Nganmarra, Baytjparra, Ŋaniyal are some of the names for traditional twined items that were made for many purposes including shelter, preparing food, body adornment and in ceremony. Based on these traditional forms, contemporary expressions of twined work include mats or wall hangings. 

Most fibre art is made from Gunga (Pandanus Spiralis) occasionally other fibres like reeds or bush string called Balgurr (Kurrajong) may be incorporated. Like other fibre artwork collecting and preparing the pandanus fronds and harvesting the raw materials for colours is hard work. On return from a bush trip the fibres are stripped of spikes, and split. Dye pots are prepared and the fibres boiled and coloured according to various recipes. Then the twinning can begin.

The twinning technique may be thought of as the twisting together of elements. Artists take two twisting lengths of pandanus and work them across a series of radiating lengths. The twisting lengths are the 'active' elements of the structure and the radiating lengths are 'passive'. Variation in the twining occurs through changing the density, the order, or the colour.