Darug Weavers Aboriginal Crafts

DARUG WEAVERS

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This site is to share our crafts with you, we are an Aboriginal family from the Sydney area of Australia.

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This large table mat was one of the first things made, it's a great piece for the table centre. The mat is made from Lomandra grass.

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This fish is made from Red Hot Poker plant, swamp reeds and a few other grasses.
The fish is quite large and some are used for onion baskets.

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This Turtle is very popular with Art Galleries, they sell fast, we have one on permanent display at Centennial Park in Sydney.
They can be used as an Ornament or a gift box, or hung on the wall.

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Liz weaving, this photo was taken when we were doing the residency in Sydney, we found it on the TAFE site, not too happy at it being put online without my permission, but as it's already online I might as well use it. :)

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This is a Ceremonial Belt, they were mostly used in Ceremonies by the men, it's made from string, feathers and white clay

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This is an egg scoop that was used to gather eggs for food.

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This is a large fruit basket, it was put in an exhibition in Casula Powerhouse Art Gallery, Sydney, but before the exhibition had opened it had sold.

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This is a little fish was made from Flax.

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To contact us please email
darugweavers@yahoo.com.au