Foreword / Louise Partos -- Introduction: Louise Hamby -- Strings through the heart / Margie West -- Runkunyi Runkunyi Runkunyi / Thisbe Purich -- Beautiful mongrels / Andrew Nicholls -- Margaret Djogiba -- Robyn Djunginy -- Mavid Warrngilna Ganambarr -- Fiona Gavino -- Banbiyak I Mununggurr -- Philomena Hali -- Nalda Searles -- Anne Nangala Dixon -- Phyllis Napurrula Williams -- Topsy Napurrula Fisher -- Kantjupayi Benson -- Niningka Lewis -- Phyliss Rogers -- Yvonne Koolmatrie -- Treahna Hamm
Summary
Exhibition catalogue of a range of coiled fibre art, from baskets to three dimensional forms to flat sculptural pieces; includes work of twelve Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from Arnhem Land, the desert regions of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia; includes the history of coiling in South East Australia, how it came to Arnhem Land, the introduction of dyes and the revival of basketmaking in South East Australia
