Makers

Around 400 Artists make up Tangentyere Artists; a Mparntwe (Alice Springs) based Aboriginal owned Art Centre providing Arts training, workshops, marketing and sales support to artists.

Formally trained as a visual artist, art teacher and art therapist, Joanna Brown has had a long and varied career in the arts. She currently works as a digital designer and illustrator.

Jo Darvall's paintings expand and shape the Australian story – particularly that of the natural landscape – in a way that is both contemporary and enduring.

Through the use of natural fibres such as sisal, jute and wool, Siân Boucherd creates meticulously hand crafted vessels and wearable pieces by way of a coiling basketry technique.

Kate Weedon-Jones' textile practice has spanned nearly 40 years. She specialises in dyeing, Shibori techniques, screen-printing, Batik, appliqué, piecing, stitch and weaving.

Mokosh skin care products are 100% certified organic, strictly free of preservatives and other synthetic ingredients, and made using pure, ethically sourced botanicals.

Helen Ansell is a regional Western Australian artist whose vibrant paintings capture the spirit of native Western Australian flora and fauna.

Rose Megirian is a Fremantle based multidisciplinary designer/maker creating contemporary clothing, jewellery, art and objects of exceptional quality.

Penny Jewell is a textile artist living and working in Walpole. Botanical dyeing allows her to combine her lifelong love of both plants and textiles.

Kura Studio is a creative practice based in Perth co-founded by Anika Kalotay and Serena Pangestu. Kura Studio believes that responsive design can turn day-to-day tasks into thoughtful moments.

Sue Codee runs her design studio This Papercut Life in the historic city of Albany. Sue specialises in the design of paper cuts and silhouetted images.

Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist and writer in Melbourne. He is best known for illustrated books that deal with social and historical subjects through dream-like imagery.

Anthea Carboni who was originally trained in art therapy and teaching, has been a practicing artist - designing, making exhibiting and selling for more than 20 years.

Born on the north-coast of Spain, Belen Berganza is an accomplished ceramicist who now lives and works in Western Australia.

Janis Heston is a highly skilled and experienced ceramicist making artistic and functional pieces with a focus on raku fired containers and reliquaries. 

Julia Warren, of Two Stories Studios, is a creator of characters. Her velvety-soft, hand-sewn critters and one-off ceramic vessels always have a story to tell if you look at the details.

Anne Sorensen has been a full time studio glass artist for thirty years, for the last ten years her practice has been devoted to kiln formed glass.

Tony Docherty produces an exquisite range of timber wares. His distinctive organic forms express an interplay between the design process and the material’s inherent features.