Chris, Crossbody Bag, Aboriginal Art, Handprinted, Fabric, online Sand Palm, Design, Gracie Kumbi, Merrepen, Messenger Bag, Australia, Unisex
Our most popular bag style: unisex, practical, hard wearing and comfortable to carry.
This gorgeous bag features a design by artist Gracie Kumbi from Merrepen Arts hand-printed onto fabric.
The flap is secured by a magnetic stud and it covers three pockets to hold a phone, pens and coins, secured by velcro.
There is an internal zip pocket and an external zippered pocket on the reverse side of the bag.
Adjustable shoulder strap that is built into the body of the bag so very strong. Fittings are brass and durable. Detailing includes piping along seams of bag.
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Details
Dimensions: 210 x 270 x 60 (gusset) mm (8.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 inches)
Fabric: Linen (printed fabric) and Cotton matching fabric and lining
Note: The photos are color accurate.
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How it was made:
The fabric is designed by Aboriginal people, printed by Publisher Textiles in Sydney and then beautifully crafted by our fair trade partners, in Cambodia.
The artists are paid a royalty fee for online every metre printed.
See matching purse in the same fabric here https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/767583680/aboriginal-art-fabric-print-sand-palm
Limited Edition: All our bags are made in small batches as all the fabrics are handprinted in very limited quantities, sometimes no more than 2 metres. Only three bags were ever made with this fabric in this bag style.
Please note that each bag is unique and the placement of the fabric design is different and wonderful on each item.
Fabric Designer
Gracie Kumbi - the photo is Gracie working on her design
Design:
Merrepen (Sand Palm)
The name Merrepen comes from Livistonia Palm (commonly known as the cabbage-tree palm) which grows on the banks of the Daly River. ‘Merrepen' by Gracie Kumbi (b.1968, Country Malyiyin; Language: Ngen'giwumirri), is an heraldic and iconic design - reflecting the origins of Merrepen Arts. The design is featured in the interior design at Darwin Airport.
Merrepen Arts - Aboriginal owned art centre
Merrepen Arts, located at Nauiyu Community Daly River (NT) about 220 km south west of Darwin, is a well established arts centre with around 20 artists working in a variety of traditional and contemporary mediums painting regularly in a custom designed art centre. Merrepen artists are renowned for their colourful depictions of local flora and fauna in prints, paintings, fabrics and objects.
A number of the most established artists from the region are now recognised on a national level. The number of working artists rises to approximatley 80 during the annual Merrepen Arts and Sports Festival.
The Merrepen Arts Centre opened in 1986 and the artists are famous for their etchings and printmaking but also produce a number of artifacts in addition to paintings, using a multitude of materials and techniques in their creative expression. Using zinc plates, or lino plates, coloured ink and a press machine they produce etchings and prints, batik techniques using wax and silk painting to make t-shirts, scarves and sarongs, paper-mâché techniques to make bowls and animal figures, screen printing for tea-towels and other kind of fabric and weaving of Merrepen and Pandanus leaves to make dilly bags, fishnets, baskets and sun mats.