Spending time in nature each week at Darebin Parklands is giving me a connection to a place throughout the year. I get to see that same place in each of the different seasons. I love going each week and seeing what has changed and what is familiar. I've been going... Read more →

As a maker and writer I rely on lots of sources for inspiration. My main source of inspiration is ideas. I get really excited by new ideas and concepts - neuroplasticity, setting intentions and cultivating joy, to name a few. Often the best place to find those wild and crazy... Read more →

Before I whizzed off the the Village Continuum festival I did a quick spot of eco-dyeing. I somehow managed to squeeze it in between the packing and prepping for my leather craft workshop. (Surprised? Nah, I'm sure you're not :) My original plan had been to make a shirt I... Read more →

This recipe is a current favourite and my go-to for when I need to bring a dish to share. It's vegetarian, gluten and dairy free which suits most diets and is very tasty. I'm trying to eat less meat but still make sure I'm getting enough protein in my diet... Read more →

A couple of weekends ago I was back at the Village Continuum Festival, teaching a lovely and keen group of people the basics of leather craft. It's my third year of teaching at the festival and the second time I've run the Introduction to Leather Craft workshop. At my first... Read more →

My recent obsession for natural dyeing has extended to buying natural dyeing books. I'm still leaving a lot to experimentation, chance and discovery but these books are the ones that taught me the basics. India Flint is an Australian sheep farmer and artist who developed the eco-dyeing technique. She was... Read more →

I was a little disappointed with my recent foray into dyeing with acacia so I thought I'd give it another shot. For the first experiment, I added iron powder to the wool after I dyed it with the wattle blossoms and in the process lost most of the acacia yellow... Read more →

Last weekend I attended my third Village Continuum Festival. It's an amazing three days of community, craft and collaboration held on an organic farm just north of Melbourne in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges. Coming back for my third year felt like coming home - there were so many... Read more →

You may remember that earlier in the year I had a go at pickling some olives I had foraged. They've been hiding in the cupboard where I completely forgot about them. When I did discover them again, the news wasn't good. There's a layer of green mould growing on the... Read more →

Now that I've finally got some gorgeous leaf prints on my organic cotton scarves, I want to make sure that they don't fade in the sun or come off in the wash. Natural dyes by their very natural are a lot more fragile than their more robust (and toxic) synthetic... Read more →