Serena Bag – Nancy Henry – Jilamara (hand printed in Oz)

Fabric: Linen feature fabric. Lining and matching fabric is cotton.

Colours: As shown – white ink on turmeric yellow/brown base cloth. The complementary fabric on the reverse of the bag is black.

H: 25 cm (10 inch)
W: 19 cm (7.5 inch)

Features:

• Fully lined
• Two external pockets with zippers
• Adjustable strap
• Can be worn cross-body or on the shoulder
• Slim enough to be worn inside a coat/clothing
• Fabric hand printed in the community art centre print workshop
• Limited Edition (5 only made)
• Gentle hand-wash

Artist/fabric designer: Nancy Henry Ripijingimpi was a founding member of Jilamara Arts and Crafts who made artworks for ceremonial activity and also for the commercial art market by painting with customary locally sourced pigments on bark, canvases, ironwood sculptures and tunga / Tiwi bark baskets. She was an accomplished maker of fibre armbands, worn in yoyi / customary dancing. Ripijingimpi made designs for screen-printing on textiles between 1990-93. Her artworks are characterised by her bold brush strokes and distinctive, gestural style.

The fabric was hand-printed in the community art centre by Tiwi Aboriginal printers and then beautifully crafted by Kravan House – our fair trade partners, in Cambodia. Kravan House was a pioneer social enterprise in Phnom Penh and has been training and employing disabled artisans since 2003.