This collection brings together works by senior and emerging artists, reflecting the intergenerational sharing of knowledge across NPY communities from kami (grandmothers), ngunytju (mothers), untal(pa) (daughters), kangkuru (sisters) and kuntili (aunties).

For NPY women, weaving is deeply connected to time spent together out bush - collecting tjanpi (native desert grasses), hunting, visiting Country and sharing stories and skills. These works celebrate not only individual expression, but the strength of working together, learning from one another, and keeping connections strong.

About the artist:

Selinda is a young, emerging Pitjantjatjara artist from Kaltukatjara (Docker River) in the Northern Territory.

She has developed her weaving practice through Tjanpi skills development workshops in Kaltukatjara and Mantamaru (WA), where she has been exploring the art of animal sculpture. A quick and confident learner, Selinda has already created a lively menagerie of forms, including tjilkamarta (echidnas), tinka (lizards), and papa (dogs), each reflecting her growing skill and playful approach to making.

Tjanpi Desert Weavers (Tjanpi meaning ‘wild grass’) is an award-winning, Indigenous governed and directed social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC). Tjanpi empowers over 400 women across a 350 000 square km area of the tri-state region of NT, SA and WA to earn an income and remain in their communities on Country.