Better World Aboriginal Art Digital Print Cotton Teatowel - Yam & Bush Tomato Dreaming

Better World Aboriginal Art Digital Print Cotton Teatowel - Yam & Bush Tomato Dreaming by Paddy Stewart

• Material: 100% cotton
• Digitial Print designs
• designed in Australia by Royalty Paid Aboriginal Artist

Cross Cultural Project -
The printing is a hand process that traditional handicraft workers can adopt, already having a similar skills set. Handicrafts in general are struggling to survive, pushed aside by industrial mass production. People are being displaced from their home villages due to lack of income. Screen printing is both productive and a clean industry that can be practised on a small scale. We use water based inks. The designs belong to Aboriginal artists, who receive generous royalties on every purchase made.

About the Artist/Design
This painting shows the Yam and Bush Tomato Dreamings. You can see the Yams and the small round berries of the Bush Tomatoes. The place associated with this Dreaming is west of Yuendumu. In the Dreamtine the people used to eat these fruits and vegetables, just as our old people lived off them. What I have painted here is the Dreamtime Yams and Bush Tomatoes. I painted them here for the children to see.