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Eggpicnic believe in long lasting products and transparent and honest design processes. These cards are designed and made in-house in the Eggpicnic studio in Canberra.  

Materials: Made in Australia with vegetable based inks on 100% recycled card

Dimensions: 13.3 x 13.3 cm 

Meet the Makers: Canberra welcomes two new designers and birders to our community, Camila De Gregorio and Christopher Macaluso the creative minds behind Eggpicnic. In their Canberra-based design studio, the two designer-makers produce fine art prints and public art to end wildlife extinction through education. 

Photos: Lean Timms and Eggpicnic | Craft and Design Canberra

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper, hand coloured

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

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Designed as part of the Centenary of Canberra celebrations, Sean’s wood ACT Brooch is the ultimate Canberra memento. Forget the magnet and postcard, wear the Australian Capital Territory instead.

Materials: plywood

Dimension: 3.6cm x 3.8cm

Meet the Maker: Sean Booth's practice consists of two main threads of investigation. One thread focuses on the more traditional use of silver and hammer work within a contemporary context, and the other challenges geometry and the structures that can be built with a sense of fluidness. His work encompasses many varied forms such as sculptural works, lights and limited edition series.

Images: Courtesy of the Artist

Slip-cast and carved coloured cups.

Materials: Porcelain. Various pastel colours to choose from!

Dimensions: H 7 cm x Diameter 7.5 cm

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights.

Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist. 

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper, hand coloured

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper, hand coloured

Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Slip-cast and carved coloured cups.

Materials: Porcelain. Various pastel colours to choose from!

Dimensions: H 9 cm x Diameter 8 cm

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights.

Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist. 

Materials: Lino print card  

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Material:  slip cast porcelain 

Dimensions: approx. 8.5cm diameter x 8cm (H)

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights. Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist. 

Materials: Cast glass
 
Dimensions: 11cmL x 4 cmW
 
About the Makers: Caslake and Pedler Glass is a partnership between Meg Caslake, a glass blower and David Pedler, a ceramicist. Together they make hand made glass objects. From their studio in Stepney, Adelaide, they are involved in every step of the making process. From first designs, to the melting and colouring of the sand, to the magic of creating art with molten glass. Their unique collections are inspired by the Australian beachside lifestyle. 

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper, hand coloured

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Materials: Lino print card  

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Slip-cast and carved coloured shot/espresso cups.

Materials: Porcelain. Various pastel colours to choose from!

Dimensions: H 4.5 cm x Diameter 5cm x Volume approx. 80 mls. 

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights.

Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist. 

Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm  x 12.5 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Material: Porcelain

Dimensions: H) 9cm; w)75cm; width including handle 9cm

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights. Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist. 

Materials: Hand coloured cast glass
 
Dimensions: 100 x 50 mm
 
About the Maker: 

Caslake and Pedler Glass is a partnership between Meg Caslake, a glass blower and David Pedler, a ceramicist. Together they make hand made glass objects. From their studio in Stepney, Adelaide, they are involved in every step of the making process. From first designs, to the melting and colouring of the sand, to the magic of creating art with molten glass. Their unique collections are inspired by the Australian beachside lifestyle.
 
Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Material: wheel thrown porcelain with silicon lid and sleeve band

Dimensions: Medium, holding approximately 340ml of liquid

Care: dishwasher safe (top rack); textural surface makes it lovely to grip

Meet the Maker: Sue Hewat is a Canberra based ceramic artist. Conceptually, the transient nature of the ebb and flow of the tide guides her work. Sue has begun exploring visual links to other parts of the environment, examining parallels of pattern in both the land and the sea. She is drawn to the layers, lines and threads that define the essence of place. 

Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Hand coloured cast glass
 
Dimensions: L 120 mm x H 60 mm
 
About the Maker: Caslake and Pedler Glass is a partnership between Meg Caslake, a glass blower and David Pedler, a ceramicist. Together they make hand made glass objects. From their studio in Stepney, Adelaide, they are involved in every step of the making process. From first designs, to the melting and colouring of the sand, to the magic of creating art with molten glass. Their unique collections are inspired by the Australian beachside lifestyle.
 
Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Porcelain 

Dimensions: H 5 cm x W 10.5 cm 

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights.

Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist. 

100% organic cotton and designed and printed in Australia, Kayannie’s tea towels feature her signature ‘My Country’ style, and are available in four colourways.

Kayannie’s tea towels are printed in Melbourne by Organic Print Studio, which is certified by Australian Certified Organic. The cotton and water-based inks meet organic standards.

Materials: 100% Organic cotton - mid-weight, durable fabric with a twill weave and matte finish, available in four colourways.

Dimensions: 150 cm x 40 cm  

Care instructions: Cold machine wash and warm iron.

About the Artist: Kayannie Denigan is an emerging Australian Aboriginal artist. She works predominantly in acrylic on canvas and is inspired by a painting style that was passed down from her grandmothers – the iconic dots and symbols of Central Desert art. She combines this ancient form of storytelling with the colours and stories from the lands and culture of her childhood home in Cape York.

Photos courtesy of the artist.

Slipcast and carved, pastel coloured bowls.

Materials: Porcelain

Dimensions: Height: 7cm, Diameter: 12cm

Meet the Maker: Working from her quiet studio in the Bega Valley in New South Wales, local ceramicist Margaret Brown crafts and designs a prolific array of domestic delights. Brown is drawn to the medium of porcelain for its purity and translucency. These unique qualities allow her works breathe a sense of easiness into daily living through each mug, beaker, and bowl. Through her domestic vessels, she combines function with aesthetic. No two pieces of Brown’s making are the same, each carries a unique character bestowed upon it through careful handcrafting by the artist.

Materials: Hand coloured cast glass
 
Dimensions: 16cmW x 6cm H
 
About the Maker: Caslake and Pedler Glass is a partnership between Meg Caslake, a glass blower and David Pedler, a ceramicist. Together they make hand made glass objects. From their studio in Stepney, Adelaide, they are involved in every step of the making process. From first designs, to the melting and colouring of the sand, to the magic of creating art with molten glass. Their unique collections are inspired by the Australian beachside lifestyle.
 
Photos: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Black ink on white paper, hand-coloured lino-print, framed. 

Dimensions: 27 cm x 27 cm 

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Lino print card - red ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Q'on sushi settings from the kitchen of Nikki and Sophi Suttor. These handmade ceramics are perfect for appreciating sushi or other appetizers in the comfort of your own home. 

Materials: ceramics, slip cast 

Dimensions: 5cm diameter

Meet the Maker: Sophi Suttor's conceptual work examines the loss of habitat and its replacement by the generic she is looking at specimens through the filter of the work of Rohan Ellis. Producing fragments of the generic as a demonstration of how easily we lose the detail and cultural stamp of our personal landscape

Works are childlike and toy like to highlight how easily we are seduced by pretty things. Using lots of generic flowers and toy like items to highlight how readily we accept the generic. This acceptance erodes national identity and leads to devaluation of all things native to Australia this process is aided and abetted by globalisation.

Materials: lino print card

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studios, and the fifth one is free (with thanks from the artist)
 
Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope
 
Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm
 
About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator, and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England. Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.
 
Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Cast glass
 
Dimensions: 11cmL x 4 cmW
 
About the Makers: Caslake and Pedler Glass is a partnership between Meg Caslake, a glass blower and David Pedler, a ceramicist. Together they make hand made glass objects. From their studio in Stepney, Adelaide, they are involved in every step of the making process. From first designs, to the melting and colouring of the sand, to the magic of creating art with molten glass. Their unique collections are inspired by the Australian beachside lifestyle. 

Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Linoprint card 

Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa is a full time scientific research technician in the area of plant biotechnology and is a part time artist. Not surprisingly it is nature, mainly plants, that inspire her art. The texture and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut print or tapestry weaving designs.

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studio, and the fifth is free (with thanks from the artist)

Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope

Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm

About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England.  Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.

Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studio, and the fifth is free (with thanks from the artist)

Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope

Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm

About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England.  Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.

Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studio, and the fifth is free (with thanks from the artist)

Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope

Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148mm

About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England.  Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.

Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Materials: Lino print card - red ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Black ink on white paper, hand-coloured lino-print; framed. 

Dimensions: 15 cm x 20 cm 

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studios, and the fifth one is free (with thanks from the artist)
 
Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope
 
Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm
 
About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator, and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England. Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.
 
Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Limited Edition. 

The Short Run Series are an attempt to be lest wasteful in the studio: often experimental, they are printed in small batches using offcuts of fine art papers. Each batch is unique, and often contain variations in tone. Once a design runs out, it will not be repeated in the same way. 

Materials: Hand-set and printed letterpress card with white envelope

Dimensions: Variable. Square is approximately: 12.5 x 12.5cm. Rectangle: 11 x 16cm 

About the Maker: Caren Florance (Ampersand Duck) works creatively with text and print in many different ways, but books remain close to her heart. She works predominantly with relief printmaking, both press-based and hand-printed. Other forms of mark-making find its way into her work, particularly via re-visitings of old technologies. 

Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studio, and the fifth is free (with thanks from the artist)

Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope

Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148mm

About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England.  Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.

Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Materials: Lino print card - black ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 10 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Ink print on card

Dimensions: 180 x 110mm

Meet The Maker: Sharon Peoples has been developing techniques in machine embroidery on soluble fabric which has resulted in lace patterning.

Peoples combines an academic career as the Convenor of the Museums and Collections Program within the Centre for Heritage and Museums, at ANU with her visual arts practice. She writes on fashion theory and the crafts. Her work is represented in public and private collections as well as public commissions.

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studios, and the fifth one is free (with thanks from the artist)
 
Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope
 
Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm
 
About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator, and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England. Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.
 
Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Beautifully designed blank card and gift tag set, designed in Canberra by Clare Mazitelli.

Each set contains:

3 x greeting cards, blank inside (A6 size when folded)
3 x envelopes
3 x gift tags
3 x round stickers

Dimensions: H 16.5 cm x W 11.5 cm

Meet the Maker: Clare Mazitelli is the designer behind Hue Lane, her textile business run from Canberra, Australia, which makes thoughtfully designed accessories and homewares to cherish.

Inspired by travel and nature the designs are originally painted by Clare with a mixture of watercolours and acrylics creating beautiful painterly textures. The designs are printed in Australia on natural linen and linen/cotton blends and then made into products by ethically accredited Australian manufacturers.

Photos: courtesy of the artist. 

Relief printed greeting card with assorted designs. Made by hand in Canberra

Material:  Awagami Bamboo paper with Gambling relief inks

Dimensions: 9.5cm x 10cm (folded); 20cm x 20cm (unfolded)

Meet the maker: Wendy Dawes is a Canberra-based artist working primarily with printmedia, investigating individual and collective memory and the fallibility of both. Dawes explores and responds to the materiality of paper, frequently using the fold as a trope for the making, keeping, obscuration and loss of memory. 

Photography by Wendy Dawes

Glazed ceramic brush, knife, or chop stick holders in fun shapes and bold colours.

Materials: ceramics, slip cast 

Dimensions: 5cm diameter

Meet the Maker: Sophi Suttor's conceptual work examines the loss of habitat and its replacement by the generic she is looking at specimens through the filter of the work of Rohan Ellis. Producing fragments of the generic as a demonstration of how easily we lose the detail and cultural stamp of our personal landscape

Works are childlike and toy like to highlight how easily we are seduced by pretty things. Using lots of generic flowers and toy like items to highlight how readily we accept the generic. This acceptance erodes national identity and leads to devaluation of all things native to Australia this process is aided and abetted by globalisation.

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studio, and the fifth is free (with thanks from the artist)

Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope

Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148mm

About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England.  Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.

Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studios, and the fifth one is free (with thanks from the artist)
 
Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope
 
Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm
 
About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator, and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England. Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.
 
Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Materials: Lino print card - red ink on white paper

Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Materials: Black ink on white paper, hand-coloured lino-print; framed. 

Dimensions: 15 cm x 20 cm 

About the Maker: Lisa recently retired from CSIRO after a 35-year career in plant biotechnology research. She will now be able to spend more time on her art practice.

Nature, mainly plants, inspire her art. The textures and patterns in nature are translated into either linocut prints or tapestry weaving designs.

She also weaves mini tapestries from yarns donated to her by founding Craft ACT member Fay Skyring. These yarns were thrums of warp yarns from upholstery fabric Fay wove for Parliament House in Canberra. In these framed works, Lisa uses them as weft threads to explore the interaction of the different colours Fay used in three different upholstery fabrics.

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studio, and the fifth is free (with thanks from the artist)

Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope

Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148mm

About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England.  Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.

Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Buy four cards of any design by Kellie MacFarlane Studios, and the fifth one is free (with thanks from the artist)
 
Materials: Hand-painted watercolour image printed on card with white envelope
 
Dimensions: Approx. 105 mm x 148 mm
 
About the Maker: Kellie MacFarlane is a Canberra based artist, illustrator, and author. She studied fine arts, children’s book illustration and pottery in London, England. Her watercolour artworks and patterns are inspired by our beautiful Australian bush land and animals. Kellie is currently working on her first children’s picture book.
 
Photos: Courtesy of the artist