"Kungkarangkalpa – Seven Sisters Story" Blown glass vessel, with design painted by Angkaliya Nelson of Ninuku Arts 

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Angkaliya Nelson

Angkaliya Nelson was born in 1960 at the Ernabella Mission in Pukatja, South Australia. She later grew up in Amata, where she met her husband and had two children. During the late 1970s and the “Homeland Movement”, Angkaliya and her family made the move west to Pipalyatjara to be closer to her traditional home lands. She continues to live in Pipalyatjara today. Angkaliya is a highly skilled craftswoman and artist. Like many other Anangu women, she has learnt the craft of ‘punu’ (wood carving and burning) and ‘tjanpi’ (grass weaving). In all of her crafts, including her modern dot work paintings, Angkaliya draws influence from ‘Mamungara’ and ‘Kungkarrakalpa Tjukurpa’, Seven Sisters Dreamtime stories.

Ninuku Arts

Ninuku Arts is an Indigenous Arts centre located in the remote community of Kalka in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, near the tri-state border of South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Since 2019, Ninuku Arts has collaborated with JamFactory’s Glass Studio to create exquisite handcrafted glass vessels that blend contemporary glassmaking techniques with traditional Indigenous designs.

ABOUT THE 'WALKA WIRU: NINUKU TJUKURPA – LOVELY COUNTRY: NINUKU STORIES' EXHIBITION:

Artists from Ninuku Arts, an Indigenous Arts centre located in the remote community of Kalka in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, collaborate with JamFactory’s Glass Studio to create unique glass vessels featuring the artists hand painted bold designs.

Presented in conjunction with Chihuly in the Botanic Garden.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

Materials: glass, high-fire enamel
Dimensions: 240 x 240
Catalogue #: 24-289

Due to the handmade nature of the products dimensions may vary on individual pieces.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PIECE IS ON DISPLAY AS PART OF THE 'WALKA WIRU: NINUKU TJUKURPA – LOVELY COUNTRY: NINUKU STORIES' EXHIBITION 

THE EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL JANUARY 12th, 2025. ANY SOLD WORK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION OR DELIVERY MID-LATE JANUARY 2025.

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Handmade in Australia.