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This fabric by Daphne Marks depicts the Yalka Tjukurrpa - the Bush Onion Dreaming at Karrkurutinytja (Lake McDonald). Two old women gather bush onions at the creek bed and travel west, while another woman follows their tracks, collects mungilpa, and eventually becomes a rock at Kurultu. Daphne was passed down the right to paint this story from her grandmother Narputta Nangala Jugadai, Ikuntji's most senior and internationally recognised painter.
Daphne was born in 1979 in Alice Springs and grew up at Haasts Bluff, raised by her grandmother after the death of her parents. She has been involved with Ikuntji Artists since it first opened in 1992.
I saw my grandma painting. I learnt from her. For a long time those old ladies have been looking for Yalka, digging for Yalka, taking the fruit, cooking it in the fire.
A robust, tightly woven cotton drill with real weight and substance. Holds colour beautifully and softens with age. 100% cotton, 148cm wide, 195gsm.
Screen printed by hand in Australia. Available by the 50cm. Every purchase goes directly back to the artist and the community.Make something with it. A dress. A cushion. Curtains. A piece of the Western Desert, made by your hands.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governed - the first art centre in the Western Desert founded by women, for women, in 1992.
Care: Gentle cold or warm hand wash. Do not bleach, warm rinse well, do not tumble dry, line dry out of direct sunlight, warm iron. Wash dark colours separately.
This fabric by Daphne Marks depicts the Yalka Tjukurrpa - the Bush Onion Dreaming at Karrkurutinytja (Lake McDonald). Two old women gather bush onions at the creek bed and travel west, while another woman follows their tracks, collects mungilpa, and eventually becomes a rock at Kurultu. Daphne was passed down the right to paint this story from her grandmother Narputta Nangala Jugadai, Ikuntji's most senior and internationally recognised painter.
Daphne was born in 1979 in Alice Springs and grew up at Haasts Bluff, raised by her grandmother after the death of her parents. She has been involved with Ikuntji Artists since it first opened in 1992.
I saw my grandma painting. I learnt from her. For a long time those old ladies have been looking for Yalka, digging for Yalka, taking the fruit, cooking it in the fire.
A robust, tightly woven cotton drill with real weight and substance. Holds colour beautifully and softens with age. 100% cotton, 148cm wide, 195gsm.
Screen printed by hand in Australia. Available by the 50cm. Every purchase goes directly back to the artist and the community.Make something with it. A dress. A cushion. Curtains. A piece of the Western Desert, made by your hands.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governed - the first art centre in the Western Desert founded by women, for women, in 1992.
Care: Gentle cold or warm hand wash. Do not bleach, warm rinse well, do not tumble dry, line dry out of direct sunlight, warm iron. Wash dark colours separately.
