Lambalk Kangun Mannguy (Sugar Glider Eating Flowers) by Graham Badari on linen shops

Hand screen printed linen (115 cm wide)
The base cloth is a pale grey with texture, letting some black thread come through and the ink is bronze, a beautiful metallic orange with black on top.

This delightful design features sugargliders, kingfishers and eucalypt blossoms in Graham's unique detailed and delicate style.


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All our fabrics are designed and hand-printed by our members in our workshop in Gunbalanya in West Arnhem Land, NT.

The designer:
Graham Badari is one of Injalak Arts' senior screenprint designers, producing popular designs for various textile applications. He has been working with Injalak Arts since 1990. Graham was shortlisted for the National Aboriginal & TI Art Award in 2015 and 2016 and is a highly acclaimed artist currently working on illustrating a children's book.

The design:
This design shows lambalk (sugar gliders) feeding on mannguy (flowers). The flowers arefrom a tree known as mandangdang (Corymbiasetosa or rough-leafed bloodwood). This tree is also prized amongst Kunwinjku people for making mako (didjeridus). Lambalk live in shops hollow trees and are small,omnivorous, arboreal and nocturnal possums. The common name refers to its preference for sugary nectarous foods and ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel. Djirrihdiddid (sacred kingfisher) also features in the design, a turquoise coloured bird that is often spotted during the dry season in the Top End. The intricate pattern has a sense of subtle movement, as if the leaves are rustling as the lambalk flies past.