Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the following contains the name and voices of people who have died.

‘I started working here… Yes, I start here in the pottery studio… Yes, that’s all, only a story, short.’ – Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, interview for the Hermannsburg Potters, Desart, 2020.

Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka made terracotta ceramics, two- and three-dimensional paintings, prints, sculpted animals, and masks. In this work, Ungwanaka has used the sgraffito technique, where the artist has carved into a layer of dried glaze. Ungwanaka is best known as a member of the Hermannsburg Potters, a group of artists from Western Arrarnta who make richly illustrated hand-coiled terracotta ceramics. Ungwanaka’s husband, Arrarnta Pastor Nahasson Ungwanaka, contributed to founding the Hermannsburg Potters. Ceramics by the Hermannsburg Potters are now held in major public collections nationally.