Our first Kip&Co x Ernabella collaboration has had an INCREDIBLE response - a reflection of the fact we’re all craving products with a little more purpose and story.
And so we’re incredibly proud to launch our second collaboration with Ernabella Arts, Australia’s oldest continuously running Indigenous Art Centre. Working with this amazing group of artists for a second time has allowed us to establish a longer term and more meaningful connection with the APY Lands and has given us an opportunity to further showcase the infinite talents of this special group.
We’re bringing back some of your favourite pieces from the first collection, but have plenty of newness in there too with fresh prints, colours and products including ceramics,jewellery boxes, drink bottles, and casual apparel for adults.
As always though, the spirit of independence, adaptation, creativity and transformation shines out and we are so grateful for the artists (Carlene Thompson, Malpiya Davey, Rupert Jack, Michelle Lewis, Langaliki Lewis and Lynette Lewis) whose art tells the ancestral stories of their beautiful country and culture.
The partnership between Kip&Co x Ernabella Arts is best practice, and one that sets a benchmark for future collaborations. Ernabella Arts and Kip&Co divide all profits from the collaboration equally, so 50% of profits will return to Ernabella Arts.
We can’t wait to share this collaboration with you.
Mr Jack is a senior artist and the community pastor. He divides his time between his homeland, a place named Racecourse, and Ernabella. Mr Jack’s painting Ngayuku Ngura – My Country is of his father’s country. It’s a sacred place for men only near Mimili. The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape. He is also depicting looking for bush tucker such as maku (witchetty grub).
ARTWORK: NGAYUKU NGURA (MY COUNTRY)
NGAYUKU NGURA BY RUPERT JACK IS AVAILABLE IN COTTON PILLOWCASES 1P, 2P / COTTON
QUILT COVER S, KS, Q, K, SK / COTTON EURO 2P / COTTON FLAT SHEET Q, K / COTTON FITTED
SHEET Q, K / EMBROIDERED CUSHION / DRINK BOTTLES 500ML & 1000ML / CERAMIC MUGS
2P / CERAMIC PLATTER / 4P NAPKIN SET / 4P PLACE MAT SET / 145X270CM TABLECLOTH /220CM ROUND TABLECLOTH / TEA TOWEL / APRON / OVEN MITT / BABY QUILTED OVERALLS / ADULT SWEATER / ADULT LEGGINGS / KIDS ORGANIC COTTON JERSEY LS AND PANT PJ SET / KIDS FLEECE SWEATER / KIDS JERSEY FLARES / KIDS ORGANIC COTTON TEE
Michelle is a rising star of the Ernabella Arts studio. Michelle’s painting Tjala (Honey Ant) Dreaming depicts how the tjala (honey ants) tunnel though the sandy soil. Women dig up the tjala and then suck the delicious rich honey-like liquid from their distended abdomen
ARTWORK: TJALA DREAMING (HONEY ANT)
TJALA TJUKURPA (DESERT SUNSET) BY MICHELLE LEWIS IS AVAILABLE IN / 4P NAPKIN SET / 4P PLACE MAT SET / 145X270CM TABLECLOTH /220CM ROUND TABLECLOTH / TEA TOWEL / APRON / OVEN MITT / CERAMIC MUGS 2P / CERAMIC PLATTER
Kalaya Ngura – Emu Country is Carlene’s second artwork in the collaboration and depicts Carlene’s family’s country. The emu (kalaya) is the ancestral being who formed that part of the country as it travelled from Kanypi to Watarru in the Western APY Lands.
ARTWORK: KALAYA NGURA (EMU COUNTRY)
KALAYA NGURA (LILAC) BY CARLENE THOMPSON IS AVAILABLE IN COTTON PILLOWCASE 2P / COTTON QUILT COVER Q, K, SK / COTTON EURO 2P / COTTON FLAT SHEET Q, K / COTTON FITTED SHEET Q, K / UPHOLSTERY LINEN CUSHION / / 4P NAPKIN SET / 4P PLACE MAT SET / 145X270CM TABLECLOTH /220CM ROUND TABLECLOTH / TEA TOWEL / APRON / OVEN MITT / CERAMIC MUGS 2P / CERAMIC PLATTER / ADULT COTTON VOILE LS AND PANT PJ SET / KIDS FLEECE SWEATER / KIDS EVERYDAY JERSEY DRESS
Malpiya has been creating paintings, ceramics and prints at Ernabella Arts for over twenty years. Her artwork Kalaya Tjukurpa – Emu Dreaming is Malpiya’s mother’s country near Kanypi on the APY Lands. The kalaya (emu) is the creation being that formed this land. Malpiya’s design is a depiction of the kalaya walking around looking for mai (food) and water in the rockholes.
ARTWORK: KALAYA TJUKURPA (EMU DREAMING)
KALAYA TJUKURPA (SUNSHINE) BY MALIPIYA DAVEY IS AVAILABLE IN COTTON PILLOWCASE
2P & 1P / COTTON QUILT COVER S, KS, D, Q, K, SK / COTTON EURO 2P / COTTON FLAT SHEET
S, KS, D, Q, K / COTTON FITTED SHEET S, KS, D, Q, K, COT, BASSINET / COT BEDSPREAD / EMBROIDERED CUSHION / WOVEN CUSHION / WOVEN BEDSPREAD
KALAYA TJUKURPA (SAND) BY MALIPIYA DAVEY IS AVAILABLE IN BATH TOWEL / HAND TOWEL / FACE WASHER / LONG ROBE
KALAYA TJUKURPA (RUST) BY MALIPIYA DAVEY IS AVAILABLE IN ADULT KNIT SWEATER
Langaliki is a highly skilled and creative painter and ceramicist. Langaliki’s painting Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Dreaming is of her father’s country. Tjala (honey ants) are a highly favoured food source and they are an important link between Anangu mythology and inter-dependence on the environment.
ARTWORK: TJALA TJUKURPA (HONEY ANT DREAMING)
TJALA TJUKURPA (PASTEL) BY LAGALIKI LEWIS IS AVAILABLE IN COTTON PILLOWCASE 2P / COTTON QUILT COVER Q, K, SK / COTTON EURO 2P / COTTON FLAT SHEET Q, K / COTTON FITTED SHEET Q, K / EMBROIDERED CUSHION / JEWELLERY BOXES SML & LG / DRINK BOTTLES
500ML & 1000ML / BABY ZIPPY ROMPER / ADULT COTTON VOILE LS AND PANT PJ SET / KIDS
FLEECE SWEATER / KIDS JERSEY FLARES / KIDS EVERYDAY JERSEY DRESS /
TJALA TJUKURPA (BLACK) BY LAGALIKI LEWIS IS AVAILABLE IN ADULT SWEATER / ADULT
LEGGINGS / KIDS ORGANIC COTTON TEE / KIDS BOMBER JACKET
Lynette Lewis is one of Ernabella’s leading artists and works across many mediums including canvas, ceramics and silver jewellery. Lynette’s design
Wamikata Walka Tali – Sand Dune is inspired by the ripples created by wind in the sand at the large red sand dune named Warnikata near Ernabella.
Wamikata is a popular place for looking for maku (witchetty grubs) and also for teaching milpatjunanyi (telling stories in the sand) to children.
ARTWORK: WAMIKATA WALKA TALI (SAND DUNE)
Carlene is a senior artist and senior woman in the Ernabella community. Her works are often about tjulpu tjuta (birds). People call her Tjulpu Thompson, and she says ‘like I did with my children, I now raise chicks every day on canvas and in clay in my work’.
Carlene’s painting Tjulpu Kulunypa – Baby Birds is an artwork about birds and their chicks.
ARTWORK: TJULPU KULUNYPA (BABY BIRDS)
TJULPU KULUNYPA (PEACH) BY CARLENE THOMPSON IS AVAILABLE IN EMBROIDERED LINEN
UPHOLSTERY CUSHION / ADULT KNIT SWEATER / KIDS KNIT SWEATER
QUILT COVER / 1P & 2P PILLOWCASES / 2P EURO / FITTED SHEETS / FLAT SHEETS AVAILABLE IN
/ EMBROIDERED CUSHION AVAILABLE IN KALAYA
CUSHIONS AVAILABLE
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AVAILABLE IN QUILT COVER / PILLOW 1P
TJUKURPA BY LANGALIKI LEWIS AVAILABLE IN BASSINET & COT SHEETS AND COT BEDSPREAD
KALAYA TJUKURPA BY MALIPAYA DAVEY AVAILABLE IN BASSINET & COT SHEETS AND COT BEDSPREAD
TJUKURPA BY LANGALIKI LEWIS AVAILABLE IN ZIP BABY ROMPER
NGAYUKU NGURA BY RUPERT JACK AVAILABLE IN ZIP BABY ROMPER
NGAYUKU NGURA BY RUPERT JACK AVAILABLE IN BABY QUILTED OVERALLS
Nganampa Tjukurpa Putitja
Nganana putitja tjuta Anangu punungka, pulingka munu mantangka tjungu nyinanyi panya nyangangka tjungula nyinanyi pilunta nganampa ngura munu manta munu Anangu tjunguringkula ngananya tjungunu panya nganana nyaakula kulira nganampa waarka tjunanyi arts-pangka tjungura panya nyanga paluru ankula anu nganampa walytjapiti tjutangka nintira wanti-katira wiyaringkunytja tjutangku kala nganana kuwaritja tjutaku palyani nyaakula mala-wanu katinytjaku panya ngananya nintinu irititja tjutangku panya maa ungunytjaku
tjananya ngapartji Anangu-ngku Anangu-ngku nganampa arts panya manta-nguru nganampa Anangu tjutanguru munu tjukurpa
Our Story from the Bush
We are desert people and we live with the trees, rocks and earth that surrounds us everywhere. The peace, the nature and the environment connects us. What we see around us we put intoour art. Our ancestors showed us how to live, with stories that came from our knowledge. We are here to teach our young people to live with what we were given. It is about passing knowledge and stories onto Anangu, by Anangu. Our art and designs come from our land, our people and our dreams.
Anne Thompson Chair, Ernabella Arts
February 2023
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