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Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
This week we are delighted to welcome Sarah Dingwall to the Guest Blog! Sarah is one of the most incredibly talented people I know & I was SO pleased when Sarah agreed to share some of her favourite things with us. Prepare yourself for a truly beautiful week. - Jenny x
Hi there! I'll be sharing some of my favourite things this week. Shall i start with home?
A few shots from around the Mornington Peninsula. I like it here! Such a place offers many a thing to be found. One of my favourite past times happens to searching for and collecting things from nature. How handy my dashboard has been in this pursuit!
Favourite #2 - GLASS! - Glass has enabled me to count searching and collection as part of my practice: I'm really glad to have stumbled upon such a material! I'm excited about the way it can be used as a solution – to preserve and display various findings.
A few of the Mornington Peninsula's beaches get involved...
And OH! Another of my favourite things: moths. (and maybe butterflies). Oh and feathers!!
Collaborating with nature = happy making.
One final favourite for today - flesh and blood !
My Mother, Jane - most encouraging and quite the fine artist.
Sister, Kim - a bit nerdy but has mad illustration skills.
OK! Perhaps this is enough for now. Tomorrow I'm going to talk about flameworking.
And! Nature.
Sarah x
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