FlyingFoxFabrics
Announcement
Hello dear friends,
Flying Fox Fabrics will soon be on the move. We are fluttering and flapping our way north to ..... set up a bricks and mortar store. This is a huge undertaking. Better World Arts stock will still be dispatched by Lily in Adelaide, but some other products will be in boxes and transit for a few days.
Next week there will be a slight delay to shipping of some of our products (bags, purses, printed cushion covers) - so order before Monday to make sure you get anything you are very keen to see.
flick
International customers- if you are buying 2 items or more and spending more than AUS$250 - contact me for a code for free shipping.
Announcement
Hello dear friends,
Flying Fox Fabrics will soon be on the move. We are fluttering and flapping our way north to ..... set up a bricks and mortar store. This is a huge undertaking. Better World Arts stock will still be dispatched by Lily in Adelaide, but some other products will be in boxes and transit for a few days.
Next week there will be a slight delay to shipping of some of our products (bags, purses, printed cushion covers) - so order before Monday to make sure you get anything you are very keen to see.
flick
International customers- if you are buying 2 items or more and spending more than AUS$250 - contact me for a code for free shipping.
Items
Featured items
All Items
Reviews
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lauren on 20 Oct, 2020
5 out of 5 starsLovely product and good quality. I’m very happy with my purchase.
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Tara on 26 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis just arrived today. The colors and workmanship are absolutely gorgeous.
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Margie on 18 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsAnother exceptional piece from Flying Fox. Every transaction is a pleasure, that’s why I keep coming back. Flying Fox supports and promotes Aboriginal arts and the artists are correctly remunerated. It’s a win win. 😊
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Maree on 16 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsLove love love this...the perfect piece to carry my now standard surface Pro in.
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Erica on 12 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI bought the cushion and loved so much that I also bought the rug - both beautiful items look great in my house!
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Anna on 10 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsArrived very quickly. Great quality. Will make a beautiful wall hanging in our living room. Thank you
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Kat on 09 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI absolutely love this rug! Everyone who has come to my home since we got it has commented on it, it's soft and well made and the design is beautiful ❤️
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Dreamlustre on 08 Feb, 2021
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful cushion, great communication and good shipping! Thank you!
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About FlyingFoxFabrics
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Elizabeth Gumbaduck at Wadeye Women's Centre with fellow artist's design: vines that she just scrren-printed.
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Some of the amazing people who made our bags. This is the workshop team from Kravan House in Phnom Penh Cambodia.
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Kravan House is one of Cambodia's oldest manufacturing social enterprises training and employing disabled artisans.
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Kelly Didon printing in the studio at Ikuntji Artists Haasts Bluff in Central Australia in the Northern Terrritory.
Celebrating and promoting the world's most beautiful artist designed fabrics
A social enterprise based in Australia.
We love hand-printed and dyed fabrics and we love artisanal skills.
We also love fair trade because it generates livelihoods and fosters dignity for disadvantaged people.
Our founder, Felicity (Flick) Wright has been a pioneer in the promotion of Indigenous arts social enterprises working with art centres since 1986.
Most of the gorgeous fabrics featured in this shop are designed by Aboriginal artists from Australia and hand-printed in remote community art centres. We are also beginning to source Adire - resist dyed fabrics from Nigeria and Ikat from Cambodia - both traditional forms of fabric decoration.
Over time we will expand our range of hand-printed/dyed fabrics from Africa, SE Asia and non-Indigenous Australians.
Our accessories and homewares are created after the fabrics are sourced they are then made into beautiful products by five fair-trade social enterprises in Cambodia that we partner with. Each of these organisations employs disadvantaged or disabled artisans and has been carefully assessed by our founder for ethics and production quality.
Flick lived in Phnom Penh Cambodia as an AVI volunteer from 2010 - 2012 and then beyond and continues to be involved in sponsoring and providing pro bono support to projects there.
We also collaborate with Australian creatives who make beautiful things including Colors Australia.
NB: We absolutely don't do digital (printing), mass production or sweatshop!!
If you want to collaborate - get in touch!
Flying Fox Fabrics grew out of a deep love for textile art and our founder's many years’ (30+) experience working with remote community art centres in Australia.
Mission Statement:
Flying Fox Fabrics promotes beautiful Indigenous designed textiles to an international audience and support ethical livelihoods for artists and artisans. We do this by sourcing fabrics with artistic and cultural integrity from Australia, Africa and SE Asia and then collaborating with fair-trade partners in Cambodia who transform the fabrics into high quality accessories, clothing and homewares.
Shop members
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Felicity Wright
Owner
I have been crazy about textiles for a very long time. A sewer, knitter and spinner I delight in textures, colors and natural fibres, Over 30 years have worked with more than 60 Indigenous art centres including a number famous for fabrics.
Production partners
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AND artisandesigner
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Artisandesigner is a Phnom Penh based social enterprise. Their artisans treat our fabrics with utmost respect and transform them into quirky, beautifully designed accessories and clothing.
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Better World Arts
Adelaide, SA
BWA works with traditional artisans from remote regions in Kashmir, Peru, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal (Tibetan refugees) to make the products. The designs are by Australian Aboriginal artists from remote communities across Australia.
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Bula'bula Arts
Ramingining, NT
The 150 artist members from Ramingining and surrounding outstations own the corporation and elect between 8-10 directors at the AGM each year. The directors meet every 1-2 months and work closely with the CEO to ensure the art centre fulfils its core objective, to preserve and foster Yolngu culture,
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Colors Australia
Port Lincoln, SA
"A love of textiles and collecting fabrics, paper, ephermera of many origins (multi-cultural, vintage, hand-dyed and printed etc) and the desire to create unique clothing from this collection has brought my business, Colors Australia to life. I love playing prints, and combining them in unique ways"
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Erub Arts
Thursday Island, QLD
Erub Arts is located on Erub Island (Etsy does not recognise where that is) and is the most NE Island in the Torres Strait. The art centre has a dedicated and talented group of male and female artists working in many media.
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Ikuntji Artists
Alice Springs, NT
Ikuntji Artists is a member-based, not for profit, Aboriginal art centre. It is situated in the community of Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji), and has a board of seven Indigenous directors. Haasts Bluff has a population of around 150 people. Ikuntji Artists is registered charity in Australia.
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Injalak Arts
Oenpelli, NT
Injalak Arts is based in Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) in West Arnhem Land. More than 200 active members work in a wide range of media and are renowned for their beautiful fabric designs by male and female artists. Designs are printed onsite by local printers. Shop: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/InjalakArts
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Kravan House
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
"Established in 2003 Kravan House means 'Blossom House', symbolizing the hope we provide to our workers and network of home-based disabled craftsmen and women. Our employees have been impacted by landmines, polio or have become landless. We pay fairly and also offer upskilling in sewing and dyeing."
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Merrepen Arts
Daly River, NT
The Merrepen Arts Centre opened in 1986 and the artists are famous for their vibrant fabric designs and also limited edition prints, paintings and artefacts.
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Mrs Pichreay
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Mrs Pichreay lives in Phnom Penh and sews cushions.
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Nagula Jarndu
Broome, WA
Yawuru Jarndu Aboriginal Corporation – trading as Nagula Jarndu (Saltwater Woman) is a Not for Profit incorporated body with a membership of 70 Indigenous women and is governed by 8 Yawuru women Directors. The ladies make wonderful fabric designs that are then hand-printed.
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Palngun Wurnangat - Wadeye Women
Wadeye, NT
Palngun Wurnangat Aboriginal Corporation (PWAC) is an Indigenous-owned women’s organisation. Palngun Wurnangat means ‘women all together‘, or ‘all the women here‘ . The members hand-print a range of wonderful designs created by local women artists.
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Paplulankutja Artists
WA, Australia
Papulankutja Artists is a 100% Artist owned and governed Art Centre, which supports Blackstone Community. Papulankutja Artists grew out of Blackstone Women's Centre and was established in 2001 and incorporated in 2004.
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Publisher Textiles
Sydney, NSW
Publisher Textiles & Papers in Sydney is one of Australia’s leading print houses. Focused on producing original patterns through traditional hand-screen printing methods they create bold and colourful textiles, hand printed wallpaper, clothing and fabric. www.publishertextiles.com.au
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Tiwi Design
Darwin, NT
Tiwi Design is actually located in Wurrumiyanga formerly known as Nguiu, the largest settlement on Bathurst Island. But Etsy does not register it. Established in 1968 Tiwi Design is one of the oldest and most artistically diverse art centres in Australia and is famous for hand-printed fabrics.
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Villageworks
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Villageworks was established in 2001 to support vulnerable and marginalised groups by creating economic opportunities. They train and provide skills to home-based workers in remote parts of rural Cambodia and disabled people in Phnom Penh, with the aim of promoting sustainable livelihoods.
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Vincent Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria
Vincent runs a small fabric workshop in Nigeria
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Warlukurlangu Artists
Yuendumu, NT
Warlukurlangu Artists is one of the longest running and most successful non-profit art centres in Central Australia. Operating since 1985 it is owned by the Warlpiri Aboriginal people of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in the Northern Territory. It has more than 300 artist members.
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Watthan Artisans Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Independent worker-run cooperative of Cambodian artisans with disabilities. Artisans who produce the weavings have been disabled by either landmines or polio.
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Women For Women
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Fair Trade social enterprise that trains, employs and supports disabled women artisans in Phnom Penh
Shop policies
Delivery
Payment options
Returns & exchanges
I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalised orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: