Tjanpi Desert Weavers

[3] In producing these works, which mostly consist of baskets, jewellery, beads and fibre sculpture, the enterprise encourages women's employment and economic independence.

[3] Grass weaving is not a traditional pursuit in Central Australia,[4] but once shown the basics in 1995,[5] the women quickly applied their existing skills in spinning human hair, animal fur, string and wool.

[2] The social enterprise of the work also enables the women to 'stay on Country' and, as one senior artist says:[1] We don't have to leave our lands to be basket makersThe Tjanpi have a public gallery in Alice Springs.

[7][8] In 2005 a collective of 18 artists won the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for their work Tjanpi Toyota.

[9] A collaborative work between Tjanpi Desert Weavers and artist Fiona Hall, Kuka Irititja (Animals from Another Time), originally created for the TarraWarra Biennial,[10] formed part of the 2015 Venice Biennale.