The crafted object : Anna Davern

  Cultural identity – what makes us who we are, and how we respondĀ – is a constant source of fascination for Anna Davern, contemporary jeweller and artist. Driven by notions of heritage and of Australian-ness (whatever that might include), her work is...

The crafted object : Helen Britton

  Helen Britton is a collector of trinkets and a maker of note. All those plastic and glitzy reinventions of the precious and rare, fresh from fleamarkets and places more humble fill her studio – a treasure trove of the banal awaiting reinvention...

Photography : Heidi Adnum

  Stuck in a financial tight spot in London during the GFC in 2009, Heidi Adnum, encouraged by her husband, decided to turn her hobby of photography into a full-time job.     “Despite the recession, after a few months and a lot of hard work, I was...

Photography : Mable Tan [HappeeMonkee]

  In the dead of winter in Sweden with very little else to do, and with the encouragement of her husband, Mable set up a photography shop on Etsy, and she has not looked back. Her images are soft, romantic and evocative, with a fine sense of balance. They are...