2023 Craft ACT Corporate Catalogue

Maker Julie Anderson is an artist belonging to the Pitjantjatjara
language and cultural group and is from the remote community of
Finke, Northern Territory. Julie's works incorporate a wonderful sense
of colour and enjoys the meditative aspects of basket weaving.
Tjanpi Desert Weavers, a signatory to the Indigenous Art Code, is a
dynamic social enterprise of the NPY Women's council. Tjanpi
(meaning 'dry grass') supports Aboriginal women living in remote
Central and Western desert communities to create contemporary
fibre art.
When collecting desert grasses (minarri, wangurnu and yilintji),
women visit sacred sites and traditional homelands, hunt and gather
food for their families, and teach children about country. Grass is
bound with wool, string or raffia and combined with yinirnti (red
seeds of the bat-wing coral tree) and wipiya (emu feathers).
Dimensions: Various sizes
Materials: Tjanpi (grass), raffia
Price: $82 - $200