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These beautiful, unique textiles are a cross-cultural collaboration combining Aboriginal designs and traditional Kashmiri handicraft. The chain-stitched (Gabba in local Kashmiri) cushions are hand stitched by rural folk in remote villages in one specific region of Kashmir. Over generations they have honed their skills and refined their hand crafted produce. Only the most skilful artisans can faithfully reproduce the images we send to them. Aboriginal artists in remote regions in Australia, as well as others living in our cities, benefit from regular royalties paid monthly, as well as using these products to tell other people about their rich cultural heritage.
This teaching painting depicts a dry season in Damien's homeland of Mount Liebig, Northern Territory. It illustrates cultural elements relayed by his great-grandparents, showing women with children gathering bush potatoes (represented by red shapes) while preparing for a ceremony, inma. A man, wati, is seated with his spear, and controlled burnings are taking place to promote fruit growth in the dry spinifex. Small star-like symbols depict women's body paint for the ceremony, alongside a dry creek bed, claypan cracks, dried rockholes, and sandhills.
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