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...
Danielle Gori-Montanelli’s glorious felt pieces are vibrant with colour. Handcut and handsewn from felts sourced throughout the US and Europe, they are tactile and chunky, radiating playfulness and whimsy with their licorice allsort layers and their exuberant...
In Ukranian, there is no such word as ‘Nepinka’. Olya Mytsko chose the name just because it sounded interesting. Olya is pretty interesting herself. She is fascinated by the nexus between old and new, preferring to keep her eyes open to the...
I was first drawn to Susana Teixeira’s jewellery for the little pods of colour in her rings and pendants. Inspired by sponges and corals from the sea, they are tactile and intriguing. And of course, who am I to ignore rich, vibrant colour when I see it? ...
Pipapiep Esty Gertzman {aka Pipapiep} manages to straddle that line between bright and fun, and seriously, elegantly good. Bulbous beads of painted wood in bright colours combine with fluffy pompoms in pieces that are both amusing and beautiful. They are eclectic and...
