Dhuwal bathi waṉamirr! These fibre creations are Baskets with Handles, or quite literally ‘with arms’!
The coiling techniques used in these baskets were introduced through the missions in the 40’s and 50’s in an attempt to introduce Western concepts of business into community life (👀 keep your eyes peeled for history posts on the mission days soon!). Since the introduction of these new art forms, they’ve taken on a life of their own in Gapuwiyak and other Yolŋu communities.
Here we see bathi waṉamirr in the bush a short walk from the Art Centre, where the pandanus plants can be found — the core material used in the baskets. With Kathy Ninyapuya as she was preparing to boil a new batch of pandanus in the dying process. And at Miliwini’s house where she has her dyed pandanus hanging up to dry.
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Finally, you’ll find these bathi waṉamirr ready to go to their new homes on our website! Access here: gapuwiyak.com.au/shop/baskets/
🙌🏾 domestic shipping is included!
Featured bathi are made by Audrey Marrday, Anna Ramatha, and Margaret Wanambi.
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Meet Janet Garkanyalawuy and her gathu (niece) Rubyanne Guriningu. This is a snapshot of a beautiful moment that represents the passing on of traditional knowledge and practices to the next generation. Yolŋu are so proud when they come in with a young person who has spent some time sitting and learning with them. Janet is proud to have been able to help Rubyanne navigate the process of making art and selling it at the ‘Art & Craft’, as Yolŋu call the Art Centre. At the ‘Art & Craft’, we love being part of these stories and feel so much pride as well! 🙌🏾
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1. Janet and Rubyanne with her new mat - dhapirrk (deadly)!
2. Close up of Rubyanne’s mat
3. New mat by Janet
4. New mat by Janet
These handwoven pandanus works are all available now on our website! Link below 👇🏾 domestic shipping included!
🔗 gapuwiyak.com.au/shop/
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This is Mungurru, one of the many names for the Yirritja monuk gapu (salt water) in Blue Mud Bay. Paul Maymuru paints a different miny’tji (design, pattern) for both the salt and fresh water that are part of the Manggalili clan songlines.
These days Gapuwiyak is full of freshwater as we deal with full rivers and muddy roads after the cyclone. Hope everyone is staying safe out there! 🙏🏾
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Paul Maymuru, Mungurru, Salt Water at Blue Mud Bay, 55 × 34 cm | Acrylic on Bark
Available on our website, link below 👇🏾 domestic shipping included!
🔗 gapuwiyak.com.au/artwork/23-1387/paintings-on-bark/
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