Jennifer Prudence is a Burarra fibre artist living in Maningrida. Jennifer works predominantly with locally harvested pandanus (pandanus spiralis) that she dyes with natural colours derived from the roots, leaves or flowers of plants found in the surrounding country.
She was taught to weave by her sister, master weaver Lorna Jin-gubarrangunyja, and is now herself an accomplished maker of An-gujechiya (Fish Trap), Burlupurr (Dilly bags), circular woven mats and earrings.
Prudence was one of 13 artists who produced “Mun-Dirra” for the 2023 NGV Triennial Exhibition, a monumental installation of ten 10m long woven pandanus fish net fences; taking close to 2 years to complete, it is the largest commissioned fibre work in Australia.
Mun-dirra | fish fence (1091-24), 2024
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Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory, Australia
$5,000
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Jennifer Prudence is a Burarra fibre artist living in Maningrida. Jennifer works predominantly with locally harvested pandanus (pandanus spiralis) that she dyes with natural colours derived from the roots, leaves or flowers of plants found in the surrounding country.
She was taught to weave by her sister, master weaver Lorna Jin-gubarrangunyja, and is now herself an accomplished maker of An-gujechiya (Fish Trap), Burlupurr (Dilly bags), circular woven mats and earrings.
Prudence was one of 13 artists who produced “Mun-Dirra” for the 2023 NGV Triennial Exhibition, a monumental installation of ten 10m long woven pandanus fish net fences; taking close to 2 years to complete, it is the largest commissioned fibre work in Australia.
