Aboriginal Grandmother's Country Illuminating Candle Lamp Set

The Grandmother's Country Illuminating Candle Lamp Set is a stunning creation brand new to Koh Living. Each lamp comes with a metal LED base and features the breathtaking artwork of Aboriginal artist Michelle Possum. These lamps pay homage to ancestral lands, infusing spaces with the wisdom and beauty of Indigenous culture. A cherished addition to any home.

This hand-made candle holder doubles as an electric lamp, illuminating stunning Aboriginal art when lit. A unique and practical addition to any home.

Perfect for your home or as a gift for someone special!

• Size - 15cm diameter and 12cm height 
• Suitable with one of Koh's tealights
• Electric metal LED base
• Comes beautifully gift boxed
• To clean, wipe with a damp cloth
• A portion of each sale goes to the artist.
• Member of the Indigenous Art Code (IAC)
• Designed in Australia.
• Australian owned and operated company.

Our candle holders are handmade with clay, therefore the end product may look slightly different to the images due to variations.

ARTIST & ARTWORK

Michelle Possum Nungurrayi 

The Dreamings that Michelle Possum paints come from Yuelamu on her home country at Mt Allan. These include the stories of Seven Sisters Dreaming, Bush Tucker stories including Seed Dreaming, Bush Coconut, Fire Dreaming, Goanna Dreaming, and Grandmother’s Country, many of which she combines together in complex interwoven designs.

Mainly depicting the overview of maps of traditional Country from her family lands, Michelle describes the many important cultural sites she knows well. Her paintings have gained wide popularity partly due to the fact that as we come to understand the iconography, the paintings make fascinating narratives for a western audience. They are populated not only with plants and food resources and waterholes, but also with people sitting in the landscape – men with hunting implements and women with digging sticks and coolamons.

In addition to sacred landmarks and iconography, MIchelle's artwork includes important bush tucker and waterholes, making a meaningful connection to modern kitchens, the source of such provisions.

Michelle Possum was born at Napperby Station, Northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She was taught to paint by her father Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. Clifford is the most renowned painter of the founding group of Papunya artists.

Michelle’s work has a strong connection to her father, family and land. Her paintings can incorporate strong figurative elements as well as important topography relating to her family's country, such as the abundance of food and water.