Indigenous art from the Great Sandy Desert finds a place in fashion

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Aboriginal artists from Western Australia's outback have teamed up with leading fashion label Gorman for a unique collaboration.

For years the waterholes and sand hills of the Great Sandy Desert have been captured on canvas byNow his distinctive translation of the Western Australian landscape adorn cotton and silk.

“These stories are from Country – from grandfather and grandmother, uncles and aunties,” Mr May told NITV News.The fashion label, founded by designer Lisa Gorman, was approached two years ago by Belinda Cook, manager of Mangkaja Arts Resource. “So it took a couple years of discussion, really, with myself and her and the board at Mangkaja, just considering how we wanted to do it, and now we’re really happy with the final outcome and being able to share it with everyone.”

“Even Lisa Gorman herself said she hadn’t realised the symbolism within the artwork – ... these are beautiful maps of country," she said. Since she was approached with a proposal which had the support of the artists, she had confidence the project would work.The fashion label also photographed the limited-edition line and the artists in the landscape in which the original artworks were created.

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