Soundtrack : Twerps

It’s that time of the year again when tractorgirl takes a trip to the beach with her family. We always have plenty of music in the car for the long drive. I thought I’d share some of special tracks that have caught my ear over the last year or so, chosen...

Craft icon : Julie Blyfield {jewellery}

Julie Blyfield’s beautiful pieces have been on my radar ever since I came across them in an exhibition of work from the Gray Street Workshop in Brisbane, during the Australian Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group conference in 2000. She spends a lot of time observing...

Surface design : dotdotdotDESIGN {Kit Davidson}

I love hearing stories from people who are at the beginning of their chosen career. The process of getting started is every bit as fascinating as the process of design: How Did They Do That? Kit Davidson of dotdotdotDESIGN  shares her insights on both; she only...

Surface design : KristopherK

A visit to the Liberty store in central London as a child was a seminal experience for Kris, aka KristopherK, surface pattern designer. It was a wonderland of fabric and pattern, and the romance of being in such a historic, architectural jewel of a building was not...

Surface design : Jookiku {Julianne Hall}

  SO excited to be introducing you to one of the swathe of local talent in my area, Julianne Hall! Currently based in Wagga, Julianne has travelled the globe and worked in London and New York, and has just VERY recently quit her day job to become a full-time...