Textiles and Tactility

Abstract

The cotton and silk batik lengths created by the central Australian communities of Ernabella and Utopia, and screenprinted fabrics by Tiwi artists are held in renown and most commonly contemplated as representative examples of Indigenous textile art. [1] The Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (Anangu) [2] women from Ernabella (Pukatja), a community of around 500 people at the eastern end of the Musgrave Ranges in northern South Australia, have developed a design tradition that defies conventional expectations of what Aboriginal art is, or should be. [3] Show more