A present for each and every type!
With today being our last day of trading and all before Christmas, we thought we should, well, flaunt it while we've got it, so to speak. After much sincere thought and time we proudly present to you...
View ArticleNOW HIRING: See yourself as Craft Vic's Curator!?
Craft Victoria, Bless, 2011Today a dream Christmas present arrives for a particular somebody. As sad as we may be to say good-bye to the talented and charismatic Nella Themelios we are certainly...
View ArticleHundreds and thousands Chrissy decorations
Christmas is sneaking up on us all with the smoothness and suaveness of an inspector gadget like character and to be frank, we’re not impressed. All those DIY Chrismas decoration projects are looking...
View ArticleBe yourself this Christmas
The best Christmas giftEmbrace your quirky and unique qualities today, rembering that those who love you shall love you for who you really are. Be yourself today and then continue to be so for everyday...
View ArticleResolution #1: More DIY Projects
Cut & Paste,Richard Brereton and Caroline Robertsavailable at Craft VictoriaChristmas comes and goes like there’s no tomorrow, yet we all know that there always is, a tomorrow that is. So rather...
View ArticleResolution #2: Make washing the dishes fun!
Third Drawer Down, Katherine Brickman Winning Tea TowelWe’re pretty good, but like everyone, we could be better. The roster has been drawn up, with every person on a specific day, so we think that it...
View ArticleResolution #3: pick more fresh flowers
Grab your big hardy metal scissors, chuck on some gumboots and take a waltz in the garden. Find some flowers, cut them at their roots and carefully arrange them in your most treasured vase. Now, go...
View ArticleResolution #4: Hungry to get cooking...
Hungry Girls Cookbook Volume 3, Yogurt and White Chocolate PannacottaWho has spent this festive season eating? We have. We have been eating everything and anything, because that's what you do this time...
View ArticleToasting to a Happy New Year !!
Can you believe it, another year gone!? Well it was a swell year for us at Craft Victoria as we hope it was for you, too. Let us hope that 2012 bring us the same goodness and spreads it to all of our...
View ArticleMidnight in Paris in Abbotsford
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, 2011Imagine yourself lying in the gardens of river meets flora. You lie on a blanket with champagne in hand whilst friends surround. Hemingway takes you on a wild...
View ArticlePauls - milking designers for what they're worth.
Over the summer we have been enjoying plenty of strawberry milkshakes, iced coffees and fresh fruit smoothies. And the one common ingredient that satisfies all our favourite summer drinks… Good old...
View ArticleOld is the new new.
Home of Penelope Durston.Our very own Board Member, Craft Victoria Shop supplier and dear friend, Penelope Durston gets in on the action as Lindy Percival digs deep to find out why old has become the...
View ArticleJOB CALL: It's resume writing time...!
We officially declare the next week to be the week of resume writing. And it looks like it might be the perfect weather for it too, with that horrid heat having passed. Everyone knows that a good...
View ArticleBlanche Tilden and the culture of jewellery.
Blanche TildenLast December, ABC Radio National featured an interview in their By Design program with renowned Melbourne Jeweller, Blanche Tilden. As a member of Craft Victoria and as a previous...
View ArticleHoliday craft fun for the kids.
Children Finger Painting, photo from hereHad any me time this summer for some creative projects? We do hope so, but just in case you’re one of our friends who has a little one trotting around your...
View ArticleLanz + Martin: designing for the creative world
Craft Cubed Festival, Craft Victoria, 2011High Noon Festival, Northcote, 2011Playful, thoughtful, innovative and tight- this is the design of Lanz + Martin. This Melbourne-based design studio has...
View ArticleSay yes to Containment Structure at No No
Stephanie Hicks, Untitled, collage, 2011Remember Stephanie Hicks from 2010’s Craft Cubed Festival? If yes, then you obviously love her as much as we do and will want to learn of this news immediately...
View ArticleMakers of Easter crafts, this is for you!
How to decorate your easter-eggs?Dutch Magazine "Ariadne", 1976-1979Now we know for a fact that there are many of you out there who make wonderfully snuggly, yet joyfully chirpy crafts for easter. For...
View ArticleThe obliteration room (AKA the coloured dot room)
Installation view ofThe obliteration room 2011 as part of ‘Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever’, GOMAYayoi Kusama has returned with yet again, another work of art, where the simplicity of forms and...
View ArticleComing soon...!
Photo from here.Oooh ahh do we have some exciting news for you!? We have been busy little beavers at Craft Vic. We've been designing, sourcing and deciphering code madly to present to you a new and...
View Articlecome in, we're OPEN.
Fabio Giannelli, Turning OpenGreetings two thousand and twelve! We have all had a nice little break here at Craft Vic and now we're feeling more refreshed and inspired than ever and raring to go for...
View ArticleExhibition Opening: Garry, Jacob & Kirsten.
Garry Bish, The Vessel: A Space OddityA new year calls for a new exhibition with new works, new innovative processes and new inspiring notions. This is why we shall proudly present to you and invite...
View ArticleGaawaaMiyay: a Cloth collaboration
Clothwork, a Cloth & GaawaaMiyay collaborationEveryone has their dream collaboration project, that artist who you just love, whom you believe if you were to work with you could create something...
View ArticleSubmit for Vimeo Awards: We vote for Allison Schulnik
Who just loves to get lost in Vimeo, clicking between links of your favourite musicians and their film clips, losing yourself in magical stop motion and feeding the brain with docos of the world for...
View ArticleWe're moving... to The Craft Blog.
Photo by Kimberly ChorneyOur suitcases are packed and we are ready as we'll ever be for the big move. We are hopping on the first train and heading straight for The Craft Blog. It's our latest...
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