Guides

  1. When hands find clay: a studio's Parkinson's programIn a quiet corner of Sydney's Inner West, a community pottery studio has quietly reshaped what therapeutic recreation looks like for people living with…
  2. Baccarat Strategy: Why The Banker Always Wins Myth PersistsBaccarat has an elegant rhythm: cards are dealt, bets are settled quickly, and the table seems to invite instinct as much as calculation. That atmosphere has…
  3. Marathon drawings from dusk to dawn reshape a local creative sceneIn a quiet Brisbane suburb, artist Marlowe Henschke opens the side door of a converted garage at roughly 7 p.m. and leaves it open until the magpies start…
  4. A vintage clothing seller builds outfits around album coversWalking into a vintage shop in Newtown on a Saturday afternoon often feels like stepping inside a record sleeve. Hangers overflow with corduroy jackets, faded…
  5. Colour from carrot tops and eucalyptus leavesIn a converted garage tucked behind a weatherboard cottage in Sydney's inner west, Aria Mendel runs a small intaglio press the colour of old honey. She pulls a…
  6. A Playlist For The Hour Before You Talk About Your WorkThe hour before a talk about your work can feel strangely suspended. You may know the project intimately, yet explaining it aloud to a room full of people can…
  7. The Songs We Wrote Before We Knew BetterSome songs begin as private evidence: a four-chord progression in a bedroom, a dramatic lyric saved in an old notebook, or a voice memo recorded before a…
  8. The Musician Who Performs Sets on a Rooftop for the Neighbors BelowAt six o’clock on a warm evening, the first notes drift over the apartment blocks. A synth line catches the breeze, a bass pattern settles between balconies,…
  9. How Cooking for Friends Helped Me Find My Creative Voice AgainFor a long time, I thought I had misplaced my creativity. It had not disappeared dramatically; there was no single abandoned project or spectacular failure to…
  10. Melting points: an ice sculptor's dialogue with sunlightWhen Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo placed 1,000 small ice figures on the steps of a London concert hall in 2005, she set in motion a quiet revolution in public…