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ARTIST MATILDA JULIAN

“Art is something that gives me pride like nothing else has,” says artist Matilda Julian. “It’s something that keeps on drawing me back in.” While ...

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australia

DESIGNER LAUREN FINKS

While Lauren Finks was born and bred in Melbourne, it was while living in Sydney that she developed the idea for her own homewares range. The resea...

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australia

DESIGNER EMELIA SIMCOX

Six months after leaving school, Emelia Simcox decided to defer her theatre design course at NIDA and follow her interest in scenic art at Opera Au...

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ARTIST AMBER WALLIS

It was only after Amber Wallis went back to university to do some postgraduate study that she began painting and drawing in a consistent way. What ...

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ARCHITECT RACHEL HUDSON

The experience of living in a home as a child designed by architect Peter Stutchbury had a profound effect on Rachel Hudson. Her parents slept in a...

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australia

SHOP OWNER VANESSA KIDWELL

Five years is a long time in retail these days, especially with the advent of online shopping. However, Vanessa Kidwell, the owner of LivedIn Cooge...

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australia

DESIGNER PAUL GARVEY

Paul Garvey fell into textile art about four years ago when he met textile designer Marissa Maximo, who had just finished working as a director at ...

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ARTIST KATHRYN RYAN

“Growing up on a farm provided a lot of space and time on my own to think, to watch the seasons and times of day changing to night,” says artist Ka...

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australia

SHOP OWNER YEW KONG THAM

“To be immersed in design and beautiful everyday objects seemed too good an opportunity to miss,” says Yew Kong Tham, owner of Ginkgo Leafshop in S...

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ARTIST ANTOINETTE FERWERDA

“My solo exhibition last year at The Ministry of Art in St Kilda was the most amazing, daunting, rewarding, fulfilling and truly incredible experie...

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