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Delia – Injalak – Marebu (hand printed)

Original price was: $110.00.Current price is: $88.00.

Delia bags have a sleek form and adjustable strap making them a very practical and stylish bag. Delias are one of our customers’ top picks! Fabric hand printed on country.

This Delia bag features a hand screen-printed fabric design based on an original artwork by First Nations artists Sylvia Badari, Priscilla Badari, Lynne Nadjowh. working collaboratively. The ladies are members of Injalak Arts located in Gunbalanya, a remote community in the Top End of the Northern Territory.

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Availability: 1 in stock

Fabric: Feature fabric is hand printed in Australia on brown linen and the complementary black fabric is hand woven cotton.

H: 27cm (12.6 inch)
W: 24cm (9.5 inch)
Base: 6cm (2.4 inch)

Features

  • Fully lined
  • Zip closure
  • Adjustable strap, can be worn on the shoulder or cross body
  • Two front, external zipper pockets
  • Internal zip pocket
  • Two internal pockets
  • Quality notions
  • Limited edition – made in small batches in a disability workshop
  • Design story tag provided
  • Fabric hand printed in the community

Our Delia bags are made by Women for Women, our partner foundation based in Cambodia. Women for Women prides itself in providing opportunities and skills that empower Cambodian women and girls to be leaders in their community. Each Delia Bag is handmade with love and care by the women of Women for Women, so please note that every bag is unique, and the placement of the fabric design is different on each item.

Featured Fabric: Marebu (Pandanus Mats) 2014

Fabric Designers: Sylvia Badari, Priscilla Badari, Lynne Nadjowh
Marebu (woven mats) were traditionally valuable items made by women. They were made in a variety of shapes and had many uses including: being worn, used as surfaces for food preparation and used during ceremonies. Children could sleep on them or be rolled up in them and carried, especially during yekke (the cold season in June/July). Priscilla Badari explains that people were originally inspired to make round mats by the shape of the moon. This fabric design was based on real examples of woven Pandanus spiralus marebu at Injalak Arts with all their variety of pattern and weaving techniques. It is a vibrant design that expresses the women’s love for their cultural heritage and their desire to extend it to new media.

Flying Fox Fabrics is a social enterprise based in Darwin. Flying Fox Fabrics specialises in ethically value-adding to fabric which is designed by First Nations people by making accessories, clothing, and homewares. Flying Fox Fabrics products are made in partnership with fair trade organisations in Cambodia that train and employ disables artisans. Their work is highly skilled and showcases the First Nations fabrics with great respect.

The fabric was sourced from a remote community art centre. Injalak Arts is a community owned non-profit social enterprise. Like the fabric? Browse Injalak Arts’ Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/InjalakArts

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