So you’re a gardener?” we ask Simon Rickard as we wander past established trees, trimmed hedges and herbaceous borders of his Trentham property. “I was,” he says with a laugh. “But my back isn’t what it was, so I have given up digging holes in the ground and let my brain do the work now…”
Read MoreLauriston artist Sarah Gabriel looks triumphant. She has spent the last six months working on her show Floral Engagement, an exhibition of works on paper and board depicting the flowers, birds, fabrics and objects that intertwine through her life on a beautiful bush property at Lauriston…
Read MoreThe wattle is beginning to bloom outside Louiseann King’s studio window. We’re in the last days of winter and the Eganstown artist is putting the finishing touches…
Read MoreThe view from the bell tower at the Daylesford Convent is one of the most beautiful in the nation. Framed by masonry…
Read MoreFrazer’s ability to capture the emotional alienation of the male and depict the Australian bush with an almost mythical reality quality has seen him described as the Tim Winton of the printing press…
Read MoreThe old French cake stand is made from wire. Hundreds of strands of exceptionally fine steel wire…
Read MoreThere is an Emmy Award sitting on top of the book case in Mark Lamble’s house, hidden in the bush outside Woodend...
Read More“This could be confronting,” warns Kyneton artist Daniel Butterworth as he moves...
Read MoreOn the side of a steep valley a short drive out of Hepburn Springs at Shepherd’s Flat is a cricket pitch...
Read MoreForest surrounds Tanya Baricevich’s studio. Here she works in timber...
Read MoreAt the western end of Kyneton’s Piper Street, past the excellent eateries and galleries, is an old butter factory...
Read More“If a piece ever breaks, I bury it in the backyard. I think it is important to leave a legacy of your life for the archaeologists of the future.”
Read MoreThe whir and clatter of an industrial sewing machine fills the room. It ceases and modern tunes ooze from the sound system. The woman at the machine looks up...
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