Cairns Art Gallery
Made from wool, raffia and Tjonpi (desert grasses) , entitled I am a Tjanpi Woman 2017, this is the work of Tjunkaya Tapaya. Another photograph by Abra below provides a different perspective and greater detail of the intricate work.
Tjunkaya , born 1947 in the South Australian desert, brought up at the Ernabella Mission , is internationally renowned for her batik . In 1974 she and other Pitjantjatara women went to Indonesia to study batik making . She also works in acrylic, painting, weaving , ceramics and wood carving . Her work has been exhibited widely overseas and is in Australian galleries and the British Museum .
