Mangkurrkwa (pandanus) & Banana Fibre Earrings by Annabelle Dingmalmurrangkama Amagula
Mangkurrkwa (pandanus) & Banana Fibre Earrings by Annabelle Dingmalmurrangkama Amagula
Senior Artist Annabelle Dingmalmurrangkama Amagula was experimenting new ideas by peeling and smashing banana plant stem at Anindilyakwa Art centre.
Annabelle was thinking about using banana fibre to make some earrings from the fibre.
She put some aside and took it home, at home she stripped it into small strings, she then washed it with water and hung it up to dry. From the small fibres she then made some string and used the fibres to make some earrings.
Banana is called Merah in Anindilyakwa language. It is also the name for blood.
The word Merah is also the word for red in Bahasa Indonesian. Annabelle has said that the Macassan people bought banana plant, tamarind trees and bamboo to the Eylandt.
Earring Height: 7cm
Artist
Annabell Dingmalmurrangkama Amagula is a senior artist and Arts and Cultural Officer from Angurugu Community. Highly skilled in traditional fibre crafts, she is a master bush string maker and weaver who teaches younger generations to keep cultural knowledge strong. She is best known for her bright contemporary weavings, whereby she repurposes old fabrics, bush dyed silks and pandanus to create two-dimensional weavings often featuring whimsical motifs like flowers and fish.
Annabell has taught national and international workshops, facilitating ghost net weaving workshops at art fairs, festivals, schools and universities. In 2019 she participated in an artist in residence program with Asialink in Indonesia where she delivered workshops and developed new works to communicate and creatively address environmental issues affecting sea life and coastal communities in Australia and Indonesia. Annabel has also been a central artist in developing contemporary bush dye practices collaborating on fashion projects in 2017-2023.
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