Fabric Length, 1 m, Tencel, Linen, Aboriginal Art, Hand printed, Blue/green, deals Kuruyultu, Eunice Napanangka Jack, Ikuntji Artists, Sewing

Bold, vibrant design hand-screenprinted on quality fabric. Excellent for clothing or homewares.
This is genuine hand printed fabric designed by an Aboriginal artist living in Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and produced by Ikuntji Artists.
Ink color: Colorwave of pinks - from deep to light
Base cloth color: Natural
Composition: 70% Tencel and 30% linen
Length: 100 cm (39.5 inches) Width: 145 cm (57 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 172 gsm
The artist is paid royalties for every metre printed.
If you would like more than 2 metres, please contact me.

Design:
This design by Eunice Napanangka Jack depicts her father's Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). The lines represent sandhills. It shows the country at Kuruyultu, near Tjukurrla in Western Australia where Eunice was born.
Eunice Napanangka Jack is a senior Ngaanyatjarra artist working at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia. Eunice was born in 1940 at Lupul near Tjukurla in Western Australia near the border with Northern Territory. Her family walked across the desert towards the east where ration stations had been set up during a period of serious drought in the Central Desert. They stayed at the community at Haasts Bluff and Eunice grew up there.

Eunice Napanangka Jack has had a long association with the art movement that began in the Central Desert in the early 1970s. Her father Tutuma Tjapangarti, was one of the early artists painting in the Men's group at Papunya. Then Eunice helped her husband Gideon Tjupurrula Jack with his paintings for Papunya Tula during the 1970s. Eunice began creating her own paintings in 1992 when the the Ikuntji Women's Centre opened and many of the women started their own careers as major artists there.

Eunice's mother was from the Warlpiri country east of Lake MacKay at Winparrku, and many of the stories that Eunice paints come from her mother's side of the country. Often these are interpretations of the desert sandhills and the bush flowers and plants that were part of the native food resources of the land. Eunice shares these stories along with stories of the Country she inherits on her father's side, including Lupul, Tjukurla, Kurulto and Tjila.

Eunice describes her early life in this way: “I was born at Kuruyultu, near the rockhole there… deals We left that place, Kuruyultu. My father, my mother, my big sister and my father's brother, we all left together and went to Haasts Bluff. I grew up in Haasts Bluff. I have been back to Kuruyultu for visits but I never lived there again in my country. I think about it every day.”

Eunice continues to record the Tjukurrpa, the Country and the memories of her traditional lands. Her artworks are held in major collections in Australia and internationally. Eunice Jack remains an important figure in her community, sharing cultural knowledge and traditional bush skills, as well as her painting and story-telling.

Printed by:
Publisher Textiles & Papers in Sydney is one of Australia's leading print houses. Focused on producing original patterns through traditional hand-screen printing methods they create bold and colourful textiles, hand printed wallpaper, clothing and fabric. www.publishertextiles.com.au

Fabric care instructions:
Gentle cold/ warm hand wash. Do not bleach, warm rinse well, do not tumble dry, cool iron only, dry cleanable (P).