Fabric Length, 1 m, Tencel/Linen, White, Aboriginal Art, Hand buying printed, Women's Business Design, Ikuntji Artists, Australia, Fair Trade

Bold, vibrant design hand-screenprinted on quality fabric. Excellent for clothing or homewares. Second photo shows scale of the design.
This is genuine hand printed fabric designed by buying an Aboriginal artist living in Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and produced by Ikuntji Artists.
Ink color: Dark navy blue
Base cloth: 70% Tencel and 30% linen and the color is an off-white/antique cream color
Length: 100 cm (39 inches) Width: 145 cm (57 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 172 gsm

Images of clothing made in same print - and very similar colorway - available from Mapgpie Goose: www.magpiegoose.com
There is also a photo of the design on the table in a different colorway.
The artist is paid royalties for every metre printed.

Design:
Women's Business by Mavis Nampitjinpa Marks
Mavis is a member of Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australian (Etsy won't accept that as the location, so we wrote Alice Springs).

Artist:
Mavis is an accomplished Luritja Pintupi artist; born at Newhaven, 360km North West of Mpwartne (Alice Springs). She has been widely exhibited around Australia and the world. She is the sister of renowned Western Desert artists Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa. She enjoys traveling to Kintore to visit with her sister Yuyuwa; and to Alice Springs to see her sister Gina. Mavis moved to Haasts Bluff as a teenager with her mother. When she married she moved to Mt Liebig with her husband and began to paint at the art centre there. Mavis returned to Haasts Bluff after the death of her husband, later moving to Papunya. Mavis likes to paint the women's Ceremonial Dancing at Mt Liebig, and depicts their body painting designs. She also paints the story given to her by her grandfather of Kalipinpa, the Water Dreaming, which comes from her mother's side. She has raised five children as her own, and her daughter Sylvana Marks, is also an artist.

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).