Chris – Warlu – MinaMina Dreaming JL

Fabric: Cotton canvas feature fabric.

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

Features:

• Magnetic clasp on front
• Handy pockets under flap in feature fabric including with velcro fastening
• Fully lined
• Adjustable strap
• Internal zip pocket
• Discreet external zip pocket on rear
• Limited edition
• Design story included
• Can be gently hand washed

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.

Care Instructions: Dry cleaning recommended. Some of our customers wash their bags by hand or on a gentle machine cycle.

Fabric Designer: Jeanie Napangardi Lewis

The design: Mina Mina Jukurrpa (Mina Minda Dreaming)

This ‘Jukurrpa’ (Ancestral Creation Story) comes from Mina Mina, a very important women’s Dreaming site far to the west of Yuendumu near Lake Mackay and the WA border. There are a number of ‘mulju’ (water soakages) and a ‘maluri’ (clay pan) at Mina Mina. In the Dreamtime, ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) rose up out of the ground. The women collected the digging sticks and then travelled on to the east, dancing, digging for bush tucker, collecting ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine [Tinospora smilacina]), and creating many places as they went.

The fabric was digitally printed then beautifully crafted by our fair trade partners, in Cambodia. The artists are paid a royalty fee for every metre printed.All our bags are made in small batches as all the fabrics are handprinted in very limited quantities, usually no more than 2 metres.

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.

Art centre: Warlukurlangu Artists