Bábbarra Women’s Centre has a proud history of positive social impact.
From the early days, we have supported the lives of Aboriginal women in the community of Maningrida and on surrounding homelands.
Bábbarra Women’s Centre enables local women to develop and run women-centred enterprises that support healthy and sustainable livelihoods.
Bábbarra Designs is our main enterprise. We have a textile workshop specialising in the production of hand-printed fabric design using linocut block prints and screen prints. We are one of only a few Indigenous textile-producing art centres in Australia that design, print and sew product onsite, in community.
Contact Details
Website: babbarra.com
Phone: 08 8979 4146
Email: babbarra.manager@bawinanga.org.au
Wirndilk (Haemodorum coccineum) is a tropical grass that grows in well-drained, sandy soil around stony country. Commonly known as scarlet bloodroot, its bright red bulb can produce shimmering red or rust-coloured dye tones. The seeds of wirndilk can produce a beautiful, bright purple-pink colour.
Wirndilk continues to be used by women of Arnhem Land to dye pandanus for dilly bags and woven baskets.
Materials
Silk and bush dyes
Dimensions
2900 x 1370 mm
Price/ NFS
$435.00
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Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
3000 x 1100 mm
Price/ NFS
$300.00