Chris Bag – Many Trees (hand printed in Oz)

$120.00

“Just the right size for a go-anywhere day bag, with room for wallet, sunglasses, phone, keys – it can even fit an iPad and drink bottle!” Zarina  

This sweet fabric design from Ikuntji Artists shows small trees growing in Takupalangu west of Kintore in the Western Desert of Australia (more information below).

Our Chris bag is practical, easy to use and strong. It’s a versatile unisex messenger bag with external pockets (in feature fabric) beneath the secure flap to keep you organised.

Fabric designed by First Nations artist Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon (dec) and hand printed in Sydney.

Free shipping in Australia

 

 

Availability: 1 in stock

Fabric: Linen feature fabric is printed black ink and has lining as shown

  • H: 27 cm (10.5 inches)
  • W: 21 (8.5 inches)
  • D: 6 cm (gusset)  (2.5 inches)

Features:

  • Magnetic clasp on front
  • Handy pockets under flap in feature fabric including with velcro fastening
  • Fully lined
  • Adjustable strap
  • Can be worn on the shoulder or crossbody
  • Internal zip pocket
  • Discreet external zip pocket on rear
  • Design story supplied with each bag
  • Limited edition (only 4 were made from this fabric)
  • Fabric hand printed in Australia
  • Can be gently hand washed

The fabric was hand-printed then beautifully crafted by our fair trade partners, in Cambodia. The artists are paid a royalty fee for every metre printed.Please note that each bag is unique and the placement of the fabric design is different and wonderful on each item.

Fair Trade: #whomadeyourbag – Mr Run Cheak and his wife make the small and large messenger bags. They have been working for social enterprise Kravan House for more than 15 years. Mr Run Cheak was a farmer who stepped on a landmine in 1993. At Kravan House he retrained as an artisan which has given him good steady income and he has become a master craftsman.

Design: Watiya Tjuta (Many Trees)
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, 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).

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