Jezebel Hopkins is a young woman belonging to the Ngaanyatjarra language and cultural group and lives in the remote community of Kaltukatjara (Docker River) in the Northern Territory. She is a strong basket weaver, learning everything she knows from weavers in her community. She enjoys the process of basket making, giving her a creative outlet as well as a opportunity to earn money for ever day expenses. Jezebel also enjoys making fibre sculptures whenever Tjanpi weaving workshops are held in her home community.
Tjanpi Desert Weavers (Tjanpi meaning ‘wild grass’) is an award-winning, Indigenous governed and directed social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC). Tjanpi empowers over 400 women across a 350,000 square kilometre area of the tri-state region of NT, SA and WA to earn an income and remain in their communities on Country.
