Fabric Length, 1 m, Tencel Linen, buying Aboriginal Art, Hand printed, Sandhills Design, Ikuntji Artists, Australia, Authentic, Fair Trade, sewing

Bold, vibrant design hand-screenprinted on quality fabric. Excellent for clothing or homewares.
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: Metallic silver and Fuchsia pink ink
Base cloth: 70% Tencel and 30% linen and the color is Blush Pink.
Length: 100 cm (39 inches) Width: 145 cm (57 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 172 gsm
Ink covers 90% of the fabric and this gives the fabric added weight and body.

Images of clothing made in same print - different colorway - available from Mapgpie Goose: www.magpiegoose.com
The artist is paid royalties for every metre printed.

Design:
Sandhills by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon
This painting shows the artist's Tjukurrpa, the Tali Tali Dreaming. It refers to the vast and desolate sandhills of her country near Talaalpi, which is located beyond the Kintore/Kiwikurra road near the West Australian and Northern Territory border. This is the country where her father and mother used to travel by foot when she was a young girl. The place is still of great spiritual significance to Alice and her father's family as it contains both, personal and tribal law to which Alice relates in her work. Water has collected in between the sandhills, providing sustenance for her porcupine. The tjikamamta (porcupine) is Alice's own personal Tjukurrpa (dreaming). She returned to her country for a visit in late 2005.

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.