Karlampi - Waterholes Mug
Karlampi - Waterholes Mug
Add some color to your routine with this two-tone, custom accent coffee mug. This mug features an accented C-Handle that is comfortable to use, as well as an accented interior.
- One size: 11oz (0.33 l)
- White ceramic with colored interior and matching C-shaped handle
- 2 color combinations to pick from
- Eye-catching color contrast
Artwork Description
This artwork represents Karlampi - Waterholes or soakages a source of water in the Australian deserts, called as such because the water seeps into the sand and is stored below ground, sometime as part of an impermanent river or creek. Waterholes can still be found across the desert, some in the form as rock waterholes hidden by overgrown foliage.
This artwork depicts water as it is absorbed into the desert sand, forming the waterholes or soakages.
The sand and mud was scooped using a Coolamon or Woomera, often to a depth of several meters until clean water gathered in the base of the hole. Waterholes are significant sites, meticulously maintained, locations of these water sources memorised and passed onto the younger generations. knowledge of where to source water and of significant sites.
Artwork by Luke Jampin Booth.