{"product_id":"judy-manany-gurruwiwi-worrwurr-owl-26-20","title":"Judy Manany Gurruwiwi | Worrwurr (Owl) 26-20","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"The owl totem belongs to the Yirritja Moiety. It also belongs to other clans such as, Wangurri, Dhalwangu etc. \u0026amp; the Golpa clan sing about owls. The owls eyes depicts the traditional bush food, called Dingu which comes from the Cycad plant, the nuts are pounded, strained and made into a dough then wrapped by Paper Bark and baked in a ground oven.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOwls are smart and wise, they bring telepathic messages, telling us that something is going to happen, something good or bad in relation to our family. They also tell us, if a death has occurred amongst our family.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYolŋu people have many totems that come from two Moiety groups, from the Dhuwa side \u0026amp; the Yirritja side.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are mentioned in our songlines, about where it comes from and from where it travels from, to where its journey ends. We dance to imitate the animals walk, stance, flight and how it caws or makes a sound etc.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--23623879917866__c3ed82a8-00cd-400e-8fcc-e3c336791d9d\" class=\"shopify-section text-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\n    module--padding-none\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text__text-container content content-wrapper rte type-body-2\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJudy Manany Gurruwiwi is an accomplished artist working from Elcho Island Arts on Galiwin'ku, NT, whose work practice includes painting, carving, and weaving. She is the daughter of Mithinarri Gurruwiwi, a very well-known bark painter who she was very close to. Manany would watch and learn from him as they visited country and he painted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My name is Judy Manany Gurruwiwi. My clan is Galpu and my Moiety is Dhuwa. I learnt to make art from my father who I assisted from when I was 10 years old. I collected materials for him. We made hollow logs, yidaki, bark paintings and carving. I learnt how to make my own art with my own ideas when my father passed away.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was born in Yirrkala in 1962 and moved to Elcho Island in 1981. I make string bags, weaving, spears, hollow logs, painting, carving, yidaki and womera. All types of art. I paint my totems which are python, file snake (freshwater snake), water lilies and bidum (a type of fish). The dots in my work are Dhuwa patterns which represent the rainbow and file snake. The crosshatch patterns represent fresh water. My sister Susan also makes artwork, the same as me. She also helped our father and now she helps me make my art. My older brother lives in Darwin, and he advises me on what to paint, what I am allowed to show. I have one daughter, one son, one grandson and two granddaughters and they live with me in Galiwin’ku. My children help me collect the materials for my artwork and prepare the ochre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI started making soft sculpture animals with pandanus in 2008. I experimented with new ways of weaving to make fish, turtles, camp dog, piggy, pussy cat, and owl. Now people really like these, and we have many exhibitions with soft sculpture and carvings\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Judy Manany Gurruwiwi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Elcho Island Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51423139430698,"sku":null,"price":1580.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/JudyManany26-20.jpg?v=1776753316","url":"https:\/\/brunswickstreetgallery.com.au\/products\/judy-manany-gurruwiwi-worrwurr-owl-26-20","provider":"Brunswick Street Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}