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Meet our members
Svend Madsen
Svend Madsen was born in Denmark where he studied drawing and design at the Interior Architect School in Copenhagen in the late 1960's
He has always been interested in woodwork and design, and since leaving the business world has been able to pursue these interests commercially.
"I like to design and make items that have clean lines and are functional. My inspiration comes from the shape, look and properties of the timber I use"
He has always been interested in woodwork and design, and since leaving the business world has been able to pursue these interests commercially.
"I like to design and make items that have clean lines and are functional. My inspiration comes from the shape, look and properties of the timber I use"
Linda Chee
Linda Chee is a fibre artist who lives and works in the beautiful Huon Valley,where she pursues her passion for creating eco dyed textiles and presenting workshops.
Till Julien
Till Julien is a textile artist creating contemporary hand screen printed textiles for the home and by, from her studio in southern Tasmania. Through her textile practice Till explores relationships between the illustration of living forms and the creation of printed cloth and functional objects.
Her design philosophy focuses on combining elements from the natural world and placing these forms and patterns into domestic interiors, aiming to produce work with a conscience of sustanability and beauty.
“I am inspired by the capability of what a seed or bulb can transform into and to reveal what was living and growing under the soil. It's exciting for me to illustrate these living forms, into bold and
playful prints for cloth and functional objects.”
Her design philosophy focuses on combining elements from the natural world and placing these forms and patterns into domestic interiors, aiming to produce work with a conscience of sustanability and beauty.
“I am inspired by the capability of what a seed or bulb can transform into and to reveal what was living and growing under the soil. It's exciting for me to illustrate these living forms, into bold and
playful prints for cloth and functional objects.”
Penny Malone
Penny Malone operates a studio-based Textile/Arts design practice in Moonah, Tasmania.
Pattern is the central focus of Penny’s work and she gains inspiration from both the natural and built environment. Her designs reflect a keen eye for detail and draw from an eclectic mix of past and present influences. Penny has been designing and hand printing fabric since the 1990’s and Textiles for Interiors are a major component of her studio practice.
Pattern is the central focus of Penny’s work and she gains inspiration from both the natural and built environment. Her designs reflect a keen eye for detail and draw from an eclectic mix of past and present influences. Penny has been designing and hand printing fabric since the 1990’s and Textiles for Interiors are a major component of her studio practice.
Christine Hannan
Christine Hannan works in the mediums of glass, printmaking and painting.
Her work is informed by artistic processes that allow these materials to be combined. A deep understanding of the forms that these materials can take as they are transformed from one state to another is a fundamental aspect of her process.
Organic patterns that are found in the landscape - decay, erosion, tide and wind - can be seen in the lines and shapes of her work. At times, glass accents are added to prints and paintings to accentuate these designs.
Her work is informed by artistic processes that allow these materials to be combined. A deep understanding of the forms that these materials can take as they are transformed from one state to another is a fundamental aspect of her process.
Organic patterns that are found in the landscape - decay, erosion, tide and wind - can be seen in the lines and shapes of her work. At times, glass accents are added to prints and paintings to accentuate these designs.
Emily Snadden
Duncan Meerding
Duncan Meerding is a furniture and lighting Designer/Maker based in Hobart.
Much of his work concentrates on over all form rather than intense detailing, with a particular interest in how light performs through and around objects.
His work is informed by the making process and our impacts upon the natural environment
Much of his work concentrates on over all form rather than intense detailing, with a particular interest in how light performs through and around objects.
His work is informed by the making process and our impacts upon the natural environment
Leigh Rigozzi
Leigh Rigozzi is a graphic storyteller and printmaker working in Moonah, Tasmania. He is involved in various artist-run initiatives.
Tanya Scharaskin
Dr Tanya Scharaschkin is a botanist, artist and teacher. Much of her work combines science and art. Her earlier work is traditional botanical art, but in recent work she has started combining different media and is experimenting with different perspectives, including cellular detail. Most of Tanya’s projects incorporate a botanical theme, although she has designed, made and exhibited mathematically-motivated quilts. Her artwork is held in private collections, in Australia and overseas.
Murray Jessup
Murray Jessup has been designing and making timber objects at Designed Objects Tasmania since retiring from Forestry Tasmania six years ago, As a forester, a number of his roles related to the utilisation of Tasmania's specialty timbers in craft, furniture or boat building. However French oak timber recovered from retired wine barrels has now become his material of choice because of its quality, attractive grain, figure and rich red stains acquired during its short life mellowing red wine.
Catherine Rogers
Andrea Barker
Andrea Barker is a Ceramic Artist who works primarily in Porcelain making both functional work and ‘Object' works of Art. Her work has been selected for exhibitions in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy, & Denmark, and is held in private and public collections including the History and Porcelain Museum in Nyon Switzerland and the World Ceramic Expositions Foundation Korea. She has had 10 solo exhibitions at national venues and received numerous awards such as an Australia Council Grant in 2001 for an Overseas studio residency Tokyo Japan & the grand prize ‘Poisson d’Or’ at the International Triennial of Contemporary Porcelain Switzerland 2001. She is a former lecturer at the Victorian college of the Arts, Melbourne.
Linda Fredheim
Linda Fredheim is a furniture designer and maker based in Hobart. She has exhibited widely and undertakes furniture commissions and small production runs of bespoke packaging
" I find designing and making furniture to be deeply satisfying as the design process allows you to solve practical problems of how we live and I also enjoy the actual process of refining the design in the construction and creation of the piece"
" I find designing and making furniture to be deeply satisfying as the design process allows you to solve practical problems of how we live and I also enjoy the actual process of refining the design in the construction and creation of the piece"
Kiyomi Reid
was born in Saitama,Japan,and emigrated to Australia in 2000 where she established Sashiko Design at Hobart’s Salamanca Market.
Kiyomi intuitively blends traditional Sashiko sticking and vintage Japanese material with modern Australian elements such as cotton and leather to hand-craft unique bags and pouches
Kiyomi intuitively blends traditional Sashiko sticking and vintage Japanese material with modern Australian elements such as cotton and leather to hand-craft unique bags and pouches
Lisa Britzman
My artistic journey began in the Midwest of the USA, when I first touched clay at the age of 16, guided by the master potter Dean Schwarz. This
initial encounter ignited a lifelong love of clay that has now spanned 47 years. I draw inspiration from the natural environment and the principles of sustainability.
initial encounter ignited a lifelong love of clay that has now spanned 47 years. I draw inspiration from the natural environment and the principles of sustainability.
Dr Karin Beaumont
Dr Karin Beaumont is a contemporary jeweller creating sculptural jewellery inspired by the fragile beauty and unrecognised importance of the microscopic plankton she observed as a scientist in Antarctica. Her work explores the aesthetics of biological structures and the repetition of patterns in nature. Each piece of jewellery she creates is accompanied by a story behind the design to promote the importance of these creatures and highlight environmental concerns.
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