Meet The Kalkatungu Country Rug — a recycled cotton throw rug featuring an incredible artwork by Cungelella Art, painted exclusively for Salty Aura.
Created in collaboration with
Cungelella Art, this very special design brings their artwork and story of Kalkatungu Country to life as one of our signature 100% recycled cotton woven throw rugs.
The story behind the artwork, in the words of Cungelella Art:
"The title of this piece is kalkatungu country. We paint our traditional homelands heavily focusing on the landscape because it is very special to us, this country is where our father and our mother call home, we were raised here and its where we are raising our children also.
I remember as a child always being surrounded by Aunties and uncles and now reliving fond memories of our numerous bush trips piled into the back of our 11 seater troop carrier, camped under the stars, eating bush tucker, and listening to family sing around the camp fire.
This country is very rough and rugged, the heat has twisted and folded back on itself and the ochres have been pushed up from the depths with gold and silver and many other minerals which gives us the most unique mineral belt in the world. The peach covered skies mixed with the blues pinks and purples, paints us the well known kalkadoon sunsets.
The harsh Spinifex that covers the hillsides, the ghost gums that flourish among the intense red dirt where our Kalkadoon Warriors quarried famous green stone axes that were traded from the gulf to Adelaide to the west coast and the Daintree forest.
On my mothers side of the family we have connections to sand-over river in central Australia NT where our great great grandmother Myrrdah was born. Our father who
is a strong kalkadoon man and being the first chairman of the kalkadoon nation lead the fight to win native title rights for the kalkadoon people. We draw inspiration from these connections and vivid memories in our lives which also allows us to use traditional shapes and symbols and an unrestricted palette to develop a modern contemporary interpretation of our traditional culture."
Woven from 100% recycled cotton, The Kalkatungu Country Rug has a reversible woven design with contrasting colours on the reverse, giving you two different looks in one.
This is a rug made to be used and loved. Throw it over the couch or across your bed at home, spread it out as a picnic rug or beach blanket, or roll it up and chuck it in the back of the car as a camping blanket for weekends away, caravanning, van life and road trips around Australia.
Salty Aura has been designing our signature woven throw rugs in Australia since 2018, creating colourful, practical pieces made to move between home and the outdoors.
Why you'll love it
• Material: 100% recycled cotton
• Collaboration: Created in collaboration with Cungelella Art
• Artwork: Kalkatungu Country
• Designed: Artwork painted exclusively for Salty Aura
• Size: 160 × 200cm
• Design: Reversible woven design with contrasting colours on the reverse
• Versatile: Use as a throw rug, picnic rug, beach blanket, camping blanket or bed throw
• Perfect for: Home, beach days, picnics, camping, caravanning, van life and road trips
• Packaging: Plastic-free packaging
• Giving back: 5 meals donated for every item sold
A very special piece of Cungelella Art, woven into a rug made to be used, loved and taken along for the journey.
Please note we try our best to represent the true colour in photos, but they may look slightly different in certain lighting.
