Artists, Designers & Makers

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

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.

A day at the art centre often begins with a bush trip to collect leaves, roots, berries and firewood. The women sit together, often by the sea or Angurugu River and design each garment.

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

Emma Buswell is a curator, artist, and designer based in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Sandra Black is renowned for her delicate, award-winning pierced and carved porcelain forms and vessels.

Mel Ellero's ceramics practice explores the traditional techniques of eastern and western culture, depicting the natural qualities of clay and the alchemy of the firing process.

Njaliwa Chongwe’s life as a ceramic artist developed after early years of exposure to his family’s deep interest in traditional and modern art and craft in Zambia.

Stewart Scambler believes there is something elegant about using materials found in nature and using fire to alter their state.

Betty Poulsen is a Walyalup/Fremantle based multidisciplinary artist. Betty's skills and interests are broad and include natural dyeing, soft sculpture, jewellery, ceramics and painting.

Alastair Taylor is a skilled illustrator, children's book author, painter and scupltor based in the Perth hills.

Based in the Swan Valley, Jan Zeck produces a distinctive and beautiful range of pewter brooches based on native flora from Western Australia under the Swan Valley Studios label.

Gary Zeck is a master of his art. He engages in conversation with clay on a daily basis and creates artwork tempered by years of experimentation and experience.

Tobia Beckley is the founder, designer and maker at label, DISARM, reusing discarded materials and evolving them into practical, desirable and long lasting garments.

The process of releasing the form and then smoothing and polishing the surfaces with lapping machinery is noisy and muddy but mindful and meditative.

Kati lives mainly on the south coast of WA and works as a printmaker from her home studio. Her work draws on personal stories and larger narratives to create images that act as visual fables.

Christian has been working with Australian timbers for many years. The small size and irregular and curved form of many WA timbers makes them ideal for his assortment of boxes

Angela Nikulinsky is the founder and designer at Studio N where she uses the work of renowned artist Philippa Nikulinsky, AM to produce a range of high-quality products.