Etchings

Those paper works, I did them myself. Non-Aboriginal people brought the technique and showed us how we could do our cross-hatching on them. We would do the engraving and they would print them. A lot of artists made these etchings. We had a workshop at Nangak outstation at the Djinkarr Ranger Station, and they showed us how to make them there. Apolline’s father, Jean Kohen, who makes engravings, he also came and we made those works on paper. 

Nakkan djurra ngayeman ngadjalmarnbom, Balanda birrimkang kunwale ngandibukkang, rarrk warridj. Bolkkime ngabengmidjdan, korroko. Ngarriwirrkmeng wanjh, printing kabirriyime. Nawern Bininj ngarrimarnbom. Nangak workshop ngarriwam ngandibukkang. Apolline nakornkumo warridj kamwam ngarrimarnbom. 

– John Mawurndjul, with translation by Murray Garde