Micro Journal Handmade Paper - Assorted Designs

These beautiful micro journals are part of a cross cultural project, designed in Australia and handmade in Jaipur, India.

The paper is eco friendly, being made from cotton scraps sourced from the garment industry. No wood or toxic chemicals are used in production. One tonne of handmade paper saves an estimated 277 Eucalyptus Trees. As well as these benefits, this handmade paper is beautiful, and produced in clean, airy workshops in Jaipur, India. 

Each journal measures approx. 13cm x 19cm and is blank inside. Gold coin not included.

Assorted design information:

• Pikilyi Jukurrpa Design - The design is owned by Theo (Faye) Nangala Hudson.
• Pikilyi is an important natural spring and water-hole at Mt Doreen Station in the Northern Territory. Pikilyi is the home of two rainbow serpents, a married couple. The wife was a Napananka skin group and the husband a Japangardi, a taboo relationship in the Walpri culture. The serpents are the “kirda’ traditional owners of that country.
• Two Dogs Dreaming Design - The design is owned by Murdie Nampijinpa Morris.
• Two dog ancestors, a Jampijinpa, and a Napangardi, travelled from the west to the east. They dug holes in the ground and created Warnirri (rockholes) and ngapa (waterholes) as they went The two dogs separated. Eventually Jampijinpa became lonely and howled for Napangardi in the south. She came running to him and they married each other at Ngarnka.
• Seven Sisters Design - The design is owned by Andrea Adamson.
• The sisters created the landscape as they tried to escape from Wati Nyiru. They created a rock hole which went under the ground and came up on the other side of the hill. The women dived into the water then flew up into the sky Wati Nyiru followed them Now, Wati Nyiru can be seen to the south of the seven sisters (the Pleiades), as he still chases them across the sky, forever unable to catch the sisters.
• Seven Sisters - The design is owned by Nelly Patterson.
• This is an epic Tjukurpa, creation story. A man, Wati Nyiru chases 7 sisters across Australia shaping the land as they went. He wanted to marry the big sister and sang about how much he wanted her. The girls kept running and escaped into the sky becoming the pleiades constellation, and Wati Nyiru became Orion, forever unable to catch the sisters.
• Sandhills Design - The design is owned by Damien and Yilpi Marks.
• This beautiful image depicts the Sandhills of Damien's country. Mount Liebig, towards Papunya. When you see the hills from a distance, the wind blows through the sands, making the hills move and change form. The wind makes ripples, undulations and ridges in the sand in the same shapes and patterns that can be seen in this painting. These sandhills are a common sight around Papunya, some of the hills are so large they can only be walked across. In between the sandhills are dry claypans and rockholes.
• Family and Country Design - The design is owned by Damien and Yilpi Marks.
• This is a teaching painting, describing a dry season in Damien’s homeland, Mount Liebig, in the Northern Territory. It illustrates aspects of landscape and culture that was told to Damien by his great-grandparents. Women sit with children collecting bush potatoes (the red shapes at the top of the painting) and are preparing for inma (ceremony). One man, wati, sits down with his waru (spear). Controlled burnings are taking place as the spinifex is dry, and this means good fruits can grow. The small star-like symbols represent women’s body paint that the women paint on each other for inma. A dry creekbed runs through the painting (in red and white), and there are cracks in the claypans, dried rockholes (tjukula), and sandhills (tali).
• Yankirri Jukurrpa (Emu Dreaming) Design - The design is owned by Pauline Singleton.
• This particular site of the Yankirri Jukurpa (emu dreaming) is at Ngarlikurlangu, north of Yuendumu. The 'yankirri' travelled to the rockhole at Ngarlikurlangu to find water. Emus are usually represented by their 'wirliya' (footprints), arrow-like shapes that show them walking around eating 'yakajirri' (bush raisin).
• Wakirlpirri Jukurrpa (Dogwood Tree Dreaming) Design - This design is owned by Liddy Napanangka Walker.
• 'Wakirlpirri' is a very useful tree that grows on the sides of creek beds and near 'mulga' trees The seeds of this tree can be eaten raw or cooked on the fire. A deliciously sweet drink called 'yinjirrpi' is made from the seeds when they have been dried. The wood can be used to make weapons such as 'karli' (boomerangs) and dancing boards for ceremonies.
• Multju (Nora's Family's Country) Design - This design is owned by Nora Davidson.
  
• This is the place where Nora was born. It is Mulga country and a great place to find Honey Ants. There is a story of a mother with her two children and they have great success in this place finding honey ants. They enjoy the sweet reward for their efforts.
• Salt Lake Design - This design is owned by Lynette Nangala Brown.
  
• Lynette's work tells us about of life on country and in her community. This is a painting of salt lakes which are dotted throughout the vast open country she is familiar with. Lynette has painted her interpretation of these landscape features.
• Nganauwe Ngarrindjeri Peggeralin (My Ngarrindjeri Country) Design - This design is owned by Cedric Varcoe.
• When Ngurunderi travelled through what is now Ngarrindjeri country he came down the Murray River in his canoe. At that time, it was just a small stream. Ngurunderi was looking for his two wives who had run away from him and he was following Pondi, the big Murray Cod who had created the twists and turns of the river. This is how the river Murray was created.