Description
Artwork
This design is from an original painting of Damien’s Country, Mt. Liebig, west of Papunya. Damien’s great grandfather and his family are travelling through the desert toward Kintore, collecting food. In the bottom right corner the sun is setting over a hillside. The family stops to camp at different places along the way. The red concentric circles are dry rockholes, and the blue and white concentric circles represent rockholes that are filled with clean water, that flows on into the creek. The red stripes coming out of the centre of the right hand side of the painting lead to one of these waterholes – these are the tracks of the family walking through the sand. In this painting you can also see spinifex bushes (the yellow star-like symbols), and dry claypans with cracks in the earth.
These cushion designs combine original artwork from Australian Aboriginal artists with the fine quality handicrafts from the remote Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The hand chain stitched cushion covers are made in Kashmir by small craft based enterprises in a cross-cultural project with Australian Indigenous artists. Australian and New Zealand wool is custom dyed to match the original artists image and hand stitched onto a cotton base. Each cushion is backed with cotton canvas and closes with a zip.
Please note: Cushion fillers are not included and as the cushions are hand stitched each design has unique variations.
