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S1E11 Cinnamon Lee, 2025 MAKE Award winner
Host Lisa Cahill meets with the winner of the 2025 MAKE Award, metalsmith and jeweller Cinnamon Lee. Cinnamon tells us about her hybrid practice combining jewellery and lighting, the intricate…
S1E10 Artist Deep Dive: Seven key works in Helen Britton's The Story So Far
A deep drive into seven key works by Helen Britton, from her current exhibition The Story So Far. In this audio tour, Helen describes how she made each work, her techniques and materials, and the…
S1E9 Helen Britton: Living Treasure Master of Australian Craft
Helen Britton is a multidisciplinary Australian artist based in Munich, Germany. Her practice includes jewellery, sculpture, drawings, stencils and installations, and is informed by popular culture,…
S3E5 Johannes Kuhnen, MAKE Award finalist
Host Lisa Cahill chats with master metalsmith Johannes Kuhnen. Johannes Kuhnen is one of the pioneers of anodised aluminium metalwork. In this episode, Johannes explains why he finds anodising…
S3E4 Csongvay Blackwood, MAKE Award finalist
Host Lisa Cahill chats with partners in life and work, Csilla Csongvay and Matt Blackwood. In this episode, Csilla and Matt share the inspirations behind their work, what it takes to enter an award,…
S3E3 Julie Blyfield, MAKE Award finalist
Host Lisa Cahill chats with contemporary jeweller Julie Blyfield. Hear how Julie's MAKE Award entry is inspired by love and loss. Julie Blyfield is a South Australian artist renowned for her work…
S3E2 High Tea with Mrs Woo, MAKE Award finalist
Meet clothing designers High Tea With Mrs Woo.Rowena, Angela and Juliana Foong are three sisters who run a clothing label that focuses on sustainability and ethical production and who collaborate on…
S3E1 MAKE Award winner, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa
Meet the winner of the Inaugural MAKE Award, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa.Vipoo tells us about the themes that inspire his work, the process of making the winning piece Diverse Dominion Deities,…
S3 Series 3: Behind the scenes of the MAKE Award
Series 3 introduces the winner, four finalists and the judges of Australia’s newest and richest award for contemporary craft - the MAKE Award. This major new national award by us, the Australian…
S2E5 Museums and ceramics with Eva Czernis-Ryl
Meet Powerhouse curator Eva Czernis-Ryl and hearThe skills of a museum curatorHow curators select and interpret objects What makes a work of ceramics suitable for a museum collection?The unique…
S2E4 Writing about ceramics with Robyn Phelan
Meet ceramics artist and writer Robyn Phelan and hear:What makes a good piece of writing about visual art?How she wrote about a Damon Moon exhibitionHow can we get critique back into Australian arts…
S2E3 Learning and teaching ceramics with Jane Sawyer
What are the many ways to learn ceramics? How do you find your own sense of touch with clay?If you’re thinking about a hobby class or applying for a university or TAFE course, what’s good to know?…
S2E2 Collecting ceramics with Brett Stone
How do you start a ceramics collection? Tips on collecting for beginners, how to collect from galleries, how to make a collecting group and how to administer and document your collection.The guests…
S2E1 Plating up with Ilona Topolcsanyi: Production pottery
Ilona Topolcsanyi makes bespoke tableware for some of Australia's most notable chefs. She’s even made plates that world leaders have eaten from, like Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Xi JinPing.Hear…
S2 Object Series 2: Clay Connections
From production pottery to learning and teaching ceramics, museum collections and personal collecting - this season of Object is all about making with clay. Over five episodes you’ll meet Ilona…
S1E8 The making of Living Treasures
In this bonus episode, you’ll meet one of the key people behind the original idea for the Living Treasures series of exhibitions - Brian Parkes. How did the idea of recognising Australia’s master…
S1E7 Robert Baines
With a career spanning five decades, Robert Baines is one of Australia’s leading gold and silver smiths. Robert Baines makes intricately constructed jewellery and large-scale, sculptural, complex…
S1E6 Les Blakebrough
In a career spanning seven decades, Les Blakebrough has become one of Australia's most acclaimed and influential ceramic artists.The ceramics of Les Blakebrough range from earthy functional ware to…
S1E5 Liz Williamson
Liz Williamson is known as a ‘matriarch of Australian weaving’. Hear what Liz’s favourite ‘magical’ material is, how darning and repair informs her work, and how she works with weavers around the…
S1E4 Marian Hosking
Jeweller Marian Hosking makes silver brooches, necklaces and vessels that are translations of the Australian bush. Hear why Marian thinks that souvenirs are underrated; the reason she still makes…
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Object: stories of design and craft has published 24 episodes since October 2021, covering topics in Arts, Crafts.
Object: stories of design and craft is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 25m.
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