The crafted object : Simone Walsh, jeweller

the crafted object

  Once upon a time, there was a girl who saw an intriguing necklace and wondered how it was made. So she found herself some pliers and some wire and a place to sit, and after a few hours of blissful manipulation she was hooked on the idea of making and wanted to...

Book review : Mr JW Lewin, Painter & Naturalist

books

  JW [John William] Lewin was the first professional artist to emigrate to Australia in 1800, not much more than ten years after the first white settlement was established in the “new country”. Encouraged to go by a wealthy patron to collect and...