Aboriginal Art Cotton Tea Towel by Damien & Yilpi Marks (4)

$19.95 AUD
By Better World Arts
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FABRIC: 100% Cotton

SIZE: 62.5CM X 42.5CM

ARTIST: Damien and Yilpi Marks

 

STORY: This is a teaching painting, describing a dry season in Damien’s homeland, Mount Liebig, in the Northern Territory. It illustrates aspects of landscape and culture that was told to Damien by his great-grandparents. Women sit with children collecting bush potatoes (the red shapes at the top of the painting) and are preparing for inma (ceremony). One man, wati, sits down with his waru (spear). Controlled burnings are taking place as the spinifex is dry, and this means good fruits can grow. The small star-like symbols represent women’s body paint that the women paint on each other for inma. A dry creekbed runs through the painting (in red and white), and there are cracks in the claypans, dried rockholes (tjukula), and sandhills (tali).

 

Our printing is a hand process that traditional handicraft workers can adopt, already having a similar skills set. Handicrafts in general are struggling to survive, pushed aside by industrial mass production. People are being displaced from their home villages due to lack of income. Screen printing is both productive and a clean industry that can be practiced on a small scale. We use water based inks. The designs belong to Aboriginal artists, who receive generous royalties on every purchase made. 

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Expected delivery time 1-2 weeks from dispatch.

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Shipping Zone Up to 500G Up to 1KG Up to 2KG Up to 5KG
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China & Asian zone 2 & 3 $35 AUD $40 AUD $60 AUD $85 AUD
USA & Canada zone 4 $35 AUD $45 AUD $65 AUD $90 AUD
Pacific Islands $35 AUD $40 AUD $60 AUD $85 AUD
Major Europe $40 AUD $50 AUD $70 AUD $95 AUD
UK & Ireland $40 AUD $50 AUD $70 AUD $95 AUD
Rest of World $50 AUD $65 AUD $90 AUD $145 AUD

 
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