Sherry Puruntatameri: Yirrikipayi Canvas
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Sheraleen (Sherry) Puruntatameri is a young, emerging artist from the Tiwi Islands, and commenced working with our collective in '22.
Based at our Darwin store as a Creative Artist, Sherry is completing a residency as part of our Each One, Teach One mentoring program. Two kind enterprises, working side by side as part of our vision to invest in the next generation.
Starwin is supporting Sherry with a creative space to work and materials and mentoring to start up her own enterprise. This is a chance for you own your very own part of her first collection and invest with us in growing a Made with Kindness Economy.
Yirrikipayi Canvas
A mother crocodile (Yirrikipayi) having a swim with her babies at the waterhole.
Canvas: 12 x 6 in, 280gsm. These base canvases are FSC certified - supporting healthy forests and protects wildlife as part of the Restoring Australia Initiative by Officeworks.
Maker story
Totem/skin group: Rock
Homelands: Sherry is from the Tiwi islands. The Tiwi Islands is located in the Northern Territory, 80 km to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island and Bathurst Island as the two main islands.