Guides

  1. Trading half-finished creative projects at a community swapIn a quiet studio above a Brunswick café, a painter hands a half-completed canvas to a stranger who promises the final brushstrokes. Down the road in Fitzroy,…
  2. worlds from thrifted finds with a set designer's eyeIn a narrow studio tucked behind a Surry Hills café, set designer Marlowe Quinn transforms forgotten relics into breathing landscapes. Their recent work on an…
  3. Faces in tannin: an Australian portraitist in coffee and teaThere's a quiet corner of a studio in Melbourne's inner north where the air smells less like turpentine and more like a freshly pulled espresso. Here, an…
  4. A Playlist for the Walk Home When Rehearsal Leaves You GlowingThere is a particular kind of energy that arrives after a late rehearsal. Your shoulders are tired, your ears are still ringing softly, and every streetlight…
  5. Capturing Australia's late-night diner regulars over one yearFor twelve months, Sasha Velkovic kept unusual hours. While Sydney slept, she slipped into fluorescent-lit rooms in Surry Hills, Newtown, and inner-Melbourne…
  6. The calligrapher who writes letters for strangers at a farmers marketOn a slow Saturday morning, between a woman selling native finger lime marmalade and a teenager hawking homegrown tomatoes, a small wooden table holds a glass…
  7. From Kiln Ash to a Living GlazeIn a ceramic studio, waste can become part of the work’s identity. For one Australian ceramicist, the pale ash gathered after wood firing is more than residue…
  8. Make Old School Art New AgainThere is a particular kind of joy in finding a half-remembered artwork in a family cupboard: the lopsided clay pot, the sun painted purple, the collage made…
  9. Painting in Slower Hands: Making Art with Chronic IllnessFor years I treated my fatigue like an enemy. From the couch in our Fitzroy flat I would watch the afternoon light drift through the window and feel my hands…
  10. Ink, impression, and intention inside a letterpress vow studioIn a quiet studio tucked behind a converted warehouse in Fitzroy, the smell of oil-based ink and damp paper drifts into the lane. Here, a calligrapher named…