Cushion Cover | Wool 40cm | Valda Napangardi Granites | black & white

Valda Napangardi Granites is the grand-daughter of the late Paddy Japaljarri Sims (1916 - 2010) and Bessie Nakamarra Sims (1932-2012), two founding artists of Warlukurlangu Artists. Valda was born in 1974 in Alice Springs and grew up in Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community located 290 kms north-west of Alice Springs, where she still lives. She attended the local school. Valda has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 1993, She paints the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories passed down to her by her mother and father and their parents before them for millennia. These are creation stories which closely relate to the features and animals found in her family's traditional lands.

These beautiful, unique textiles are a cross-cultural collaboration combining Aboriginal designs and traditional Kashmiri rug-making techniques. Chain stitched, using hand dyed wool, each is a completely handmade piece.

Details:
40 x 40cm
Hand dyed wool
Button closure on reverse
Cushion insert not included