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“I have been taught how to work with pandanus fibre by two of my grandmothers and my mother. They are well known fibre artists. I live in Mapuru, we have many visitors coming there and I am one of the teachers. I love working with pandanus with my families.” – Julieanne Gitjpulu Malibirr



Today we feature a selection of Julieanne’s bulpu (dilly bags), made with gunga (pandanus), ḏarwirr (lawyer vine) and baḻgurr raki (hand-spun string from the Kurrajong tree). The intricate construction mainly uses twining techniques, where open twined style looks airy and light, and the closed weave is tightly interwoven in neat rows. The juxtaposition in the texture and colouring of these bulpu speaks to the creativity and range in Julieanne’s craftsmanship.

While traditional Yolŋu uses of the bulpu were predominantly for collecting and carrying, they have more significance today beyond aesthetic objects in their conceptualisation in Waŋarr’ (Ancestral) stories as carrying the law and ‘stuff’ to create life.

All these unique works are available on our website, link below! Domestic shipping is included in the price and DM us if you have any questions!
🔗 gapuwiyak.com.au/shop/baskets/

#bathi #balgurr #wovenbasket #fibreart #naturalfibre #bushdye #naturaldye #pandanus #kurrajong #lawyervineweaving #handwoven #fibreartist #fibreartistsofinstagram #yolnguart #yolngufibreart #aboriginalart #ethicalaboriginalart #indigenousart #firstnationsart #yolngutraditions #keepingtraditionsalive #supportaboriginalartists #remoteartcentre #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #gapuwiyak #yolngucountry👣 #northarnhemland #northernterritory #ntaustralia
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“I have been taught how to work with pandanus fibre by two of my grandmothers and my mother. They are well known fibre artists. I live in Mapuru, we have many visitors coming there and I am one of the teachers. I love working with pandanus with my families.” – Julieanne Gitjpulu Malibirr 

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Today we feature a selection of Julieanne’s bulpu (dilly bags), made with gunga (pandanus), ḏarwirr (lawyer vine) and baḻgurr raki (hand-spun string from the Kurrajong tree). The intricate construction mainly uses twining techniques, where open twined style looks airy and light, and the closed weave is tightly interwoven in neat rows. The juxtaposition in the texture and colouring of these bulpu speaks to the creativity and range in Julieanne’s craftsmanship. 

While traditional Yolŋu uses of the bulpu were predominantly for collecting and carrying, they have more significance today beyond aesthetic objects in their conceptualisation in Waŋarr’ (Ancestral) stories as carrying the law and ‘stuff’ to create life. 

All these unique works are available on our website, link below! Domestic shipping is included in the price and DM us if you have any questions! 
🔗 https://gapuwiyak.com.au/shop/baskets/

#bathi #balgurr #wovenbasket #fibreart #naturalfibre #bushdye #naturaldye #pandanus #kurrajong #lawyervineweaving #handwoven #fibreartist #fibreartistsofinstagram #yolnguart #yolngufibreart #aboriginalart #ethicalaboriginalart #indigenousart #firstnationsart #yolngutraditions #keepingtraditionsalive #supportaboriginalartists #remoteartcentre #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #gapuwiyak #yolngucountry👣 #northarnhemland #northernterritory #ntaustralia

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Beautiful pieces. Very talented

Absolutely beautiful work. Thank you for sharing. I’m on a waiting list for Maparu so hopefully meet you one day 😊

Love your dilly bags 👍🌺

Awesome…. carrying on cultural traditions…. Beautiful works of art/craft🤩💛🖤❤️😍

Beautiful work!

Beautiful!

Congratulations!!! I am glad to know that you can continúe with your native and old traditions shared to you by your ancestors.Of course,these items are not just useful or decorating things as they have an important and interesting meaning for your people that should be finally respected .All my respect and admiration.Greetings from Spain ♥️♥️🌈⭐🌞♥️🌺

Awesome 👏

Beautiful work

So beautiful . Here in Aoteraroa New Zealand we have bush lawyer vine with sharp thorns , is yours the same ?

Lovely work keep it up

I had the honour of staying in Mapuru in 2010 and would love to visit again, one day. I learned so much about our land, the locals, culture, and what an amazing town it is. At home in Melbourne I admire pieces made by Linda and Gitpulu 😊 And the wonky tray you taught me to weave. 😬

Angela Sanders

So beautiful

Catherine

Gai Kemp Southwell

Amazing work

Such beautiful weaving..amazing congratulations!!!

Awesome 💯

So talented, lovely pieces!🧡

Beautiful work

So so beautiful

Congrats, love your dilly bags.

Where do you sell your awesome dilly bags ?

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Tune into ABC TV + iview Back Roads on Tuesday 12th to catch a glimpse of Gapuwiyak and Galiwinku on national telly, Part 2 of the East Arnhem Land (NT) double episode! 😍

📺 Tuesday 12 March, 8pm AEST, on ABC1
Or catch up and rewatch on iview later!

The Back Roads team visited us last year and documented our daily lives in remote North Arnhem Land. We’re excited to show what it’s like to live in this beautiful community to our friends in all corners of the world; and equally looking forward to potentially rejogging your memories of what it was like to live in this unique place if you’re an old friend or neighbour.

📸: Roman @romannormani and Rae @raejohnston looking fabulous! 🤩

#australianbroadcastingcorporation #abcbackroads #gapuwiyak #galiwinku #tunein #televisionfeature #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #remotecommunity #australiaoutback #dayinthelife #documentary #remoteartcentre #aboriginalart #yolnguowned #yolngucommunity #yolngucountry👣 #alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️ #ntaustralia #northeastarnhemland #northernterritory
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Tune into ABC TV + iview Back Roads on Tuesday 12th to catch a glimpse of Gapuwiyak and Galiwinku on national telly, Part 2 of the East Arnhem Land (NT) double episode! 😍

📺 Tuesday 12 March, 8pm AEST, on ABC1
Or catch up and rewatch on iview later! 

The Back Roads team visited us last year and documented our daily lives in remote North Arnhem Land. We’re excited to show what it’s like to live in this beautiful community to our friends in all corners of the world; and equally looking forward to potentially rejogging your memories of what it was like to live in this unique place if you’re an old friend or neighbour. 

📸: Roman @romannormani and Rae @raejohnston looking fabulous! 🤩

#australianbroadcastingcorporation #abcbackroads #gapuwiyak #galiwinku #tunein #televisionfeature #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #remotecommunity #australiaoutback #dayinthelife #documentary #remoteartcentre #aboriginalart #yolnguowned #yolngucommunity #yolngucountry👣 #alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️ #ntaustralia #northeastarnhemland #northernterritory

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Whoohoo too good you Roman. Haven’t seen part 2 yet. I’ve got photo shoots in 3 weeks. Lady from Brisbane flying up to do some work with me. Lol. I’m too old for modeling 67. What you reckon?

Can’t wait

Thanks for the reminder!! Consider it done - the first episode was excellent!

I cant wait . I saw lucy on the preview xx

Love to watch it 😁

Love Back Roads learning about our country

Wakai!! Go Roman! Looking forward to watching. Lou You

Wonderful

Kiecha Shaundelle

❤💛🖤

Peter Morales

Shane Carley we have to watch this!

Kate after our discussion today!

✊🏾🖤💛❤️ Farrah Gumbula ❣️

Awesome 👏

Millicent Scriven

Nick Ansell we should do these on catch up

Good on you Gappas !

love that

Jacinta Armstrong

Both weeks were wonderful! So fresh and joyful!

Roman Wunungmurra Mitchell

Congratulations to an amazing mob at amazing place we joined on two occasions. Very special. Lyn & Howard Brown

Ale Arias there were 2 episodes on EAL. You can see them on ABC iview

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📢‼️ Yo bukmak! SUPER EXCITING DEADLY NEWS 🤩

Turn on the telly tonight to see ABC’s Back Roads: East Arnhem Land Part 1 (Yirrkala) tonight!

📺 Tuesday 5 March, 8pm AEST, ABC 1
Catch up on iview biḏapi/yalala/later

Gapuwiyak will be featured on next week’s episode, more on that later 🤩

#abcbackroads #iview #backroads #televisionfeature #remoteartcentre #aboriginal #indigenous #firstnations #aboriginalart #indigenousart #firstnationsart #yirrkala #gapuwiyak #eastarnhem #eastarnhemland #ntaustralia #northernterritory
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📢‼️ Yo bukmak! SUPER EXCITING DEADLY NEWS 🤩 

Turn on the telly tonight to see ABC’s Back Roads: East Arnhem Land Part 1 (Yirrkala) tonight! 

📺 Tuesday 5 March, 8pm AEST, ABC 1 
Catch up on iview biḏapi/yalala/later 

Gapuwiyak will be featured on next week’s episode, more on that later 🤩 

#abcbackroads #iview #backroads #televisionfeature #remoteartcentre #aboriginal #indigenous #firstnations #aboriginalart #indigenousart #firstnationsart #yirrkala #gapuwiyak #eastarnhem #eastarnhemland #ntaustralia #northernterritory

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Fabulous, will be watching when we return home.

Excellent Story.

I just watched it on abc iview. LOVED IT. Then they showed what was coming up next week as part two - I saw Lucy!! can't wait for next week now. Im wanting to come to Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts next year!!! I have bought some of your products (Lucy's work of course - I met her at Garma last year)

Some people wear pink on Wednesdays, we buy art on Tuesdays 😎🎨🖼️

Tuesdays are our ‘buying days’ and often the busiest of the week. How this works is every Tuesday artists and makers from Gapuwiyak and surrounding homelands bring their art to the Art Centre. We pay artists upfront and start photographing and cataloging the new works the same day. A lot of creative discussions and collaborations happen on this day too. The art centre is sometimes bursting at its seams with new art works on the tables and floors, artists coming and going, and even some family catch ups from faraway visitors.

Then over the weeks, these new works appear on our website, art markets, events or exhibitions. When you purchase an artwork, it goes towards financially supporting Yolŋu artists in Gapuwiyak and surrounds, and allowing us to continue doing what we do.

Sometimes it feels like everything is happening on Tuesday. Yet Tuesday is just one day of our dynamic working week…💫

#artcentrelife #supportingaboriginalartists #remotecommunities #firstnationsart #firstnationsartists #indigenousart #yolnguart #ethicalaboriginalart #keepingculturestrong #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #gapuwiyak #northeastarnhemland #yolngucountry #northernterritory #ntaustralia #alwayswasalwayswillbe
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Some people wear pink on Wednesdays, we buy art on Tuesdays 😎🎨🖼️ 

Tuesdays are our ‘buying days’ and often the busiest of the week. How this works is every Tuesday artists and makers from Gapuwiyak and surrounding homelands bring their art to the Art Centre. We pay artists upfront and start photographing and cataloging the new works the same day. A lot of creative discussions and collaborations happen on this day too. The art centre is sometimes bursting at its seams with new art works on the tables and floors, artists coming and going, and even some family catch ups from faraway visitors. 

Then over the weeks, these new works appear on our website, art markets, events or exhibitions. When you purchase an artwork, it goes towards financially supporting Yolŋu artists in Gapuwiyak and surrounds, and allowing us to continue doing what we do. 

Sometimes it feels like everything is happening on Tuesday. Yet Tuesday is just one day of our dynamic working week…💫

#artcentrelife #supportingaboriginalartists #remotecommunities #firstnationsart #firstnationsartists #indigenousart #yolnguart #ethicalaboriginalart #keepingculturestrong #gapuwiyakcultureandarts #gapuwiyak #northeastarnhemland #yolngucountry #northernterritory #ntaustralia #alwayswasalwayswillbe

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What a gorgeous array of work. 😀Love you description of Tuesdays at Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Aboriginal Corporation 😁👏

Exquisite weaving 🤩

Allen Enochs-White

Stunning pieces!

Congratulations to UPLANDS for a well-deserved win! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 And don’t forget to check out our virtual gallery via @uplands.org.au if you haven’t done so already 🤩

#Repost @agencyprojects with @use.repost
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🏆 People’s Choice Winner 🏆
Best Digital Twin for Arts & Culture 2023
For “UPLANDS - Art, Culture, Country”

We are excited to share that UPLANDS has won the People’s Choice for Digital Twin in the Art & Culture category! A huge thanks to everyone who voted and everyone who worked with us and helped make this project a reality.

This award not only provides our project with international recognition, but should also help to build global audiences interactions with the resource, which features over 20 regional and remote First Nations Art Centres from across Australia.

UPLANDS is a project created by @agencyprojects and funded by the Australian Government through the Restart to Invest, Sustain and Expand (RISE) program and the Indigenous Visual Art Industry Support (IVAIS) program.

@uplands.org.au @anindilyakwa_arts @babbarradesigns @bulabulaarts @durrmuarts @ernabella_arts_pukatjapottery @gapuwiyakcultureandarts @hermannsburgpotters @ikuntjiartists @manyhandsart @jilamaraartsandcrafts #kaielaarts @mangkajaarts @maningridaarts @marrawuddi @martumiliartists @milingimbiartandculture @munupiarts @spinifexarts @tangentyereartists @waringarri_arts @warlayirti_artists @yarrenyty__arltere @phoria.io @wepondr @studio.ongarato @terri_janke @matterportmedia

Image credit: Munupi Arts by @alanaholmberg

#DigitalTwinAwards
#UPLANDS
#artculturecountry
#RISEfund
#ivais
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Congratulations to UPLANDS for a well-deserved win! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 And don’t forget to check out our virtual gallery via @uplands.org.au if you haven’t done so already 🤩 

#Repost @agencyprojects with @use.repost
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🏆 People’s Choice Winner 🏆
Best Digital Twin for Arts & Culture 2023
For “UPLANDS - Art, Culture, Country”

We are excited to share that UPLANDS has won the People’s Choice for Digital Twin in the Art & Culture category! A huge thanks to everyone who voted and everyone who worked with us and helped make this project a reality.

This award not only provides our project with international recognition, but should also help to build global audiences interactions with the resource, which features over 20 regional and remote First Nations Art Centres from across Australia.

UPLANDS is a project created by @agencyprojects and funded by the Australian Government through the Restart to Invest, Sustain and Expand (RISE) program and the Indigenous Visual Art Industry Support (IVAIS) program.

@uplands.org.au @anindilyakwa_arts @babbarradesigns @bulabulaarts @durrmuarts @ernabella_arts_pukatjapottery @gapuwiyakcultureandarts @hermannsburgpotters @ikuntjiartists @manyhandsart @jilamaraartsandcrafts #kaielaarts @mangkajaarts @maningridaarts @marrawuddi @martumiliartists @milingimbiartandculture @munupiarts @spinifexarts @tangentyereartists @waringarri_arts @warlayirti_artists @yarrenyty__arltere @phoria.io @wepondr @studio.ongarato @terri_janke @matterportmedia

Image credit: Munupi Arts by @alanaholmberg

#DigitalTwinAwards
#UPLANDS
#artculturecountry 
#RISEfund
#ivais