Inspiring : Sas and Fez {ceramics}

the crafted object

Moving between her tiny spare room that doubles as a studio and store room and the electric wheel set up in a corner of her lounge room {and thankful for a “long-suffering and extremely supportive husband who tends to turn a blind eye to my creative endeavours...

Inspiring : Renato Crepaldi (part 2)

surface design

When I first discovered Renato Crepaldi’s marbled papers, I have to say I swooned a little. The colours and patterns are so deliciously seductive that I couldn’t resist featuring them on the blog in December last year. The technique of marbling paper is...

Etsy : Is it on the slippery slope from handmade to manufacture?

opinion, small biz, the crafted object

 {all images are linked to their respective shops} There has been been a debate raging ever since Etsy decided to change its policies on what constituted ‘handmade’ late last year. Those policies now allow designers and makers to outsource a substantial...

The crafted object : Nora Leschinski ~ wood carver and illustrator

the crafted object

Nora Leschinski grew up in a remote mountain village in the green forested heart of Germany. It was the perfect starting point for a wood carver, and nature provided its designs for inspiration.     Studying sculpture at art school opened up a whole new...

Inspiring : Doll Disaster Design

the crafted object

Doll Disaster Design : Jewellery Tessa Rickard collects antique, broken doll parts and heads, and is incessantly drawn to all the strange objects that time has forgotten about. It was what prompted her business name; her Masters thesis was called “From The Mind...