Bush Camp Red

The Australian Aboriginal designs are colorful, vibrant and decorative. Aboriginal art is one of the oldest and most traditional art forms in the world. It is believed to be over 50.000 years old and was passed down through cave, rock, sand or earth paintings. Now she has found a new medium - the Aboriginal fabrics. The designs are created by Aboriginal artists and each fabric tells a story from Aboriginal mythology. Many small color dots are often used, the designs are based on familiar wild and animal motifs and usually use a lively color palette.

Dreamtime story for Bush Camp Design by Audrey Martin Napanangka:

Audrey is a well-known name among many patchwork and quilting enthusiasts. Her dream subjects are bush onions, bush food, wild coconuts, etc. Audrey learned to paint from her sisters and mother.

Audrey's works are vibrant and powerful. In her latest design, “Bush Camp”, she has depicted different types of medicinal leaves in the bush camp. The semicircles represent people and the concentric circles represent waterholes. The Aborigines like to camp in the bush and carry out various activities there. Activities include playing football, running, throwing boomerangs, kangaroo hunting, etc. Sometimes they sit around the waterholes to discuss various topics.