Scarf | Woven Modal | Daphne Napurrula Marks | Grey on Blue

Beautifully made in fine modal this scarf depicts the Yalka ? Bush Onion artwork by Daphne Marks.

This exquisite modal scarf is the result of a fair trade project between Better World Arts, Ikuntji Artists and artisans in India.

Details:

Artist: Daphne Marks
Fine modal
200 x 74 cm

Artist information: 

DAPHNE MARKS

Language: Luritja
Community:Haasts Bluff
Artwork themes: Haasts Bluff landscape, Yalka Tjukurrpa (Bush Onion Dreaming)

When Daphne was about 12 years old, her Mother and Father passed away. Daphne was then raised by her grandmother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai, Ikuntji?s most senior and internationally recognized painter. Daphne finished primary school in Haasts Bluff and went on to Yirara college in Alice Springs.

After college she moved back to Haasts Bluff where she started working at Ikuntji Women?s Centre as a cook when it first opened in 1992. Daphne says she used to come early in the morning to the women?s centre and prepare breakfast and lunch for all of the old ladies and men who were painting. During which time Daphne learnt stories and painting from her grandmother. Narrputa told her that when she is older ?you should start making that painting, that dreaming.?

In her spare time, Daphne paints whenever she can, a well as hunting and cooking Goanna?s, shopping and looking after her sons. Her family is very important to her and she spends a lot of time looking after the welfare of her extended family. Daphne has an eye for detail and paints meticulous translations of the Yalka Tjukurrpa (bush onion dreaming). Her work becomes particularly vibrant after the rains when the newly emerged plants dominate her paintings.