Susan Marawarr
Susan Marawarr was born in 1967 and is a Kuninjku speaker. She is an accomplished printmaker, sculptor, weaver and bark painter, known for her striking black and white palette. Marawarr is the sister of acclaimed bark painters James Iyuna and John Mawurndjul.
Susan Marawarr. Photo: Babbarra Designs.
Susan’s design for our Bábbarra Collection is called Wak Wak (Black Crow Dreaming). Wak Wak features rarrk (cross-hatching), which refers to the crow totem ancestor, Djimarr. Today Djimarr exists in the form of a submerged rock at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek, south of Maningrida. Both the rock and the area around it are considered sacred. The crow design was once used in the sacred Mardayin ceremony, now rarely conducted in Central Arnhem Land.
Wak Wak wallpaper in ‘Mud Flats’ from the Bábbarra Collection. Photo: Fabrikate / Mirage Homes.
Wak Wak in ‘Bush Nut’ on our Indoor Weave fabric.
Wak Wak in ‘Storm’ on Velvet, upholstered on the Wes Armchair by Tom Fereday for Zenith. Photo: Haydn Cattach.
Native trees near Wurdeja homeland, an hour drive east from Maningrida. Photo: Ingrid Johanson.