Elaine Wanatjura Lane is one of the celebrated Tjanpi Desert weavers. She was born and grew up near Blackstone Ranges or Papulankutja in Central Australia. A senior law woman Lane has been weaving since 1995 as well as teaching and attending conferences on behalf of the Tjanpi weavers. Together with other weavers she created the Tjanpi Toyota which won the 22nd Telstra NATSI Art Award in 2005. Lane is well known for her large scale, figurative work, choosing to make life size figures and animals, rather than the more typical vessel forms.