2023 Craft ACT Corporate Catalogue

CRAFT ACT 

CRAFT + DESIGN CENTRE 

SUMMER 2023 

WWW.CRAFTACT.ORG.AU CORPORATE CATALOGUE

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Canberra - City of Design 

Sean Booth: ACT Brooch 

Katie-Ann Houghton: Whiskey Glass 

Ian Jones: Mugs 

F!NK: Four Season Vase 

Harriet Schwarzrock: Bud Series 

Nick Rennie: Duo Salt + Pepper 

F!NK: Jug 

Chelsea Lemon: Canberra Trays 

Ngaio Fitzpatrick: Gaia Bowl 

Blanche Tilden: U Ring 

Kirstie Rea: Blankets 

Tjanpi Desert Weavers: Woven work 

Lisa Cahill: Cufflinks Collab 

Wayne Simon: Rainbow Serpent 

F!NK: 3 Point Bowl 

Studio Hacienda: General Assembly series 

Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello: Glass Collection 

Blanche Tilden: Glass + Metal Collection 

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Canberra has always been a dynamic design laboratory and place of 

creative enterprise which is embodied in First Nations culture, the Griffins’ 

visionary design for the city, Canberra’s iconic modernist architecture; 

and its thriving contemporary sustainable design, craft and art industries. 

At 51 years old Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre is one of the longest 

continuously running visual arts membership organisations in Australia 

supporting artists, craft practitioners, designers and makers at every 

stage of their careers. We celebrate the extraordinary talent of 

Canberra’s creatives and continue to work to secure the vitality and 

practice of the craftspeople, designers and audiences who form our 

vibrant community – locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. 

Purchasing from Craft ACT will sustain Australia’s high-quality studio 

practice, grow the design craft sector and ensure the practice of 

craftspeople and designers exists into the future. Shopping locally and 

handmade has a low carbon footprint and contributes to environmental 

sustainability. 

Please help to support our artists by purchasing original, local and 

handmade work of outstanding craftsmanship for your corporate gift 

program. At a time when people yearn for the unique, the slow, the 

handmade, the enduring, your purchase can help support a creative 

community and help to create much needed change in our world. 

Each gift will be hand wrapped and hand delivered to you or your client, 

with information about the featured artist and Canberra’s thriving 

contemporary craft and design community. 

Thank you so much for your support. 

 

Jodie Cunningham 

CEO + Artistic Director 

Craft ACT + DESIGN Canberra Festival

ACT BROOCH 

SEAN BOOTH 


Designed as part of the Centenary of Canberra celebrations, Sean’s 

ACT Brooch is the ultimate Canberra memento. Forget the magnet 

and postcard, wear the Australian Capital Territory instead. 

Sean Booth grew up in Sydney, but later moved to Canberra to 

commence study, where he began his career as a metalsmith. In 

2002 Sean completed his undergraduate studies at The ANU 

School of Art in the Gold and Silversmithing workshop, and has 

recently established a workshop in the Canberra region. 

Dimension: 36 x 38mm 

Materials: Plywood 

Available colours: Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Pink, Red + Blue 

Price: $26

WHISKEY GLASS 

KATIE-ANN HOUGHTON 


Katie-Ann Houghton completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney 

College of the Arts in 2011. At the end of 2013, Katie-Ann applied and 

was accepted into the competitive Associate Training Program at 

JamFactory in Adelaide. During the two-year program in the Glass 

Studio at JamFactory, Katie-Ann focused on developing distinct 

design elements and refined her craftsmanship. She gained 

invaluable skills from working with expert practitioners and the other 

Associates. 

Designed to fit perfectly in the user’s hand, each glass is hand 

blown, hand painted with gold lustre and fired in the kiln, leaving 

them a slightly warped cylinder. 

Available with a gold or silver rimmed trim and packaged in a kraft 

box. 

Dimensions: H 340 x W 100mm 

Material: Blown glass 

Price: $88

MUGS 

IAN JONES 


Ian Jones began working with clay as a student at the Australian 

National University School of Art. He then worked as an apprentice 

for the late Doug Alexander at Cuppacumbalong Pottery, ACT and 

set up his own studio at Gundaroo, NSW in 1979. 

In 1982 he purchased a ruined stone church, Old St Luke's Church, 

and with help of an Australia Council grant built a 14 metre long 

wood-kiln, 

Dimension: 350mL x 13cm 

Materials: Wood fired salt glazed stoneware 

Price: $80

FOUR SEASON VASE 

F!NK 


F!nk + Co. is a much loved and respected Australian design 

company with an international reputation for producing world-class 

tableware, hollowware, jewellery and lighting. It was established by 

Robert Foster in 1993 with the aim of creating a design and 

manufacturing business to support and generate opportunities for 

Australian designer-makers. 

Each vase is crafted and finished by hand so every vase is unique. 

The angled opening and the organic silhouette of the vase creates 

a stunning sculptural piece - even without flowers! The tones can 

be clustered together in the varying sizes to create a stunning 

effect. 

All F!NK products come with product information cards, set in 

branded F!NK packaging. 

Dimension: Small, Medium + Large 

Materials: Pressed anodised aluminium 

Available colours: Winter charcoal, Autumn copper, Summer gold, 

Spring green, Silver, Black, Olive, Green apple + Champagne 

Price: $179, $189 + $199

BUD SERIES 

HARRIET SCHWARZROCK 


Harriet Schwarzrock has exhibited extensively throughout Australia 

and abroad. Her work is widely collected and she has been the 

recipient of numerous awards and prizes. 

She worked at the Canberra Glassworks in 2017 as the Creative 

Fellow, also supported by an Australia Council New Work Grant, to 

produce a neon installation for the 2018 Canberra Enlighten Festival. 

Harriet was awarded the 2018 Asia Link Toyama residency in Japan. 

In 2019 she thrilled to be the Proctor Fellow through the Glass 

Workshop travelling to the USA to study neon and plasma. 

Dimension: Bud Vase: 14cmx9cm + Bud Bowl: 12cmx14cm 

Materials: Hand blown and engraved glass. 

Available colours: Red yellow, Purple blue, Orange, Red, Teal, Olive, 

Deep purple, Amber, Pink, Sorbet green + Yellow 

Price: $130 + $145

DUO SALT + PEPPER 

NICK RENNIE 


Looking for a playful way to express yourself in the kitchen? The 

Duo salt and pepper grinder pair, designed by Nick Rennie, marries 

practical function with light hearted personal expression. The mix n 

match pair allows you to interchange heads, or to further 

personalise with a pair that reflect your individual lifestyles. Fancy a 

boy-girl paring? Boy-boy? Girl-girl? 

Designed to universally fit your hand for optimal operation and 

employing the patented Crushgrind mechanism, which is renowned 

for its fine to coarse grind capabilities, Duo is a set to bring 

cheerfulness to your meal on a daily basis. 

Dimension: Girl: 15cm (H) x 7cm Boy: 16cm (H) x 6.5cm 

Materials: Australian blackwood and internal crushgrind mechanism 

Available colours: 

Price: $185

F!NK JUG 

F!NK 


F!NK + Co. was established by Robert Foster in 1993 in Queanbeyan, 

NSW, Australia, with the aim of creating a design and manufacturing 

business that would support and generate opportunities for 

Australian designer-makers. Joined by Gretel Harrison in 1995, 

together they built F!NK + Co. into the business it is today – a much 

loved and respected Australian design company with an 

international reputation for producing world-class tableware, 

hollowware, jewellery and lighting. 

The iconic F!NK jug is held in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

All F!NK products come with product information cards, set in 

branded F!NK packaging. 

Capacity: 1.45 litres 

Materials: Anodised aluminium with a cast steel handle. Sandblasted 

matte finish 

Available colours: Black, Deep blue, Orange, Red, Green Apple, Gold, 

Charcoal, Turquoise + Purple 

Price: $419

CANBERRA TRAYS 

CHELSEA LEMON 


Chelsea Lemon is a Canberra-based designer and maker who 

works with timber. Many of her pieces include foliage and plant 

themes, mixed with interactivity and the decorative woodworking 

technique 'parquetry'. 

Chelsea's Canberra edition trays are handcrafted marquetry tray 

featuring Canberra landmarks. They are perfect as a display piece, 

or to hold light items. 

Canberra Trays 

Dimensions: Variable 

Materials: Wood 

Price: $400

GAIA BOWL 

NGAIO FITZPATRICK 


Gaia is the Greek goddess of the Earth. This piece is made from 

shattered waste glass, fused together, finished with gold leaf and 

symbolises how we might work together to repair the Earth. 

Ngaio Fitzpatrick is an artist, Visiting Fellow with the ANU Climate 

Change Institute and recipient of a 2018 Australia Awards 

Endeavour Fellowship for four months in Berlin. 

Fitzpatrick’s interdisciplinary arts practice encompasses site specific 

installation, performance, video and recently, collaborative 

experimental music interactions in real time. With a background in 

environmentally sustainable architecture and building informing her 

practice, she is particularly interested in ways in which art can be 

used to draw attention to the human disconnection from Earth 

within the context of climate change 

Gaia bowls come in Small, Large and X-Large 

Dimensions: 10cm, 20cm + 25cm 

Materials: Recycled glass, gold leaf 

Price: $66, $99 + $330

U RING 

BLANCHE TILDEN 


A simple U of titanium with a coloured glass rod threaded through 

the top. Sometimes the simplest designs are the best. 

Blanche Tilden has created and exhibited contemporary jewellery, 

glass and design since 1990. She is a celebrated master of her 

trade, highly recognised and respected, nationally and 

internationally. 

‘During 25 years of practice in the fields, I have developed a unique 

visual and material vocabulary through an innovative use of glass 

and metals, creating jewellery and objects that reference 

mechanical technology, industrial modernity and architecture.’ 

Dimensions: Small, Medium + Large 

Materials: Titanium and flame worked bullseye glass 

Price: $250

GLASS BLANKET 

KIRSTIE REA 


Kirstie Rea is an internationally celebrated Canberra-based glass 

maker. 

Her signature glass blankets symbolise care, but also fragility. 

Kirstie Rea. Having established her studio in 1987, following her 

graduation from the Glass program at the Canberra School of Art, 

Kirstie has over the past 29 years continued to develop her practice 

to become internationally recognised and respected for her works 

in glass. 

Dimensions: Small, Medium + Large 

Materials: Glass 

Price: $220, $280 + $350

BASKET 

TJANPI DESERT WEAVERS 


Maker Julie Anderson is an artist belonging to the Pitjantjatjara 

language and cultural group and is from the remote community of 

Finke, Northern Territory. Julie's works incorporate a wonderful sense 

of colour and enjoys the meditative aspects of basket weaving. 

Tjanpi Desert Weavers, a signatory to the Indigenous Art Code, is a 

dynamic social enterprise of the NPY Women's council. Tjanpi 

(meaning 'dry grass') supports Aboriginal women living in remote 

Central and Western desert communities to create contemporary 

fibre art. 

When collecting desert grasses (minarri, wangurnu and yilintji), 

women visit sacred sites and traditional homelands, hunt and gather 

food for their families, and teach children about country. Grass is 

bound with wool, string or raffia and combined with yinirnti (red 

seeds of the bat-wing coral tree) and wipiya (emu feathers). 

Dimensions: Various sizes 

Materials: Tjanpi (grass), raffia 

Price: $82 - $200

CUFFLINKS 

LISA CAHILL 


Kiln formed glass cufflinks in collaboration with Brenden Scott 

French. 

Lisa Cahill's glass installations create a discourse about the 

Australian landscape and her affinity with it, often entwined with her 

Danish heritage. Inspired by both the natural world and the transitory 

nature of the urban experience, Cahill’s dreamlike images invite 

viewers to draw associations with their own remembered 

landscapes, resulting in a meditative and emotional response. 

Rather than a direct reproduction they are more her own 

interpretation of light and landscape and become a place for quiet 

contemplation. 

Dimensions: Depth 25mm; Glass faces are variable sizes, 

Materials: Kiln formed glass 

Price: $140

RAINBOW SERPENT 

BANGLE 

WAYNE SIMON 


These dreamtime rainbow serpent bangles utilise polished silver 

and coloured kangaroo leather braiding to produce uniquely 

Australian statement pieces. 

Wayne Simon is a proud indigenous contemporary artist, whose 

heritage originates in Biripi country in Mid North Coast New South 

Wales. He draws on his love of art, dancing, music and graffiti to 

produce outstandingly beautiful jewellery that incorporates pearls, 

silver and gold, kangaroo leather, echidna quill and feathers. 

Dimensions: Internal diameter 6.5cm 

Materials: Stirling silver and kangaroo leather 

Available colours: Red, Yellow, Light blue, Teal, Royal blue, Navy blue, 

Tan, Orange 

Price: $462

F!NK BOWLS 

F!NK 


F!nk + Co. is a much loved and respected Australian design 

company with an international reputation for producing world-class 

tableware, hollowware, jewellery and lighting. It was established by 

Robert Foster in 1993 with the aim of creating a design and 

manufacturing business to support and generate opportunities for 

Australian designer-makers. 

These bowls are inspired by Japanese origami and, fitting together 

as a trio, they appear as a delicate paper sculpture. 

This series is the perfect entertaining companion, with the small size 

suited to serving dips and nuts, the medium size designed to serve 

bread rolls, crisps and biscuits and the large size is ideal for salads 

or as a fruit bowl. 

Dimension: Small - other sizes can be ordered in by request. 

Materials: Anodised aluminium 

Available colours: Blue, Black, Silver, Red + Gold 

Price: $149

GENERAL 

ASSEMBLY 


+ 

PHOEBE PORTER 


General Assembly - Canberra is inspired by the considered plan 

and built environment of our capital city. Developed for a special 

event at Workshop Bilk, the starting points for the designs are 

Marion Mahony Griffin's beautiful drawings of Walter Burley Griffin's 

vision for Canberra. 

General Assembly exemplifies Porter and Tilden's common ground: 

working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, 

combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous street styles that 

pulse through a city. It is a project that involves people in a lively, 

intelligent conversation through the object. That is Studio Hacienda. 

Limited edition 

Dimension: Varied 

Materials: Aluminium, titanium, glass, stainless steel 

Available colours: Varied 

Price: $550

JENNIFER KEMARRE 

MARTINIELLO 

GLASS OBJECTS 


Jenni Kemarre Martiniello is a highly respected Arrernte glass 

artist from Central Australia who combines the traditional Aboriginal 

practice of weaving with the European practice of glass making. 

Her work is in many major collections, including the National Gallery 

of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, the Canberra 

Museum and Gallery, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the 

Australian Parliament House Collection, the National Art Glass 

Gallery, the Belau 

National Museum, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Kluge- 

Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, and 

the British Museum. 


Materials: Blown glass 

Price: $1,900 - $3000


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It is the response of the wearer that makes Blanche Tilden's 

jewellery succeed. 

The connection that can develop once a necklace becomes 

precious to someone else, once it becomes part of their persona, 

their life, their experience, is the aspect of Blanche's practice that 

she values most. 

Blanche has exhibited contemporary jewellery nationally and 

internationally since 1990. An innovative approach to materials, in 

particular, glass, has developed over this time. A desire to 

understand how things work, the relationship between the machine 

made and the handmade, between the built environment and the 

individual, continually inspires Blanche's work. 

Blanche Tilden has created and exhibited contemporary jewellery, 

glass and design since 1990. She is a celebrated master of her 

trade, highly recognised and respected, nationally and 

internationally. 

‘During 25 years of practice in the fields, I have developed a unique 

visual and material vocabulary through an innovative use of glass 

and metals, creating jewellery and objects that reference 

mechanical technology, industrial modernity and architecture.’ 


Materials: Borosilicate glass, sterling silver, stainless steel cable 

Price: $300 - $2,000

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DONATION 

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OF CRAFT + DESIGN 


Support Craft ACT to create greater opportunities for our 

community of craftspeople and designers, and for the growing 

audience who admire and appreciate the beauty, skill and 

excellence of their work. 

Your generosity supports our organisation as an advocate for 

contemporary craft and design in Canberra and beyond. Help us to 

shape a handmade and creative future through exhibitions, events, 

residencies, professional development and commissions, as well as 

the annual DESIGN Canberra festival. 

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre has been endorsed by the 

Australian Tax Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) and is 

registered as a charity (as CRAFT ACT CRAFT AND DESIGN 

CENTRE) with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits 

Commission ABN: 33314092587. All donations of $2 or more will be 

tax deductible if you live in Australia. 

Thank you for your generous support, even a small amount can 

make a big difference to our artists.

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