Trees at Talaalpi - Wrap Dress - Teal and Blue on Black (Linen) Fabrics laying in wait

laying in wait

We cook them just a little bit

The chain-stitched (Gabba in local Kashmiri) cushions are hand stitched by rural folk in remote villages in one specific region of Kashmir

They work with traditional artisans from remote regions in Kashmir

122 x 183 cm is large

Trees at Talaalpi - Wrap Dress - Teal and Blue on Black (Linen) Fabrics laying in waitAlice Nampitjinpa Dixon's design is printed on this wrap dress, which depicts the trees of Talaalpi Alice's own Country, situated close to Kintore on the Western Australian border, where she grew up before moving to Haasts Bluff later in life. Alice was born in 1943 near Talaalpi, close to Walungurru on the Western Australian border, and taught dancing and desert traditions at Kintore School before she began painting. Her father was the late Uta Uta