Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia

These photos are from a gorgeous book, Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia by Judith Ryan, that I bought last year in Melbourne.  If you have any interest in batik or aboriginal art it would be a beautiful addition to your library.

Artist from Utopia applying wax to silk with a canting.

Peggy Napurrurla Poulson, Warlpiri, Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush yam Dreaming) 1986 Batik on cotton

 

Tjunkaya Tapaya, Pitjantjatjara, Raiki wara 1994 batik on silk

Yipati Kuyata, Pitjantjatjara, Raiki wara, 1989, batik on silk organza

Imiyari (Yilpi) Adamson, Pitjantjatjara, Raiki wara, c. 1988, batik on silk

Emily Kam Kngwarray, Anmatyerr, Kam (Pencil yam seed), 1988, batik on silk

 Ada Bird Petyarr, Anmatyerr, Arnkerrth then Ngangkar (Mountain devil lizard and traditional healer), 1991, batik on silk 
 

Lena Skinner Ngal, Anmetyerr, Untitled 2007, batik on silk

Tjunkaya Tapaya, Pitjantjatjara, Raiki wara, 2007, batik on silk.

A Raiki is a "long cloth"