Robert Edward Puruntatameri – Tiwi Potter Looking for Clay
Robert Puruntatameri is an accomplished potter from Melville Island. Â Three of Robert’s pots are available from Tali Gallery. Â This video shows him looking for different types and colours of clay during a workshop with a traditional potter from Canberra. Â Â Â Looking for ClayÂ
Emerging Regional Artists Expressing Traditional Knowledge
Tali Gallery works with several urban artists who paint in a contemporary aesthetic at the same time as conveying teachings from their forebears with stories handed down concerning Ancestral travels, songlines, knowledge of the earth, Aboriginal symbols and the importance of kinship and connection. The white painting is by Elisa Jane Carmichael (Ngugi Clan)Â from North...