These beautiful, unique textiles are a cross-cultural collaboration combining Aboriginal designs and traditional Kashmiri handicraft. The chain-stitched (Gabba in local Kashmiri) cushions are hand stitched by rural folk in remote villages in one specific region of Kashmir. Over generations they have honed their skills and refined their hand crafted produce. Only the most skilful artisans can faithfully reproduce the images we send to them. Aboriginal artists in remote regions in Australia, as well as others living in our cities, benefit from regular royalties paid monthly, as well as using these products to tell other people about their rich cultural heritage.

This painting relates to Mina Mina, an important site for Napangardi and Napanangka women. It depicts the journey of ancestral women who travelled east from Mina Mina, collecting food and snake vine, creating sacred sites with their digging sticks—represented in the artwork through traditional iconography and rhythmic mark-making.

Details:

• 'Mina Mina Jukurpa - Mina Mina Dreaming' By Betsy Lewis
• Supports cross-cultural projects that provide fair-trade employment to both Indigenous Australian and international artisans
• Wool 16in (40cm)
• Sold unfilled