Alperstein Designs Otto Sims Cotton Tea Towel

Aboriginal Art Cotton Tea Towel based on artwork by Otto Sims.

Packaged with information about the artist and artwork.

Tea towel artwork/placement varies from tea towel to tea towel so each one is a little bit different!

About the Artist:

Otto Jungarrayi Sims was born in 1960 at Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community about 290km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Otto paints his father's, Paddy Japaljarri Sims, stories, that were passed down to Paddy by his parents, and their parents before them for millennia. These stories relate directly to Otto's country at Kunajarrayi and Yanjilpirri, its features and flora and fauna. Otto has painted for Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 1990, and was elected to its executive committee in 2002 and Chairman of the art centre in 2007. 

Royalties from this product directly benefit the artist and their community.

Alperstein Designs is a family-owned Australian business creating beautiful lifestyle gifts and homewares in collaboration with Australian artists and art centres. Founded in 1996, the brand celebrates Australian art and design through thoughtfully made products that bring artwork into everyday life. Alperstein Designs works closely with Aboriginal artists, art centres and other Australian creatives, with ongoing royalties from licensed products benefiting the artists. The company is also a member of the Indigenous Art Code and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia, supporting ethical practices within the Australian art sector and they try and make their products as much as possible in Australia.

At Pookipoiga, we are grateful to support brands like Alperstein Designs for its thoughtful approach to Australian art, meaningful collaborations and beautiful functional gifts that help share artists' work with a wider audience, especially our Indigenous artisans, and add to the impact with our additional sustainability and giving back  :)