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Red-tailed black cockatoos
These noisy residents of the Australian bush move around to find the sweetest treats, preferring seeds, fruit, berries, nectar and flowers to insects or larvae. They spend most of their lives high in trees and nest in tree hollows, which they enter tail first.
There are five subspecies occurring across Australia.
Cockatoos are playful and sociable birds with a long lifespan. They breed in hollows in trees so require a habitat that provides these. While not currently threatened, the species is considered vulnerable owing to habitat loss from fire and land clearing.
This design is based on an actual pair of cockatoos, Bill and Minnie (Minnie is on the left). They lived at the Territory Wildlife Park at Berry Springs for many years but recently retired to live in comfort away from the busy park.
The top of the purse frame measures 10cm across. The second image in the carousel shows the fabric used for the purse lining.
At Susurrus Studio, Boo makes a range of handmade clutches, shoulder bags and purses using our exclusive range of upholstery fabrics.
Clutches and purses have fabulous fun coordinated linings, making them even more fun to use.
Fun and funky clutches with wooden frames, featuring a colourful coordinated lining and a large interior pocket.
Roomy shoulder bags with an interior pocket and button fastening.
Coin purses in two different sizes for your credit cards, makeup, tech bits or whatever else you can think of.
Classic clutches for evening wear with fun and fabulous linings.
Trendy little totes with a zip opening and two interior pockets.
Handmade with love
Every fabric used in our bags and purses is designed by Boo at Susurrus Studio in Darwin River, located an hour south of Darwin in the hot tropics of Australia. Boo draws much of her inspiration from her bush environment, especially the birds and flora of the Top End and across Australia.
The fabrics are printed with care in Sydney. When they arrive, Boo steps away from the design table and leans into the sewing machine to hand craft each item.