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Keringke Arts Back @ Spirit Gallery

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Spirit Gallery has received over 20 new pieces from the Keringke Art Centre. All our now available online and in store.

 

Keringke Art Centre is situated in the community of Ltyentye Apurte in the Central Australian region of the Northern Territory.

 

The community was named for the stand of bloodwood trees that grow at the foot of hills to the west. Keringke Arts was named after an important and ancient rock-hole nearby that was formed when an ancestor Kangaroo travelled through the country. Several of the Keringke Artists have responsibilities associated with the Keringke Rockhole site.

 

Keringke Arts today produces a wide variety of art products, reflecting the colour, rhythm and ambience of the land that is home for the Eastern Arrernte artists.

 

The artists are represented nationally and internationally in many collections, and the work is prized for its unique, mostly fine dotted style.

 

Various painters have developed the Keringke style over a twenty year period. The artists use pattern, colour, shape and design to create paintings that depict their sense of country, culture and self.

 

These shapes and designs may have features common to ancient rock art and petroglyph designs. Some designs reflect sand and body paintings. Most commonly, in its contemporary form, the art is not attributed to any particular thing, but expresses the life world of the particular artist.

 

Over 130 New Didgeridoos @ Spirit Gallery

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Its been a busy couple of weeks at Spirit Gallery as we set a “didgeridoo upload” record adding over 130 new didgeridoos in the last 3 weeks.

 

New didgeridoos from Heartland Didgeridoos, Earl Clements, Arnhem Land Yidaki  and plenty of affordable hand painted and natural finish didgeridoos.

 

We now have over 200 didgeridoos online. But we are not stopping there! Stay tuned over the next few weeks for a new didgeridoo upload bonanza with new sticks from Tristan O’Meara, Kristian Benton and JesseLethbridge and much more.

 

So, come and visit Australia’s largest and finest collection of didgeridoos and purchase your authentic eucalyptus termite hollowed didgeridoo either online or in store today!

 

As always, any questions, queries, feedback, requests feel free to drop us an e-mail at info@spiritgallery.com.au or call us on 61 (2) 92475961 and we will do our best to help you.

 

Arnhem land Yidaki From Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre Back At Spirit Gallery

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Its been a long wait but we finally have a superb collection of 10 new traditional Arnhem Land Yidaki at the gallery.

 

These traditional instruments are sourced from the Buku Larrngay Mulka Aboriginal community art centre in North- East Arnhem Land, under the guidance of Yidaki expert Jeremy Cloake.

 

This group of instruments have been meticulously hand picked for their artistic and sound qualities and are properly documented with cultural integrity a priority.

 

All Yidaki will come with a community art centre profile and certification.

 

Check out our new Yidaki collection and buy your Traditional Arnhem Land Yidaki today!!

 

Didgeridoo Update Winter 2023

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The Spirit Gallery team has been busy sourcing the finest eucalyptus didgeridoos that Australia has to offer. We have completed another road trip with hundreds of didgeridoos from all over the country now at Spirit Gallery HQ and being uploaded to the website.

 

In our travels we picked up didgeridoos from Jesse Lethbridge, Tynon from Heartland and Tristan Omeara. In fact, over 70 high end didgeridoos came back home with us- our most successful trip to date. In addition, we have almost 100 of the ever popular iron bark didgeridoos and many smaller natural finish and painted didgeridoos. Check out some of the pics below

 

 

We now have almost 200 didgeridoos online. The biggest didgeridoo collection online – by far! A range of prices, styles and keys to suit players of all levels.

 

So, come and visit Australia’s largest and finest collection of didgeridoos and purchase your authentic eucalyptus termite hollowed didgeridoo either online or in store today!

 

As always, any questions, queries, feedback, requests feel free to drop us an e-mail at info@spiritgallery.com.au or call us on 61 (2) 92475961 and we will do our best to help you.

 

Many thanks

Spirit Gallery Team

 

Didgeridoo Road Trip

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The Spirit Gallery team has just returned from our biggest didgeridoo road trip ever. Visiting the countries top craftsmen and bringing you the best Eucalyptus termite hollowed music quality didgeridoos on the planet!

 

Our journey began with a visit to South East Queensland where we sourced over 80 new Iron Bark didgeridoos for the gallery. Out of a collection of approximately 200 we gathered the best and the brightest for our store, including some painted Ironbarks from local Aboriginal artists Leony Roser and Lionel Phillips

 

 

Next stop was a highway meet up where we picked up over 30 beautifully painted didgeridoos from Nathan Falke

 

We then ventured to the Northern River Region of NSW where we spent some time with Tristan Omeara. Finding Tristan’s well hidden workshop is always a challenge as street signs disappear and one must navigate with hand written instructions and if you get lost forget about using the mobile phone as reception is almost non-existent. We finally arrived at Tristan’s picking the cream of what he had including our favourite a long perfect tapered 195cm bell trim C keyed didgeridoo. We also picked up some more affordable epoxy re-works from Tristan. Once again hand picked by the Spirit Gallery team to bring you the best quality.

 

 

Next stop was a visit to Kristian Benton near Coffs Harbour where Kristian had a dozen high end instruments waiting for us. Was a great pleasure to catch up with Kristian and share a few beers and talk all things didgeridoo

 

 

On our final leg we stopped to visit Tynon from Heartland Didgeridoos picking up our long awaited shipment of quality Heartland didgeridoos. Spirit Gallery is blessed to be the exclusive Australian retail outlet for Heartland Didgeridoos with some of the rarest and most unique Eucalyptus didgeridoos on the planet with Tynon’s best work always coming our way. Over 25 new Heartland Didgeridoos are now online

 

 

So what does that mean for our loyal customers. Australia’s best didges from our best makers, all hand picked, only at Spirit Gallery. The only didge store that goes that extra mile !! We don’t muck around with 95cm squeaky high G’s and pretend they are quality instruments or perfect beginners didgeridoos- we will leave that for the souvenir stores.

 

We genuinely source the countries top instruments, whether it be from our best makers or from the more affordable range. We also don’t “hide” our makers and love to share their stories, photos, videos and didgeridoo journey with our customers. Our makers are not just our business partners but our close friends.  This is what sets us apart from other stores and why we have developed such a following among didgeridoo players and why Australia’s top makers have chosen Spirit Gallery to showcase their didgeridoos.

 

We have already uploaded about half of these new didgeridoos with another 40-50 to be uploaded in the next couple of weeks.

 

So, come and visit Australia’s largest and finest collection of didgeridoos and purchase your authentic eucalyptus termite hollowed didgeridoo either online or in store today!

 

As always, any questions, queries, feedback, requests feel free to drop us an e-mail at info@spiritgallery.com.au or call us on 61 (2) 92475961 and we will do our best to help you.

 

Many thanks

Spirit Gallery Team

 

 

NEW EARL CLEMENTS DIDGERIDOOS NOW IN STORE AND ONLINE

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Over 25 new Earl Clements Didgeridoos have arrived including some flared and bell end didges, some natural finish didgeridoos, painted didgeridoos in the classic Western Arnhem Land style and a big selection of deep boomy didges in the lower keys!

 

Earl is a hard working one man operation. He is the didge cutter, crafter and the artist, cutting traditional Stringybark Eucalyptus didges in the top end.

 

A variety of styles, keys and prices to suit all budgets and playing styles.

 

If you want more information about a particular didge or just have a general enquiry about Earl’s didges (or any others) we are always happy to help! Contact us at info@spiritgallery.com.au

 

Meanwhile, check out the new range of Earl Clements Didgeridoos

 

Over 100 New Paintings Uploaded

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Its been a busy couple of weeks at Spirit Gallery as we set a new “painting upload” record, having added over 130 new pieces in the last 2 weeks.

 

We now have over 240 paintings online A range of prices, styles and sizes to suit everyone.

 

In the latest collection we have rare and collectible pieces from artist including Betty Mbitjana  Lola Brown Nampitjinpa, Janet Golder Kngwarreye, Patricia Napanangka, Dulcie Pula Long and Abie Loy Kemarre.

 

Purchase online or come and visit Sydney’s largest collection of Aboriginal arts, crafts and music quality didgeridoos.

 

As always, any questions, queries, feedback, requests feel free to drop us an e-mail at info@spiritgallery.com.au or call us on 61 (2) 92475961 and we will do our best to help you.

 

Many thanks

Spirit Gallery Team

New Kristian Benton Didgeridoos Now Available

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It has been a bit of a wait but we finally have a superb collection of Kristian Benton Didgeridoos in the gallery AND we must say this is the best bunch we have seen in a long long time!

 

A proud descendant of the Ngemba tribe of Brewarrina, located in north-western NSW, Kristian combines quality instrument workmanship with finely decorated artwork. If that wasn’t enough, he also happens to be one of the finest players Australia has produced making him without doubt the number one artist/maker/player combination in Australia.

 

Every Didge that Kristian makes is 100% made from start to finish by Kristian, this ensures the quality and attention to detail that you would expect from a high quality instrument.

 

Yidaki Vibes by Kristian Benton is a certified Indigenous business and proud member of Supply Nation. Supply Nation suppliers are businesses which are:

 

-located in Australia.

-owned by Aboriginal personnel.

-controlled and managed by Indigenous personnel.

 

Kristian is a longtime friend of the store and has been working exclusively with Spirit Gallery for many years now. Being such a meticulous craftsmen, in fact, he can barely keep up with the demands we place on him!

 

All Kristian’s didgeridoos come with his cd titled ‘Spirit Alive“

 

Buy your Kristian Benton Didgeridoo today!

 

Nathan Falk Didgeridoos Now Available @ Spirit Gallery

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Introducing our newest didgeridoo range – Nathan Falk Didgeridoos.

 

Nathan, a Ngemba Wiradjuri man, creates a fusion of contemporary and traditional Indigenous art on both canvas and didgeridoos.

 

Born out in country, he moved to the Byron Bay Region of the Northern Rivers (Bundjalung Nation) when he was a young boy and still resides there today.

 

Drawing from his own roots and the dreamtime stories passed down by elders, each of his artworks tells its own unique story and shares his connection to country. We are delighted to be able to showcase these instruments to the world.

 

Buy your Nathan Falk Didgeridoo Today!

 

SPIRIT GALLERY REOPENING FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER

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Spirit Gallery will be reopening its physical store Friday 15th October.

 

Our trading hours are Tuesday to Sunday 9.30am-5pm – closed Mondays

 

As always there will be a didgeridoo ( sometimes 2!!) experts in store and plenty of beautiful Aboriginal Arts and Crafts to view.

 

It has been a testing time for many businesses in the Rocks and we are greatly appreciative for the opportunity to reopen our doors and continue to support the dozens of  artists and craftsmen that have chosen Spirit Gallery to showcase their works.

 

So why not come down and visit us!! As always, any questions, queries, feedback, requests feel free to drop us an e-mail at info@spiritgallery.com.au or call us on 61 (2) 92475961 and we will do our best to help you.

 

Many thanks

Spirit Gallery Team