Aboriginal Woven Mats

With colour sophisticated textures patterns and fun educational motifs these cosy mats add life and vigour to any space.

Aboriginal woven mats.

The coiled technique was previously absent in the centre and north of australia. Same day dispatch if ordered by 2 30pm express int avail. Our mats also give the world a taste of the amazing images colours and aboriginal art symbols available through indigenous artwork. For this design deborah wurrkidj has depicted marebu woven pandanus mats.

Our mats are very popular as classroom mats for example allowing children to learn about culture and aboriginal designs while they eat read or play. These mats have been designed by australian aboriginal torres strait islands new zealand maori pacific islands and malaysian artists. See more ideas about weaving aboriginal aboriginal art. Leading artists in this genre include freda wayartja ali bonnie burarn garra doreen jinggarrabarra lorna jin gubarrangunyja.

Oct 20 2018 explore anna mogilevsky s board aboriginal weaving on pinterest. The woven reed or bark mats for the interior used the suspension loom where the ends are braided to form an even edge and then hung from a crossbar between two posts. The mats are only made in premises that are certified for safe work practices and child free labour. All our mats are produced using 100 recycled plastic materials.

Marebu pandanus mats deborah wurrkidj is a kuninjku artist from the kurulk clan whose country lies around the outstation of mumeka in central arnhem land. Lead by respected aboriginal artist chris edwards simon robinson director of the rug collection and wirriimbi designs hosted a hands on cultural exchange craft workshop which inspired the imagination and creativity of aboriginal youth and their families to convey their important cultural stories through the non written language of visual. Aboriginal torres strait island mats our range of aboriginal mats are a celebration of rich aboriginal culture clean environment and beautiful spaces. In swampy areas of australia native bulrushes and sedges are woven to create stiff baskets.

She is an accomplished artist working across mediums including painting sculpture weaving and textile design. The radial woven patterns of the finest round mats appear to vibrate with colour sometimes regarded as an aesthetic manifestation of deep cultural meaning as there is a significant spiritual dimension to pandanus mats. And a finer weft is twined or woven in with the fingers the interior mats of wigwams in the 1600 s were decorated with several colors including black blue red and yellow.