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There’s something quietly compelling about Rose De Grazia’s work. Her beaded weavings are delicate and precise — small-scale tapestries composed of hundreds of tiny glass beads, woven together with meticulous care.
Look closer, and you start to sense the deeper rhythms underpinning the practice: slowness, structure, repetition, and an almost meditative stillness. It’s a way of working that feels both deeply personal and gently radical in a world that so often favours speed.
Rose — the Melbourne-based maker behind Loom By Rose — didn’t come to weaving through a formal art or design education. Instead, she trained as a nurse, specialising in mental health, and still works in a highly specialised clinical role today — running her business is something she does on her day off.
‘I don’t have a degree in art or design which makes me feel somewhat of an imposter!’ she admits.
That self-doubt quickly dissolves once you understand how naturally her two worlds intersect.
Loom By Rose began during COVID, at a time when Rose was working intensively in mental health and living alone. She was searching for something that could provide both calm and focus — an outlet that felt wholly separate from the demands of her day job. Bead looming, with its methodical and highly structured nature, offered exactly that.
‘It’s precise and repetitive, and I quickly found it to be a meditative practice,’ she says. ‘It allowed me to switch off and be fully present.’
Encouraged by her partner, Angelo, Rose began sharing her work online and eventually took the nerve-wracking leap into selling at markets. Suddenly, what began as a quiet personal practice had evolved into a small but growing creative business.
There are clear parallels between Rose’s clinical work and her weaving practice. Both demand focus, precision, and an affinity for processes that sit slightly outside the mainstream. ‘I’m drawn to practices that feel individual,’ she explains.
Rose taught herself beading through online resources, YouTube tutorials, and plenty of trial and error.
Each piece begins with colour rather than form. Rose selects beads to form a palette, then sketches her designs on grid paper or digitally before translating them onto the loom.
Smaller works can take a few hours, while larger pieces may require ten hours or more, but Rose relishes the stillness the process provides.
‘When I’m weaving, I can forget about whatever happened that day and focus entirely on the piece I’m making,’ she says.
While her pieces are currently small and delicate in scale — ‘tiny tapestries scattered around the home’ — she is beginning to experiment with larger works, unframed pieces, varied bead sizes, and expanding her jewellery range.
Most recently, she’s taken her love of process one step further, designing and 3D-printing her own bead looms with Angelo. Compact, portable, and thoughtfully designed, they reflect her desire to make the craft more accessible to others.
She’ll be selling these, alongside her beaded art at The Big Design Market from May 22–24 at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
