Woven Animal Sculpture – Andrea Giles

Handwoven lizard sculpture by Andrea Giles.

Tjanpi (meaning grass in Pitjantjatjara language) is used by Aboriginal women living in remote Central and Western Desert communities (WA, SA, NT) to create spectacular contemporary fibre art.

When collecting desert grasses (minarri, wangurnu and yirlintji), women visit sacred sites and traditional homelands, hunt and gather food for their families, and teach children about country. Grass is bound with wool, string or raffia and combined with yirnirnti (red seeds of the bat-wing coral tree) and wipiya (emu feathers). 

About the artist: 

Andrea Giles lives in Tjukurla Community (WA) where she is raising her young family. Andrea grew up in Docker River (NT) and Tjukurla. She has a unique interpretation of form and colour, using dynamic shapes to express her country and culture.

About the supplier: 

Tjanpi Desert Weavers are a social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council working with women in the remote Central and Western deserts (WA, SA, NT) who earn an income from contemporary fibre art. Read more

Product details: 

Dimensions: 240 x 105 x 490 mm

Made in the Central and Western deserts (WA, SA, NT)