Fabric Length, 1 m, Tencel Linen, Aboriginal Art, Hand printed, Orange, Trees Design, Mitjili Napurrula, Ikuntji Artists, Australia, buying sewing

JUST IN STOCK. Design hand screen-printed on quality buying fabric. Excellent for clothing. *better photos coming tomorrow
This is genuine hand printed fabric designed by an Aboriginal artist living in Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and produced by Ikuntji Artists. Printed in Australia.
Fabric color: Scarlet Orange (the close up is the most color accurate)
Ink color: Antique white
Base cloth: Tencel 70% and linen 30%
Length: 100 cm (39 inches)
Width: 145 cm (57 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 172 gsm
The fabric has a really nice feel and also holds its shape.
Artist: Mitjili Napurrula

The photos of clothing show this design in a different color made into clothing and available here from Magpie Goose: https://magpiegoose.com/products/bush-skirt-watiya-tjuta
It gives you a sense of scale.

Design:
Mitjili paints her fathers Tjukurrpa, the ceremonial spear straightening in Uwalkari country (Gibson desert region). The Watiya Tjuta (acacia trees) are the trees that are used to make these spears. Uwalkari country is abundant with Watiya Tjuta, as well as sand hills and other plants.
This story was passed down to her by her mother; she remembers, “After I got married, my mother taught me my father's Tjukurrpa in the sand, that's what I'm painting on the canvas”. Mitjili and her brother Tjupurrula both inherited the right to paint works related to Ilyingaungau in the Gibson Desert. This site, south of Walungurru (Kintore), some 520kms west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), is where the artist's Mutikatjirri ancestors assembled their kulata (spears) for a conflict with the Tjukula men.
The artist is paid royalties for every metre printed.
Mitjili is a member of Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australian (Etsy won't accept that as the location, so we wrote Alice Springs).

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 hand wash only. Do not bleach, do not tumble dry, cool iron only.
Thanks to Sharryn for the photo of her frock made from this fabric.