Ngaarlu is the Gumbaynggirr word for water, pronounced ‘nar-loo’.
Water is where the story begins.
It remembers, it heals, it teaches.
It shapes our identity,
guiding us home again and again.
Ngaarlu is the Gumbaynggirr word for water, pronounced ‘nar-loo’.
Water is where the story begins.
It remembers, it heals, it teaches.
It shapes our identity,
guiding us home again and again.
Grounded in ancestral storytelling, Ngaarlu creates premium textile collections and design objects that honour Country, community and legacy.
Formed through the creative and cultural partnership of Otis Hope Carey and Sophie Willing, their practice weaves story, material and design into living vessels of Indigenous knowledge, made to be held, worn and passed on.