Textile Design Stories:
Design: Jamarndaj (bush fig)
Artist: Kelly-Ann Drill
The Jamarndaj (river fig tree) is found along rivers and produces a lot of fruit from the trunk and branches, starting at the end of the cold (dry) season and leading into the wet season. The fruit is quite sweet and great to eat or can be used as bait for fishing.
Design: Moorrooloomboong (prickly wattle)
Artist: Dora Griffiths
Moorrooloomboong (prickly wattle) is a shrub or tree with dense foliage and bright yellow flowers that usually come out between the end of the cold (dry) and hot seasons. It can be ornamental or used as screening and is an excellent habitat and food source for birds.
Design: Mejerren (black plum)
Artist: Anita Churchill
Mejerren (black plum) grows from a large tree found around the hill country. It produces a small, sweet fruit in the wet season that’s popular bush food.
Design: Engraved Gerdewoon (boab nut)
Artist: Delany Griffiths
Gerdewoon (boab nut) are from the iconic, bottle-shaped boab tree. They’re popular bush food and can also be used like maracas or for carving. The interior has a tangy citrus flavour and is high in vitamin C and calcium. In the dry season, it can be eaten straight from the nut or made into a milky, lemon tasting drink; and in the wet season, it can be roasted over hot coals then eaten.
Design: Gerdewoon Gerany (boab nut and hills)
Artist: Cathy Ward
Gerdewoon (boab nut) are from the iconic, bottle-shaped boab tree. They’re popular bush food and can also be used like maracas or for carving. The interior has a tangy citrus flavour and is high in vitamin C and calcium. In the dry season, it can be eaten straight from the nut or made into a milky, lemon tasting drink; and in the wet season, it can be roasted over hot coals then eaten. Gerany means hills. It also means stone, money and mountain. The Kimberley is home to ancient, rugged ranges with gorges and steep ridges.
Design: Gerdewoon Thon Malin (boab & water weed)
Artist: Dora Griffiths
The leaves of the Gerdewoon (boab) tree appear at the start of the wet season and are shed at the end of the cold (dry) season. They’re high in iron and can be eaten raw, like salad, made into pesto or cooked like spinach in other dishes. Thon Malin (water weed) is eaten by the fish in the waterways and helps them grow so they can then be caught for food for people.
Textile Designs:
* Textiles are printed by hand so the colours may vary from the images.
Care instructions:
- Hand wash or machine wash separately with cold water using a gentle cycle.
- Do not use detergent that contains enzymes, bleach, fabric softeners, or that is formulated for wool.
- Do not tumble dry.