Fabric Length, 1 m, Cotton, Charcoal, Aboriginal Art, Hand printed, Rockholes Design, retailer Ikuntji Artists, Fair Trade, Australia, sewing

Design hand-screenprinted on quality fabric. Excellent for clothing or homewares.
This retailer is genuine hand printed fabric designed by an Aboriginal artist living in Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and produced by Ikuntji Artists.
Fabric color: 'Charcoal', a matt grey
Ink color: Red and orange
NB: The first pic is the most color accurate, it's a bit more vibrant than appears in the other two pics of fabric
Base cloth: 100% cotton 'Trapper' drill.
Length: 100 cm (39 inches) Width: 145 cm (57 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 195 gsm
The fabric has good feel and the ink is not heavy therefore making it good to handle.

See dress made from this fabric (printed on slightly darker base cloth) available through Magpie Goose here: https://magpiegoose.com/collections/ikuntji-artists/products/shift-dress-tjilkamata-rockhole
and men's shirt here: https://magpiegoose.com/collections/ikuntji-artists/products/short-sleeve-shirt-tjilkamata-rockhole

Design:
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.
Alice is a member of Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australian (Etsy won't accept that as the location, so we wrote Alice Springs).

Printed by:
Publisher Textiles & Papers in Sydney is one of Australia's leading print houses. Focused on producing original patterns through traditional hand-screen printing methods they create bold and colourful textiles, hand printed wallpaper, clothing and fabric. www.publishertextiles.com.au

Fabric care instructions:
Fabric care instructions: Gentle cold hand wash only. Do not bleach, do not tumble dry, cool iron only.