Lovely Bulbbe “twined conical basket” by Priscila Badari 💕
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#fibreart
Gwenyth Mangiru with her paintings of Djerrh and Bulbbe 🌟Gwenyth has slowly shifted from creating fibre art to depicting it on paper. She wants to create work that relates more to women in the community, she will often paint fibre art, bush foods and plants.
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Djerrh is the kunwinjku term for traditional fibre bag, these are usually looped and knotted string bags. Bulbbe is the term for a twined conical bag.
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Gwenyth’s artworks are available through our website, follow the link in bio.
#fibreart #painting
Last day of the metal workshop delivered by @blueprintsculpture today!
So happy to have Brendan around facilitating the creation of these amazing pieces the guys have been doing in the last 3 weeks!
How cool are they! Swipe right to have a look.
For more information about the sculptures you can contact info@injalak.com
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#metalwork #sculpture
Lorraine Namarnyilk working on her painting namarnkol dja daluk (barramundi and woman).
She takes references from the rock art that has been recorded in books such as this one from “the stone country” by David Hancock, showing photos from around gunbalanya and other places in Arnhem Land.
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#rockart #painting #injalakarts
Connie Nayinggul working on her Mandjabu (fish trap) painting 🐟💕
Connie is using a Manyilk (thin grass) to create this delicate lines.
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#injalakarts #connienayinngul
Michael has painted Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent. Ngalyod is regarded as a most important ancestor spirit in West Arnhem Land and appears in various manifestations in Kunwinjku mythology. In the Dreamtime she assumed a range of animal forms including snake, kangaroo and crocodile and at times transformed herself from one to the other, or into a combination of each. It is believed that as a serpent she tunnels underground using barbed extensions from her head and the bony protuberance from her neck as aids. It is believed that Ngalyod dwells in various billabongs in Arnhem Land today, sometimes swallowing bininj (the Kunwinjku term for Aboriginal people) as punishment when they break traditional laws.
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#injalakarts
Woven pandanus knotted mat by Agnes Nalunjdjuk and her granddaughter Lyvia 💛
They’ve used pandanus leaves and natural dyes. You can find this and other beautiful weaving in our Etsy ship. Link in bio.
#fibreart
Merril Namundja getting some yellow colour ready to dye pandanus leaves 💕
Ladies call this colour Manjurnduk, it comes from the roots of the Pogmolobus reticulatus bush.
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#naturaldyes
Sharing some of the beautiful work women have been doing in the last couple of weeks.
Their work often depict subjects which relate to their everyday activities, these can include but not limited to weaving, fishing, and collecting bush foods.
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Featuring Gwenyth Mangiru, Lorraine Namarnyilk, Connie Nayinggul and Selina Nadjowh.
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To see the full image follow the link in bio.
#injalakarts #women
Updates on the metal work sculpture workshop with @blueprintsculpture
Sprotin Bangarr finishing his namarnkol (barramundi) sculpture and starting a komorlo (egret).
They are looking pretty cool 🌟
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#sculpture
It’s all about water lilies lately 💚
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Starting the week with this little piece Elaine Naroldol finished over the weekend depicting mandem (water lily)
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#injalakarts
This week we printed Eva’s beautiful mandem (water lilies) design on silk , it look so gorgeous 🍃
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You can find our fabric on our Etsy shop, follow the link on bio.
Have a good weekend everyone! 🌿
#screenprinting #silk #waterlillies
How amazing are Injalak weavers🌟💕
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New Earrings coming up on our Etsy shop, you’ll find these beauties and more!
Follow the link on bio.
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#fibreart #injalakarts
Lyvia Nalundjuk weaving knot by knot, using pandanus leaves naturally dyed with cooked roots and seeds, havervested from the bush.
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#fibreart
Today, Lynne Nadjowh collecting pandanus 💚
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#fibreart
Textures by Joey Nganjmirra ❣️
Joey has amazing rrark (cross hatching) skills, his paintings are usually full of textures that he creates using a Manyilk (thin grass), his lines going in different directions create beautiful dynamic pieces.
Follow the link in bio to see more
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#injalakarts #joeynganjmirra
The hill and the billabong covered in water lilies 💚
#injalakhill #Gunbalanya
Injalak hill and the billabong by Shaun Namarnyilk.
Water lilies are now covering the billabong in front of Injalak hill, it looks so beautiful and has inspired shaun to make this set of paintings depicting the hill and the water lilies on the billabong.
Mandem ( water lilies) is a common subject in kunwinjku paintings, either by themselves or accompanying other subjects.
Have a browse in our website and find them in the beautiful paintings we upload every week 💙
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#waterlilly
Priscila Badari is one of the artist behind this design Marebu (woven mat), along with Sylvia Badari and Katra Nganjmirra.
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Swipe right to see Selina Nadjowh printing these beauties.
These are available through our Etsy shop, link in bio.
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#totebags #screenprinting
Some cool pieces coming along from the metal work workshop Brendan Hackett @blueprintsculpture has been running at the art centre the last couple of weeks.
Brandan and the guys have been recycling materials from hot water services, computer keyboards and more to create these figures.
#metalwork #sculpture #injalakarts
Having a little chat with Don Namundja this morning. He was stoked to see his painting in the Telstra award 2020 catalogue and wanted to share a bit about his painting practice.
Don’s work has been exhibited various times as part of the Natsia and other exhibitions, he is one of the eldest and most respected artists in the community.
Featuring Billabong scene, ochre on canvas.
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#donnamundja #injalakarts
Sprotin Bangarr wearing t-shirt design by Owen Naborlhborlh.
Both Sprotin and Owen have printed a range of different designs using new colours.
Check them out on our Etsy shop and by swiping right.
Link in bio.
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Happy long weekend!
#tees #screenprinting
Happy Easter from Gunbalanya!
The day is nice and sunny here and we are having a bbq to welcome the long weekend.
Hope you all have a great time with friends and family.
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Thank you for your support!
Our online shop will be open throughout the weekend, but we will be closed from Friday to Monday.
See you next week.
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Swipe right for beautiful injalak Daluk (women) trying out their modelling poses while showing off the new t-shirts Owen Naborlhborh, Samson Namundja and Sprotin Bangarr printed last week.
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Now available online ⚡️💛✨
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Designs by Don Namundja, Priscila and Sylvia Badari and Katra Nganjmirra.
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#screenprinting #t-shirts
Connie Nayinggul is working on a painting of a Mandjabu (fish trap)
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Connie is a strong woman who knows so much about the land and how to care for it. Besides painting, she does beautiful weaving work, works as a ranger and usually is the one taking women out to collect pandanus and other natural material as she has great driving skills.
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#painting #connienayinngul #wip
Injalak’s co-manager, ambassador of kunwinjku culture, translator, tour guide and amazing artist Gabriel Maralngurra working on something beautiful ❣️
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#injalakarts #gabrielmaralngurra #wip
Brendan @blueprintsculpture and Sprotin Bangarr getting creative using recycled materials and metal to create different figures and animals, more photos to come with the results during the week 💡
Brandon is an sculptor and artist visiting us for a few weeks in Gunbalanya. So great to have him around trying out new things.
#metalwork #sculpture
Joe Guymala leading the way on bark collection.
Joe is a highly experienced bark collector and amazing artist.
We’ve created a little online catalogue on our stories with the barks now available in our website, including Joe’s work. Have a browse.
Bark harvesting is popular during Kudjewk (wet season) in west Arnhem Land. For more information you can also access our media section through the link on bio where you’ll find videos of artists explaining their processes of collection of materials and artwork creation.
📷from the archive
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Mimih spirit with dilly bags- t-shirt design by Don Namundja, this design uses 2 screens, making it super fun to play with colours.
We will be printing more t-shirts this week and will soon make them available for you through our Etsy shop, stay tuned 🌟
Owen naborlhborlh printing this week.
#screenprinting
We had to share Amos’ beautiful design on a post, these beauties are now available online💙
His amazing rarrk (cross-hatching) skills are reflected on this beautiful design called MANKABO(river), which depicts the different animals found in the waterways of Gunbalanya, the abundance of life is mesmerising, this includes burrar(goanna), namarnkol (barramundi) and more. Some ancients water creatures such as ngalyod (rainbow serpent) and yawkyawk(female water spirit) are also found in this design.
#screenprinting