Fabric Length, 1 m, Tencel Linen, Aboriginal Art, Hand printed, Tali, Sandhills Sunset, Alice buy Nampitjinpa, Ikuntji, Australia

Design hand screen-printed on quality fabric.
Excellent for clothing or homewares.
This is genuine hand printed fabric designed by an Aboriginal artist living in Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and produced by Ikuntji Artists.
Fabric color: tobacco - a caramel brown
Ink colors: pink and black
Base cloth: Tencel 70% and 30% linen
Length: 100 cm (39.5 inches) Width: 145 cm (59 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 172 gsm
The fabric has a good feel, drapes and holds its shape well and is less prone to creasing than pure linen.

Design:
This very beautiful print shows the lines of sandhills and the shadows created as the sun sets.
This design by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon depicts Takupalangu west of Kintore. This is Uta Uta Tjangala's country, which he has painted throughout his career. Nampitjinpa paints her father's country of rockholes (puli) and sandhills (tali). There is plenty bushtucker – mangilpa, buy which are little black seeds around. The road to Kiwirrkurra passes Takupalangu on the side.
Alice describes the big swamp of Takupalangu, in her Fathers country. Takupalangu is filled up with bush vegetables called mungilpa. When Alice was a small girl she travelled this country with her family. Her mother used to collect mungilpa and pummel it into dough which she made into damper. It is also a good place for hunting bush meat as the swamp is surrounded by rock hills.

The artist is paid royalties for every metre printed.
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).

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, warm iron.