Twenty Years of Truly Tasmanian
There’s a particular feeling that comes with walking into a country hall on a spring morning. The light is coming in through tall windows, someone is setting out a float of coins, and the trestle…
What Three AIs Noticed in My Making Space
A Maker’s Space Reset — Part Two There’s a particular kind of blindness that comes with a space you use every day. The jar of brushes that’s been balanced on the windowsill since autumn. The…
Tasmanian Craft Fair 2026 — A Maker’s Guide
There’s a particular feeling that settles over the north of the island as October turns into November. The paddocks are green, the Meander River runs full, and somewhere in Deloraine a woodturner is unpacking a…
A Maker’s Space Reset
What Happens When AI Looks at the Mess? (Editor’s note – this series was meant to start in July but life happened (sickness and other health issues, plus 3 people in the family playing hockey).…
Foraged Art: Creating with Natural Finds
When the forest floor becomes your supply shop and every walk a gathering ritual There is a particular kind of joy that comes from picking something up off the ground — a feather, a river…
Essay: What I Learned from Six Months of Creative Living
Six months ago, I began leaning more intentionally into the idea of creative living. Not as a perfect aesthetic. Not as a beautifully curated life of linen aprons, tidy studios, fresh flowers, and endless uninterrupted…
How to Document Your Creative Year
There’s something quietly powerful about looking back on a year of making. Not just the finished pieces – the paintings hung, the journals filled, the markets attended – but the in-between moments too. The experiments…
Winter Rhythms: A Seasonal Update from Tasmanian Maker’s Journal
As the days grow shorter and the chill settles in across Tasmania, the rhythm of life begins to shift. Winter, for many of us, is a season of inward focus. It’s a time for tending…
Essay: The Beauty of Slow Craft in a Fast World
In a world that celebrates speed, productivity, and constant availability, slow craft offers a quiet, radical alternative.Slow craft is not about nostalgia or resisting progress. It is about intention. It asks us to pay attention…