘You boys are mad to play games with your grandfather’. The grandfather ht them both on the head with a stone axe, and killed them. They’re loying on their bellies, at Karrkurrutintj, near Lampintja, in the salt lake (the older brother in front, the younger brother behind). That’s the story I put on the canvas. The colours that I put on remind me of this story.”

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