Aboriginal Beautiful Journey 6Tier Display Lamp Bundle 66cm

Jacinta-rai Ridgeway-Maahs is a contemporary Indigenous Artist, telling stories through art like her ancestors. A proud Worimi woman creating on Butchulla country, Jacinta-rai embraces earthy tones, peachy pinks, pastels and bold colours. Motivated by country, community, culture, life and family, she creates stories that connect with people of all cultures.

 Jacinta-rai’s art is meditation. Quiet relaxation comes with every symbol, dash and dot. She strongly believes children are our future, in education, equality, taking care of country, kindness and walking together.

 Home Design Story

Home represents the way we find our path and walk life’s journey on country. As individuals, we each contribute to community in a variety of ways – all different yet equally essential for a balanced environment. The feeling of home celebrates acceptance of each other, our diversity and uniqueness regardless of our strengths and weaknesses.

 It shows that we can walk together in unison and truly make a difference for generations to come.

Journeys in the sun Design Story

 Journeys in the sun tells of the many experiences had by my Worimi ancestors as they travelled across country.

 The warmth and brightness of the sun are represented by a large mustard circle. A rainbow portrays vast sand dunes of Worimi land as the sun beams down on them and the path travelled.

 The large circle pattern embraces the fundamental core of our spirit, coming together and our cultural and community beliefs. Circles demonstrate various mobs in community, yarning with their young, teaching the way of the land using sun, sky and sea to survive on country.

 Finally, tracks connect individual mobs and show how they come together in times of celebration or need - living together on country.

We Are One Design Story

Inspired by the colours of the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia. We are One, represents our First Nations people's and the different mobs we come from all around Australia. Even though we come from different mobs, we strive to work and walk together as one. It symbolises the country on which we live, love and learn and acknowledges our First Nations peoples being the traditional owners of this land. Always was. Always will be.

 Two rainbows symbolise how every experience adds and strengthens their relationship. Colourful surroundings represent their legacy and memories shared with family as they grew and walked together through country.  

Girambit Design Story

The rainbow embodies our diverse Ngurra community, while deep blue circles signify unity in safeguarding water bodies. Teaching lessons from the past, we nurture future generations to value Earth's gifts. Soft circles of gold, green, coral, and yellow depict the enduring link our Worimi people have with land and sea, ensuring a flourishing, sustainable future for all Ngurras and clans.

Creation Design Story

The main wave across this piece represents the beginning , the wave of time from which all things are created- where our story starts .

The below the wave we have the beautiful blues and greens signifying the importance of water , our oceans and rivers and how it is essential for every life form in order to exist , adapt and flourish.

The white, creams and peaches show how through creation we connect , communities working together in order to survive and thrive.

Our land and peoples are symbolized through the rainbows connection to the wave of time with each run in the rainbow sharing our story from the time of creation as we grow and evolve.

Where we have been, where we are today and where we are going – Our past, our present, Our future.

Tree of Life Design

This design depicts the journey of life; all that we were, are, and will one day be. The past is inseparably tied to country. Our ancestors understood the necessity to know and love the land that gave them life, and this echoes through to the present. Today, we find solace in connecting to country, sharing knowledge and storytelling in community. The Tree of Life design then turns to the future, as we dream of the endless possibilities that life affords to each of us.