- Sleeveless top
- buttons down back
- Pink and red print on navy blue lightweight linen
- Print designed by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon at Ikuntji Artists in Haasts Bluff, Central Australia
- Design hand screen printed
- Top made ethically in Sydney
Artist: Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon
Alice is a Luritja and Pintupi artist; born in 1943 near Talaalpi: country east of Walungurru on the Western Australia / Northern Territory border. Alice is an established artist who has exhibited widely around Australia and the world. Her late father was one of the original Papunya Tula painters. Prior to painting, Alice worked for many years at the Kintore School teaching the young girls dancing and the traditions of the desert people. Alice remains an active “dancing woman” who travels widely to participate in annual ceremonies and “Women’s Law” meetings. She was a lead singer in the Sydney 2000 Oympics. Alice’s personal Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) is Tjilkamata - the porcupine. Her story is told in bright colours often utilising orange and yellow to mirror the ochres that are used in ceremonial body painting. In her Tjukurrpa story there is often the porcupine scurrying about rock holes and hiding places looking for tucker while nearby the women are themselves hunting, laying in wait for the porcupine
Art story: Watiya Tjuta at Talaalpi
This design shows the acacia trees in Alice’s country, Talaalpi, which is located beyond the Kintore/Kiwikurra road near the West Australian and Northern Territory border. This is the country where her father and mother used to travel by foot when she was a young girl. The place is still of great spiritual significance to Alice and her father’s family as it contains both, personal and tribal law to which Alice relates in her work. When it rains at Taalalpi, water collects between the sandhills, providing sustenance for her porcupine.
Tjilkamata (porcupine) is Alice’s own personal Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). She returned to her country for a visit in late 2005.
Art centre: Ikuntji Artists
Ikuntji Artists is located in Haasts Bluff community, which is 230km west of Alice Springs, in the West MacDonnell Ranges. Ikuntji Artists was the first art centre established for women of the Western Desert art movement. Ikuntji Artists has many internationally renowned artists, who are represented in galleries and institutions around the world. Their art is famous for bold colour choice, decisive brush strokes, and rich cultural storytelling.
Size and fit
Model is 172cm tall and wears size 12.
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| size |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
| bust |
87 |
92 |
97 |
102 |
107 |
112 |
| waist/hem circumference |
83 |
88 |
93 |
98 |
103 |
108 |
| centre front length |
38.78 |
39.42 |
40.06 |
40.07 |
41.24 |
41.98 |
Treat me right
Design is printed on linen with quality inks and then heat-set; designs are colourfast. Each metre of fabric is hand-printed and is unique - fabulous variations often occur!
Please treat your wearable art with love and care – we recommend cold hand wash, dry in shade, and reverse iron.
