Hermannsburg Potters: Marna Mapa Mpaarama - Making Plenty of Bush Foods
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Now we want to show for you our bush foods, because we been grow up on bush tuckers. Learning from our ancestors, they teach us what to do for all the seasons.
There's Tjaapa (Witchetty Grub) and Yalka (Bush Onion) in the karnta / Lhurrpa time (cold/ cold season). Some fruits grow up in the wumpia/ Eturna time (hot/ hot season).
We know how to teach our young ones because our old people taught us.
Judith Inkamala
Anita Ratara
Dawn Wheeler
Hayley Coulthard
Andrea Rontji
Claire Pareroultja
Anizha Coulthard
The Hermannsburg Potters are a dedicated group of Western Arrarnta artists creating vibrant handmade ceramic pots that encompass collective and individually lived histories in their distinct Country.
The Hermannsburg artists continue a 30-year legacy, sculpting and painting their visual histories and contemporary settings, speaking to their cultural beliefs, traditions and values.
Each artist works with a high level of skill in both hand-building pottery and watercolour-style landscape painting. These dynamic skills allow the artworks to evolve into individual depictions of the artist’s love for the local wildlife, memories of Country, community and traditions, as well as elements of contemporary life.
The vibrant and unique forms are made from terracotta clay working with the hand coil-pinch technique and finally painted with ceramic underglaze. The senior artists work with a style of painting reminiscent of Albert Namatjira, whose legacy continues to inspire the local community and its artists. This playful combination of mediums creates distinct work which had been widely exhibited and collected in Australia and overseas.
The pottery continues today with four longstanding, founding members who are currently mentoring more than 12 emerging artists to continue their work at the Art Centre. The Hermannsburg Potters support the local artists and their families, fostering the growing local economy of Hermannsburg.
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Alizha Coulthard PanangkaGrowing up eating Marna Mapa, 2024terracotta and underglazes33 x 29 cmAU$ 5,000.00 -
Alizha Coulthard PanangkaGoing hunting for tjaarpa (withchetty grubs), 2024terracotta and underglazes22 x 18 cmSold
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Claire PareroultjaUrlpaatja (Port Lincoln Parrot), 2024terracotta and underglazes19 x 14 cmSold
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Claire PareroultjaStill looking for marna malpa, still eating it too, 2024terracotta and underglazes33 x 28 cmAU$ 5,000.00
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Andrea Pungkarta RontjiMpaltjarta (bush orange/bushfruit story, 2024terracotta and glazes36 x 18 cmSold
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Andrea Pungkarta RontjiRumia (goanna)/bushmeat story, 2024terracotta and underglazes21 x 12 cmSold
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Anita Ratara MbitjanaParaltja (Bush Tucker - Lerp from Red River Gum), 2024terracotta and underglazes28 x 28 cmSold
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Hayley Coulthard PanangkaMarna inmurta (mustard grass), 2024terracotta and underglazes26 x 20 cmSold
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Judith Pungarta InkamalaBushtucker/Marna Mapa, 2024terracotta and underglazes28 x 25 cmSold
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Judith Pungarta InkamalaThepa Mapa (big mob birds)/ Lyerrtjina (budgerigar), 2024terracotta and underglazes23 x 15 cmSold
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Judith Pungarta InkamalaThepa Mapa, Everywhere, 2024terracotta and underglazes26 x 16 cmSold
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Dawn Ngala WheelerWent for picnic, eating lunch, 2024terracotta and underglazes17 x 13 cmSold
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Dawn Ngala WheelerTjaapa (Witchety Grub), 2024terracotta and underglazes13 x 9 cmSold
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Dawn Ngala WheelerI'll show you (between Mt Hermannsburg and Mt Sonder), 2024terracotta and underglazes21 x 16 cmAU$ 2,600.00
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Dawn Ngala WheelerEating marna mapa (bush tucker), 2024terracotta and underglazes20 x 13 cmAU$ 1,800.00
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Dawn Ngala WheelerPmurlpa, mpaltjarta and arlparrantji, 2024terracotta and underglazes23 x 18 cmSold
