ABOUT SHELLEY
She is a creative soul that thrives in nature. Shelley is all about doing what she loves, being a bit of a goose, personal accountability, spiritual growth/healing and family. Her parents were an interracial couple that met in the Tweed area of northern NSW. My mother's grandfather was brought over to Australia from Vanuatu as a Kanaka (cane cutter) and married an Irish woman (my great mother), and they had my grandmother who in turn married an Aboriginal man (my grandfather).
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THE ARTWORK
Rachael has teamed up with Life Apparel Co to create a product specific, editioned artworks. She is currently represented with one design in our retail collection.
ISLAND TOTEM
Acrylic on canvas
2019
The cowrie shell has been used for many years in multiple ways from currency to divination, luck and jewellery.
“For me the cowrie is a totem from my childhood. I was always mesmerised by my auntie’s long threads of cowrie jewellery and the vibrant colours decorating her walls.It stirs warm memories of thetraditional women in my family and the feeling of belonging to a community connected to both the land and water.”
THE COLLECTION
Life Apparel Co is a proud advocate and member of the Indigenous Art Code. We closely collaborate with and commission Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. All Indigenous artworks that feature on the products are 100% authentic