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).…
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…
Why Creative Communities Matter
On an island shaped by distance, weather, and deep ties to land, creative community has always mattered in Tasmania. From small-town halls to backyard studios, from kitchen tables to coastal workshops, making here has long…
The 100 Day Project: Creating 100 Tiny Postage Stamp
Creative habits often begin with a simple idea: make something small, every day. That’s the premise behind The 100 Day Project, a global initiative that invites artists, makers, writers, and curious beginners to commit to…
Reflective Essay | Finding Creative Rhythm in the Seasons
There is a quiet wisdom in the seasons if we’re willing to listen. Living and creating in Tasmania, it’s impossible not to feel the slow turning of the year – the way mist settles heavier…
Welcome to the Tasmanian Maker’s Journal
Today feels like the beginning of something special. For months, this idea has been quietly growing in my sketchbook margins – part dream, part plan, part love letter to Tasmania’s creative spirit. And now, finally,…