Trio of Stradbroke artists unveil NAIDOC-Inspired designs for Cricut

Three Stradbroke Island artists have launched a range of iconic cultural designs to celebrate NAIDOC Week, supporting Indigenous charities.

Straddie artist Leah Cummins with some of her designs which will be part of an online collection ahead of NAIDOC Week. Picture: Contributed

Three Indigenous artists from Stradbroke Island have launched an iconic collection of cultural designs for a web-based software platform to mark this year’s NAIDOC Week.

Artists Kyralee Shields, Leah Cummins, and Breanna Buttenshaw have designed some colourful artworks which online design platform Cricut will sell to its eight million users to create prints and decals for T-shirts, coffee mugs and other items.

The design concept is part of the Cricut Contributing Artist Program for designers to sell their images to the Cricut platform ahead of National NAIDOC Week, which runs until July 14.

Some of the designs reflect this year’s NAIDOC theme, “Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud”.

A bag with one of the Cricut designs from a Straddie artists. Picture: Contributed

The three artists’ colourful dot prints, circles and designs with links to Stradbroke Island are expected to be big sellers, according to Cricut region director Nicola Dow-Smith.

“This program allows designers to sell their images to the Cricut community, which has more than eight million members worldwide,” Ms Dow-Smith said.

“This program was developed to welcome artists from around the world to contribute original artwork to the growing Cricut library, ensuring designs reflect the diversity of its members.

“Artwork from these artists is available to all Cricut subscribers and all the proceeds will go to charity.”

Artist Kyralee Shields said she was proud that her designs would reach a global audience. Picture: Contributed

Artist Kyralee Shields said she was proud that her designs would reach a global audience and foster greater appreciation and understanding of Indigenous heritage.

She said the works would also support both the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and Children’s Ground.

Artwork from the artists is available to all Cricut Access subscribers at no additional cost, while other Cricut members can purchase the artwork individually.

Originally published as Trio of Stradbroke artists unveil NAIDOC-Inspired designs for Cricut