Nancy Bag – Injalak – Mats (hand printed in Oz)

$110.00

Nancy is a sweet and stylish crossbody bag with oval base and adjustable strap – a very practical size.

Fabric designed by Sylvia Badari, Priscilla Badari, Lynne Nadjowh of Injalak Arts in Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) the Northern Territory and hand printed ‘on country’ in the communit

Free shipping in Australia.

Availability: 1 in stock

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

Colour: The base cloth is a neutral brown coloured called ‘chops’ and the design is printed with two screens. The first screen is blue/green ombre and the top screen is coffee coloured.

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H: 25 cm (10 inches)
W: 25 cm (10 inches)
Base: 16 cm/6.25 inches.

Features

  • Fully lined
  • Zip closure
  • Adjustable strap
  • Can be worn on the shoulder or cross body
  • Oval base makes its capacity generous
  • External zipper pocket on rear
  • Internal zip pocket
  • Quality notions
  • Limited edition (only 5 made)
  • Fabric story supplied with the bag
  • Fabric hand printed in Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) in West Arnhem land

This bag was made by Kravan House, our partner social enterprise that has been employing, training and supporting disabled artisans in Cambodia since 2003. It is one of Cambodia’s oldest social enterprises.

Please note that each bag is unique and the placement of the fabric design is different and wonderful on each item.

Designers: Sylvia Badari, Priscilla Badari, Lynne Nadjowh

The design: Marebu (Pandanus Mats) 2014
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.

The fabric was hand-printed by Aboriginal printers then beautifully crafted by our fair trade partners, in Cambodia. The artists are paid a royalty fee for every metre printed.

Art centre:

Injalak Arts is a non-profit, fully Aboriginal owned arts corporation located Gunbalanya in West Arnhem Land in remote Australia. The 300 members make beautiful arts and crafts. Their print workshop is busy with new screenprinted fabrics being created daily. They have an extraordinary 47 different fabric designs all created by the members and use lots of different base cloths (all natural fibres) and two teams of printers – men and women. Injalak Arts is registered as a charity in Australia.

Visit the Injalak Arts Etsy shop to see an amazing range of fabrics and other high quality authentic hand-made products: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/InjalakArts

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