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Karina Jambrak’s new linen collection inspired by Australian winter

Drawing is second nature to Sydney-based designer and artist Karina Jambrak. She first started selling the art she created as a high school student in 2001, at the famous Bondi Beach Markets.

Her career as an independent artist began in 2018, when she was made redundant from her dream job as a graphic designer, right after her husband had undergone open heart surgery. Needing to provide for her family, she decided to turn her passion into a full-time career and start her own small business.

Karina’s art is hand-drawn using copic markers, and predominantly uses soft, pastel colour palette. She draws inspiration from Australian landscapes and flora, as well as other parts of the world.

After the success of the first range, Karina has collaborated with Adairs to release a new range of homewares. The collection evokes imagery of dusky, winter foliage, and is sure to lend a sense of serenity to the rooms in which they are placed.

“I want everyone to see the beauty that the winter can bring to the Australian landscape, and how we can bring that beauty into our indoor spaces,” Karina explains, speaking of her inspiration for the collection.

The pastel-hued designs are printed on an array of items, including organic cotton linen, dinner and serving ware, towels, and décor items.

“I am so excited that Adairs asked me to design a second range for them after the success of the first,” Karina says. “Seeing my work come to life on everyday items has been such a dream and I am so proud with how this second collection came out.”

Karina has also designed a playful, jungle inspired collection for Adairs Kids. It features tangerine tones that are sure to ignite the imagination. Delightful hand-drawn images embellish the items, with fun African animals parading amongst greenery similar to that of the main collection. 

For more information.

Artist Jasmine Mansbridge pours raw and real story into beautiful new work

Jasmine Mansbridge‘s latest stunning exhibition, Painting A Perfect World, is an optimistic one, but it came from a place of deep contemplation. In this frank interview, the artist reveals how…

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A successful career change from interior designer to artist for supermum Anna Price

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Flowers on ice photographed to make unique artworks

They say when one door closes another door opens. So after being made redundant from her 9-to-5 corporate job, Renee Tsironis decided to open a much more beautiful door to career as a floral artist. The Melbourne-based creative uses ice as a preservation tool to freeze flowers in time. Renee then photographs each bloom to create custom and limited edition prints.

“I began my career in marketing for some fantastic Australian interior, beauty and food brands, and my passion for design led me to study interior design and styling,” says Renee. “It was during this period of design study that I began experimenting with flowers and the freezing process to create artworks.”

Renee uses various preservation techniques to achieve different results but ultimately no two blocks of ice freeze the same, creating natural diversity throughout her works. “I love seeing the detail in the individual bubbles and being surprised by the result of what wasn’t planned,” she says.

The unique pieces are perfect for dull or tired walls around the home where you’re looking to make a statement or add a touch of drama.

Since launching her brand Fleuressence, Renee has worked with designers on specific commissions and created bespoke artworks for newlyweds using their wedding flowers. Renee also travels extensively in the pursuit of rare and beautiful flowers for her works.

As a partner of Décor & Design 2018, Renee debuted her current work before 12,000 visitors earlier this year. “I am truly grateful for the opportunity to showcase my work which explores how flowers act as a symbol of emotional connection to a time and place.”

Shop Renee’s unique floral artworks

For more art inspiration: Floral art you’ll blooming love!

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Jen’s Lust List: 26.09.2017

Ah, you know how we adore everything Heatherly Design Bedheads (featured in my new master bedroom) do, but check out the new Kate Spade textiles range. Divine! the latest in their Art Series is a collab with fabric house Kravet, now representing a range of Kate Spade designs. See more.

We love linen bedding but it can come with a hefty price tag. New entrant to the market Bed Threads, are offering a great pricepoint of just $250 for a queen size bed pack of quilt cover, fitted sheet and two pillowcases. You’ll often pay more than that for the quilt cover alone!

Their sheets are 100% flax linen and they also come in double and king size. For more information.

After years spent in interior design and decorating, working on projects as diverse as five-star resorts and bungalow homes, designer and artist Emma McNamara has created a collection of luxury cushions under the banner Sunday Folk Textiles. Check them out online, for pre-order now.

We’ve long admired the work of artist Rowena Martinich and she’s recently teamed up with husband and fellow artist Geoffrey Carran to sell their limited edition prints online, making their work more accessible and affordable. We’ll have more about the partnership on the blog soon, but for now, see more here.

This classy French pumpkin would definitely be for life, not just for Halloween! The latest release from Staub, the Black Pumpkin, is a beautifully elegant cocotte, perfect for use in the oven, on any cooktop (including induction) and for serving at the table. It’s especially good for slow cooking with great, even heat distribution and retention.  An investment piece at $599.95, available nationally from Myer. This is one pot you wouldn’t want to hide away in a cupboard, right?!

Hope you enjoyed this week’s finds, I’ll be back with more next Tuesday! Jen

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Art Furniture

Australian furniture makers & artists collaborate for charity

‘Created with Care’ is a unique charity event that is the result of two Australian online creative marketplaces, HandKrafted and Bluethumb, collaborating to promote their wares while raising money for those in need.

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Handkrafted connects buyers with Australian furniture makers while Bluethumb acts as an online gallery space for Australian artists. The charity event sees furniture makers from Handkrafted collaborate with artists from Bluethumb to create unique one-off pieces that will be auctioned off with full proceeds going to several different charities.

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One such collaboration that caught our eye is the Wye River Buffet – the combined efforts of Bombora Furniture Co’s Luke Collins and contemporary artist Tanya Keenan. The funds from the sale of their piece will go to the Spirit Foundation – a charity that has been supporting the Wye River and Separation Creek communities that were devastated by bushfires recently.

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Wye River Buffet by Luke Collins and Tanya Keenan

“While it may sound a little clichéd, collaboration is paramount to the success of every business and individual – it’s so important to take the time out to reflect upon and approach potential collaborators to discuss ideas and opportunities. It’s also much more fun,” says Handkrafted founder Fred Kimel who, together with Bluethumb co-founder Edward Hartley, are super impressed with the works up for auction.

“I am staggered at the outcome of these auction pieces. Every day I look at incredible art, yet these pieces are beyond my greatest expectations. They have set the bar for future artists and crafters,” says Edward.

Handkrafted-2 Rainy Day in 3D by Lars Laug and Erin Nicholls

Final bids must be placed before Friday June 10. Place your bid here.

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The gallery exhibition and retail pop-up for interiors lovers

Side Project, hosted by The Stables, is an exciting new exhibition and retail pop-up showcasing the work of some of Australia’s most innovative independent designers and artists.

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Today marks the launch of this new breed of design event in Sydney – encapsulating the best elements of a gallery exhibition, a retail space and a trade-show into the one format. Side Project will run during Sydney InDesign, but won’t be just a trade-to-trade event. Taking over the entire ground floor of The Stables, it will be open to all sectors of the creative community.

Porcelain Bear
Porcelain Bear

The exhibition features renowned Australian export (LA based) artist Jonathan Zawada, the inventive designs of Blakebrough + King, ceramics house Porcelain Bear, Sydney based design duo Page Thirty Three and many more.

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The work exhibited consists largely of one-off or short run pieces, most of which have been crafted specifically for this event. Products include printed and hand-painted artworks, sculptural furniture, functional objects, magazines, crockery, textiles and more. The common theme between all participants is a thirst for exploration within their respective fields and a tone of voice that is conceptual, modern and above all experimental.

Side Project is a forum for designers, created by designers. For more information.

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Art

Visit and buy art directly from people’s homes

Ceramics by Dale Frances

If you’re a Perth resident in the search of art and a fun day out, you should definitely consider visiting the inaugural Artist Open House Fremantle (AOHF) this month.

Ceramics by Dale Frances
Ceramics by Dale Frances

Held over two weekends, five Fremantle homes will open their doors to the public, showing and selling the work of over 25 artists. With all houses in easy walking distance from one another, visitors will easily be able to visit a few houses in a short period of time, with the opportunity to buy the art directly off the wall, or off the shelf if they’re buying ceramics!

Red Lotus by Becky Blair
Red Lotus by Becky Blair

“Many people may feel intimidated by galleries, or may not be able to visualise the art in their house, and this event tries to break down those barriers and let people see art in a real home, in a context that is familiar to them,” explains AOHF founder Cathrina Read. “With a variety of artists showing, Artist Open House Fremantle is about making art accessible to all, whether it be high-end or affordable. It is about making people feel quite literally at home with art.”

AOHF will be held over the weekends of 8-9 November and 15-16 November, with all houses being open between 10am-to-4pm. For more information visit their website.

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Latest online gallery StateoftheART, with all works under $1,000

Geo City by Dianne Erdmanis, $480.

As the reality of current shopping trends continues to make it harder for artists to succeed in traditional galleries, more and more people are turning to the online marketplace.

Bath by James Needham, $885.
Bath by James Needham, $885.

Online galleries are now the go to place for artists to be represented and collectors to buy, and one such gallery, StateoftheART Gallery, is quickly becoming known as the place to acquire original, affordable art. Choosing to focus on early career graduate artists, the works featured are contemporary, unique and of high quality, with real potential for increasing in value.

Rude Awakening by Marlene Zammit, $600.
Rude Awakening by Marlene Zammit, $600.

A credible panel of art professionals select the artists and their works, meaning the gallery is a carefully curated collection rather than an overwhelming display of hundreds of artists. It also offers an excellent user experience, with straightforward navigation and search tools. The artwork images are high quality and can be enlarged for closer inspection, while the View To Scale feature is a great tool for envisaging how an artwork will look in your space.

Geo City by Dianne Erdmanis, $480.
Geo City by Dianne Erdmanis, $480.

The ethos behind StateoftheART Gallery is to make buying original art accessible and affordable, providing a level of transparency that traditional galleries with their pieces hung on white walls with no price tags in sight, cannot.

Prices range from $150-to-$900, meaning you’re in for a treat, no matter your budget!

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Wallabuy: bringing you the best of unique Australian design to buy online

The Wallabuy team: Dale, Kristin, Rani, Niki, Jess and Golan (not pictured)

Trawling Instagram and Pinterest and calling it work seems to good too be true, but for the team at online marketplace Wallabuy, it’s all in a day’s work.

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“We source our designers from all over the place,” says editor Niki Comparti. “We’re constantly keeping an eye out at markets, trade shows, on Instagram, Pinterest, blogs, publications and Etsy. We’ll regularly search for things we’d love to have in our own homes or wardrobes and find artisans making exactly that locally and approach them from there. I rarely come home from any kind of market without a few business cards in my handbag.”

Having launched a couple of months ago, Wallabuy aims to connect its customers to beautiful, locally made designs and already has over 100 Australian designers on the site. Believing Australia has an incredibly unique creative community that doesn’t get enough attention, they’re passionate about supporting local talent.

“The creative souls making amazing ceramics and paintings in tin sheds out the back of their homes are the people we love and want to support,” explains Niki. “If we can help someone turn their hobby into a career like we have, we’ve served our purpose.”

The Wallabuy team: Dale, Kristin, Rani, Niki, Jess and Golan (not pictured)
The Wallabuy team: Dale, Kristin, Rani, Niki, Jess and Golan (not pictured)

Led by director Dale Brett, Wallabuy is a small team of design fanatics and self-confessed suckers for a great story. “I love hearing how our designers come up with their products, what inspires them and how they have come to do what they are doing,” says Niki. “We handpick every item and designer that appears on Wallabuy. If we don’t have some kind of connection with the products or the stories of the people who make them, we can’t genuinely recommend and share them with our community.”

Products by Belinda Marshall, Mint Interior Design, Bohemian Living and Lost Loster

With their exceptionally designed website and quirky name (they wanted to have something iconic to Australia but with a twist: wallaby became Wallabuy, get it!?) they hope Wallabuy will become a number one destination for supporting local artists and designers while simultaneously helping customers find the products they want but can’t find.

“We built Wallabuy from scratch for people like us – creative, inspiration-thirsty individuals who love to learn and look after themselves,” says Niki. “We’re really trying to build a community where ideas are shared and loved; a place to turn to find the most unique products, inspirational designers and passionate people within the industry.”

For more information.

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East Editions: a new concept in limited edition designs

A fresh concept in design has arrived in the form of East Editions. With the mission to bring creative people together, this artisan hub collaborates with established and emerging artists from Australia and around the world, to produce handmade, limited edition pieces.

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Now on their third edition, East Editions has created a coffee table by Vans the Omega, quilt covers and pillow cases by Kyle Hughes-Odgers and most recently and currently on sale, cushion covers by Webuyyourkids (WBYK).

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Adelaide’s hotel and art gallery in one

If there’s a project that brings art and interiors together perfectly, the Minima Art Rooms is it. In the Hotel Minima, North Adelaide, large-scale murals and installations cover the walls of all 46 rooms.

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Curated by Matthew Stuckey of Be Friendly, the work of 43 emerging artists from across Adelaide and Australia really is a “moment-in-time snapshot of South Australia’s emerging artist scene.” One of Matt’s biggest projects so far and as far as he knows the biggest of its kind in Australia, the project is unique; it has literally turned a hotel into one huge work of art.

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It’s not your standard hotel interior by any means, and far from the minimal look the hotel had previously, so how did the project come about?

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Art Pharmacy is just the prescription for affordable art

Sky Arrangement by Bernadette Trela

Launching later this week, Art Pharmacy is a new online art store and art gallery, featuring original Australian artworks with pricing that makes them accessible to all. Whether purchasing an artwork for a creative space, the home, office, or a gift, Art Pharmacy has carefully selected unique and high quality artworks by both established and emerging Australian artists.

Sky Arrangement by Bernadette Trela

Founder Emilya Colliver spent 11 years working in high-end art galleries and institutions in London and Beijing, and with private art collector James Birch. She has returned to Australia to create something unique after finding the commercial galleries priced their artwork out of the reach of the average art lover.

“I am helping make the process of buying art exciting, easy and affordable, but also offering collections that are contemporary, interesting, original and authentic,” Emilya says. “I saw a real gap in the market to match artists that create original artwork with buyers that can afford them, but just don’t have the time or knowledge to visit numerous galleries to find them. Being online keeps the cost down for collectors and artists.”

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