Category: Australian Art and Culture
Crafted Furniture
Our passion for craftsmanship is underpinned with a desire to support local makers, producers and suppliers. That’s why we craft all our products, right here in Sydney.When you customise your sofa or lounge with Crafted Furniture you know you’re receiving a quality, Australian-made product. And because we’re locals, you can drop in for a chat,…
Things of Metal and Wood
Things of Metal and Wood brings you bespoke, handmade furniture crafted right here on the Sunshine Coast. Pieces are lovingly created from locally sourced materials to produce unique furniture designed from steel, aluminium, stainless steel and furniture grade hardwood timber.For over 30 years, designer and craftsman Paolo Baretta has been creating unique statement pieces and…
Home Made Home
Nine years ago, our journey began when my son-in-law established Home Made Home. I joined shortly after as a skilled furniture maker, bringing my years of experience crafting furniture for boats at a local boatyard.At the beginning of 2023 my son-in-law decided to focus on other ventures. Sensing an opportunity to continue this passion-driven business,…
Sturt Gallery and Studios
Sturt is Australia’s pioneering design centre and school for contemporary craft. Situated 100km south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands, we offer a wide range of courses and workshops for both adults and school-age students at all skill levels. More than a place of exceptional learning, Sturt plays an important role in the cultural and…
ACSOD Surfboard
Surfing and surfboards have always been a way of my life. It began with my Dad, who has been making boards for as long as I can remember. From the age of ten, I would sit at the door and watch him shape, glass and sand boards in a tin shed out the back of…
Satya Ceramics
Satya is the Sanskrit word for truth. It also refers to a virtue in Indian religions, referring to being truthful in one’s thought, speech and action. In Yoga, satya is one of five yamas, the virtuous restraint from falsehood and distortion of reality in one’s expressions and actions. With the establishment of Satya Ceramics I…
Caitlin Reilly
Caitlin Reilly is an Australian-born multi-disciplinary artist currently residing on Bundjalung Country in northern New South Wales, specifically Byron Bay, Australia. Caitlin has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Australia, China, and Europe. Her works have also graced prestigious venues such as the MAXXI Museum in Rome, the Shanghai Museum of Art, the Xuhui…
Janine Mackintosh
I’m an assemblage artist and a caretaker of over 800 acres of woodlands, heathlands and wetlands on the wild south coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. It’s a precious swathe of ecological antiquity, where thousands of species have coevolved for millennia and developed highly complex relationships.My art practice sprang from the study of the plants…
KI & Co
Run by mother and daughter duo, Robyn and Kellie, KI & Co. Australia was born from a simple love of creating.With our shared love of travel and all things creative, we always sought out locally made jewellery and authentic keepsakes. So when Kellie moved back to South Australia for a few years, we set out…
Bob Boutique
bob is a unique little store with soul. Found under the historic verandahs of the Hotel Shamrock at 15-17 Williamson street, Bendigo, Victoria. Opened in 2004 we are unlike any other gallery/retail space and our product range is designed, ethically and sustainably made by us in Bendigo. We work with amazing artists and local small…
Paxxy and Flora
My aim with P&F is to help you elevate your everyday moments and spaces through thoughtful purchases.Whether it’s a statement vase as a centre-piece for your table, or a small dish to keep your earrings in, it’s not about just a vase or a bowl. It’s not just about being handmade. It’s about experience. Warmth.…
Nicole is Nicole Ceramics
I’m a muddy creative who started making pottery back in 2016 when my husband and I found our way to the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.It all started to meet people in our local community and as a creative outlet to escape from a technical-focused world. But, as soon as I laid my hands…
Loom Arts and Management
Loom Arts and Management is a disability-led not-for-profit organisation in Melbourne, Australia, formed with the aim of increasing representation, respect and access to opportunities for artists with disability.While people with disability currently make up around 18% of the population in Australia, they are one of the most marginalised demographics in our society and are chronically…
Double Date
Sisters Alice and Bridget spend so much time together it was inevitable that one of their ideas was going to inspire them enough to start a business. Luckily for the homeware lovers out there, the idea that did it was not the salami advent calendar, but a colourful hanging mobile designed for any space, not…
Clay Sydney Tools
For years, we tried to source great pottery tools for our studios. With hundreds of students passing through our doors every week, you’d think if anyone would know what makes a good tool, it would be this bunch of tools.Our needs were simple: a collection of tools that produce the goods, are easy to use,…
Bea Bellingham
Described by many as “a lot”, Bea has been studiously making a mess her entire career.Although originally starting in illustration and design, in more recent years Bea has worked in ceramics, and is the boss bitch behind Clay Sydney and Clay Sydney Tools.Bea is known for her commitment to silliness and sarcasm, with designs that…
Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades
The Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades (Rare Trades Centre for short) was established in 2022 as a place dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of rare skills, knowledge and practice to ensure the language of ‘making’ in Australia is not lost to history and remains alive and accessible for future generations.Industrialisation, mass…
Louis Grant
Louis Grant is an emerging artist based on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land (Canberra), working professionally within the Canberra Glassworks community and as an independent studio artist. He graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) from ANU School of Art and Design. Focusing on glass as his primary medium, he was accepted into…
Hayden Youlley
I design and produce handmade, functional homewares in my studio in Marrickville, Sydney. I have been working full time on Hayden Youlley Design for almost 7 years. Before that, it was a part time passion project that I started while I was completing a Bachelor of Design at the College of Fine Arts, University of…
JamFactory
JamFactory is a unique not-for-profit organisation that champions the social, cultural and economic value of craft and design in daily life. Through our programs we inspire audiences, build careers, and extend contemporary craft and design into new markets.For 50 years, JamFactory has been supporting and promoting innovative and outstanding craft and design through our studios,…
Australian Design Centre
Object Shop is Australian Design Centre’s retail store located Darlinghurst, Sydney.Our mission is to support the vibrant Australian contemporary craft and design community, by showcasing the best new work of designers and makers from Sydney and around Australia.Object Shop has been operating since 2016, during which time the store has grown to represent over 100…
Aboriginal Art Co
Driven by our commitment to Country, community, leadership and accountability, Aboriginal Art Co is connecting ethical and authentic art and artisan products to the market.We create space for our community to be comfortable and confident that they are being accurately represented.Our founders are Aboriginal. Troy Casey is a Kamilaroi man and Amanda Hayman has cultural…
Nook
Nook reopens its brick and mortar store in September 2023, as a pop up, at West Village, West End. A stone’s throw from it’s origins on Browning Street. We continue to support and showcase local and handmade goods: pieces that you would keep for a lifetime.Our store is about a love and appreciation of well-designed,…
T’Arts Collective
What do you think of when someone says the word ‘art’? Most people would say… ‘something that goes on the wall’. That’s the problem a couple of Adelaide textile artists had when they wanted to put their textile art into Adelaide art galleries, 20 years ago. Most of the galleries either weren’t that interested, or…