Aboriginal Print Fabric, On Walkabout By Karen Taylor, Ochre -Width 145cm

Our authentic indigenous craft print fabric has been selected from a range of artists and is suitable for all quilting and craft projects. It’s 100% cotton and comes in a 145cm width. Available by the metre. The Artist: Karen Taylor is a Yankunytjatjara – Lurija / Adnyamathananha – Arabana aboriginal lady from the Northern Territory and South Australia. She painted her walkabout design when she was 21 years of age and living in Alice Springs. From a very young age Karen has had a passion for art. This is through growing up and watching the elders creating their artwork in different ways. Karen still paints today.
ON WALKABOUT OCHRE
This painting represents when Aboriginal tribes ran out of bush tucker on their land, they would go walkabout to another area of their country where there was bush tucker. They would walk days, sometimes weeks, camping along the way which the painting shows. They would only stay in their own country, never walking onto other Aboriginal tribe’s land.