Lili's Journey
Wunya 🌼 Welcome to the Wattle Tribe.
Lili Jacobsen is a modern, contemporary First Nations artist of Gubbi Gubbi and Torres Strait Islander descendant who celebrates her connection to Country and Ancestors through her artworks.
She acknowledges the beautiful blend of all that she is descendant from, on both sides of her family and believes embracing her blended bloodline is what makes her proudly Australian.
Her unique style is a blend of Aussie native Flora & Fauna and First Nations cultural designs aims to convey her message of creating a multiculturally-inclusive Australian culture.
She wants you to proudly wear and display her First Nations art and culture as a badge of modern Australian pride and as a symbol of connectedness, inclusion and community.
She is living and working on Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Taribelang Bunda Country (Bundaberg, QLD). To which she pays her respects to the local Elders, past, present and emerging and will always respect the Land, Waters and Skies of this Country.
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Lili's Unique Artistic Process
🔅 Lili is a lover of canvas painting and also uses polymer clay to create unique handmade sculptures and earrings.
"What I love about my slabs is that they are full of detail, colour and vibrancy that brings the stories depicted in them to life! The slabs are uniquely raw, a connection to my creative spirit as you can clearly see every imperfection, every fingerprint and every second of time spent to create the piece.
From these slabs, I usually cut them up to create earrings that would be sold in a collection. The difference when purchasing one of my slabs is that instead of having one piece of wearable artwork, you will be able to cherish the whole one-of-a-kind slab in its entirety."
Lili's intricate sculptures are often inspired and influenced by her fascination with Australian native flowers and animals as well as incorporation of Indigenous iconography, traditional painting styles and storytelling.
She takes pride in her ability for creative storytelling through painting and sculpture and writes meanings for her artworks.
🔅 For commissioned pieces, both painting and sculptures, Lili takes the time to understand her client’s desires, the intended space, colour preferences, their story or subject and interests to create a piece that’s completely unique, personal and meaningful to them.
"I am inspired heavily by the context of my life. When I connect, tap in and paint with the spirit that guides me, I feel a very strong connection to Mother Earth. The land, the skies, the waters both fresh and salt, to the animals and plants. Creating my artwork grounds me back to my core purpose, I am able to allow my raw spirit to speak and that creates a different sort of artwork. It is an incredibly spiritual and healing experience every time I work on a piece, slab or painting. This is why my work has such rich significance and resonates with the viewer."
*Check out the Collaborations Page to read more about Lili & her work!
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