In a creative partnership with Kununurra based art centre Waringarri Arts, Jaru artist Kittey Malarvie’s beautiful Ngappa designs feature on a limited-edition Wesfarmers Arts gift commission of hand-thrown and hand-glazed stonewear beakers produced by ceramic artists of JamFactory, Adelaide. Malarvie depicts Ngappa – the waters of Sturt Creek at Malarvie’s Country, north of the Great Sandy Desert.
Layers of circles and lines in white ochre on a black charcoal background interpret the transition of flooding wet season rains to a land that is dry, leaving behind the patterned ground of cracked mud when Ngappa runs into the hollows, creating beautiful abstract designs.
Thank you Kittey Malarvie, our long-standing partner Waringarri Arts and JamFactory for this wonderful commission project!