hotsell Hand screen printed 100% European linen from the Netherlands (140cm wide).
This linen base cloth is around 125 gsm in weight.
The base fabric is called "Marle black" a gray fabric with texture that shows through black threads, and the ink is a peachy pink.
Printed by Sylvia and Selina April 2019
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Fabric designed and hand-printed in our workshop in Gunbalanya in West Arnhem Land, NT.
The designers:
Priscilla Badari, Katra Nganjmirra & Sylvia Badari
The design:
Mimih Kunborrk (Mimih Dancers) 2014
The artists have depicted Mimih spirits dancing in this playful fabric design. According to the Kunwinjku people of West Arnhem Land, Mimih spirits were the original spirit beings who taught Aboriginal people many of the skills they needed to survive.They also taught aspects of ceremony such as kunborrk (singing and dancing) and playing mako (didjiridu). Mimih spirits are believed to inhabit the rocky escarpments around Gunbalanya but because they are extremely timid they are rarely seen by humans. They are frequently depicted in the rock art of Arnhem Land as small, dynamic figures, often shown with a range of hunting tools. Mimih spirits do many of the same things people do and according to Priscilla the Mimih in this design are dancing and singing in a manjardi (ceremony). Some can be seen sitting on marebu (traditional mats) or hunting for turtle and drinking from kundjinem (traditional paperbark water carriers).
Product code: Mimih Kunborrk (Mimih Dancers) Design by Injalak Ladies on hotsell Linen