Objects!

1 October – 31 October

Australian Design Centre has joined forces with Potts Point Bookshop to present the exhibition Objects!.

Small, handcrafted objects by local Sydney designer makers nestle amongst the books creating a beautiful visual synergy of creativity.

This is a special collaborative exhibition presented by Potts Point Bookshop and Australian Design Centre for the Sydney Craft Week Festival 2024.

All works are for sale from Potts Point Bookshop supporting the makers and local small business.

Where:

Potts Point Bookshop
14 Macleay Street
Elizabeth Bay

Objects

Carlos Gomes
Carlos Gomes is a multi-disciplinary artist working across diverse art forms - from performance, to painting and ceramics. Originally from Brazil and now based in Sydney, Carlos studied Ceramics at the National Arts School. He seeks to exploring new possibilities in ceramics through hand-building, throwing, and experimenting with 3D design.

Ellen Bagge / Baggesbruk
Bruk is a Swedish word for something you can use. Sydney based Ellen Bagge’s work reflects her thoughts on her surroundings, society and her queerness. Bagge’s work is experimental, tactile, emotional and playful. She often works with contrasts: clay combined with other materials, harsh shapes vs. soft ones, or a classic technique mixed with a contemporary expression.

Katherine Mahoney
Through the expressive and exquisite medium of wheel thrown ceramics – Katherine creates functional forms that are simple, yet beautiful. She uses porcelain for its whiteness and ability to make colours sing, and stoneware for its durability. Her work is inspired by the colours and textures in Sydney’s landscape, particularly sandstone.

Kattasche
Kattasche is a small artisan run leather workshop combining heritage craft with vibrant colours and minimalist design. Katja’s work embraces the unique features of Australian vegetable tanned bovine, kangaroo and cane toad leather. Every piece is entirely cut, dyed, saddle stitched and finished by hand.

Lisa Cahill
Canberra based Lisa Cahill’s art practice ranges from large public artworks, glass wall works and sculptures for the home to small intimate wearable artworks. Her love of colour and attention to detail is evident in the craftmanship of both her large architectural glassworks as well as her range of earrings and brooches.

Marc Harrison / HUSQUE
Designer Marc Harrison has an interest in sustainable design, extensively researching ways to incorporate bio-composites into his works. Based in Brisbane, Marc focuses on the unique Australian story of the macadamia nut’s native origin to the East Coast, HUSQUE is influenced by the contours of broken macadamia shell and its connection to the Australian psyche.

Rina Bernabei
Rina Bernabei has been working in industrial design for the past 30 years. Based in Sydney, she has brought her love of earthy, clean aesthetics to clay. Her work encapsulates the relationships between handmade craft practices and digital technologies and manufacture. Her ceramic practice uses both handmade/hand thrown and 3D ceramic printing.

Neil Turner / Turner & Turner
Turner + Turner is a family collaboration between Neil + Suellen Turner, based in South-West Western Australia. Neil primarily uses Australian timbers and works in a highly sympathetic way with the material, the natural features of the timber informing the finished piece. The results are high quality functional products, sharp and contemporary wooden objects for daily use.

Small Impact Studio
Small Impact is a collaborative project led by renowned glass artist Scott Chaseling. From their Southern Highlands studio, they create bespoke glass homewares and jewellery designs, while embracing sustainability practices. They love the organic forms that are created naturally when the glass is blown into a recycled newspaper mould, channelling the sunlight beautifully.

Shan Shan Mok
Shan Shan Mok is a Sydney based jeweller and maker, who has made her name a central focus of her ongoing work. Shan means coral in Chinese, and her work is directly inspired by the form, movement and different stages of a coral’s life cycle. It is an important metaphor for Shan Shan, allowing her to express her life experiences.

Suzy Evans / Modernmurri
Modernmurri is a unique Aboriginal art studio based in Sydney. Founded by Suzy Evans in 2003 in Moree, it specialises in individually handcrafted homewares, where each product has been locally and ethically sourced with an environmentally friendly conscience. The designs are inspired by the local Gomeroi country and culture, but accented with a modern timeless twist to suit everyday life.

Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council created to enable women in Australia's remote central deserts to earn their own income from fibre art. Tjanpi represents more than 400 Aboriginal women artists from 26 remote communities on the NPY lands of Central Australia.