Boxy Top
By Theo (Faye) Nangala Hunson, silk linen blend.
The Boxy top is a relaxed fitting, cropped style, consisting of a v front and drawstring detail through the bottom. It can be worn loosely or can be pulled in as desired with the drawstring, creating a more tapered look through the body. The Boxy top has been designed for those who seek coverage and comfort without compromising style
Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming)
Theo (Faye) Nangala Hudson
Theo (Faye) Nangala Hudson was born in 1989 in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community located 440 km north-west of Alice Springs in the NT of Australia where her parents lived. She was born to Mika and Ursula Napangardi Hudson and has older twin brothers. Theo attended the local school until she was 14 years. When she left school she did odd jobs and later joined the Nyirripi Night Patrol, a service that provides safe transportation; diversion from contact with the criminal justice system; and intervention to prevent disorder in communities. Theo is married and has three children.
Theo began painting with the Warlukurlangu Aboriginal Corporation when she was 13 years of age. “I would watch my Grandmother paint and listen to her stories”. She began to paint in earnest with the art centre in 2006. Theo paints her mother’s Jukurrpa (Dreamings) and her father’s Jukurrpa, such as Yuparli Jukurrpa (Bush Banana Dreaming) from her mother’s side and Pikilyi Jukuurpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming) from her father’s side.