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Object: stories of design and craft

Australian Design Centre

Contemporary design and craft in Australia. Season 3 goes behind the scenes of the 2023 MAKE Award, Australia"s newest and richest national award celebrating innovation in contemporary craft and design. Meet the winner Vipoo Srivilasa; and finalists High Tea with Mrs Woo; Julie Blyfield, Csongvay Blackwood, and Johannes Kuhnen. Hear from MAKE Award judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes. Season 2 is all about ceramics - production pottery, teaching and learning with clay, museum

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30:20

Cinnamon Lee, 2025 MAKE Award winner

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2025/11/03

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 process of making her winning work Noctua, and the hidden meanings embedded throughout the piece. You'll hear from judges Brian Parkes and Simone LeAmon on what made Cinnamon's work a prize-winning piece.Sydney-based artist Cinnamon Lee is trained as a gold and silversmith, creating wearable objects in the

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19:29

Artist Deep Dive: Seven key works in Helen Britton's...

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2025/09/02

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 stories behind each piece.The Story So Far is a major solo, touring exhibition that honors Helen Britton as the tenth artist in the series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft. Living Treasures recognises eminent Australian craftspeople, celebrating their mastery of skill, their achievements and

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31:58

Helen Britton: Living Treasure Master of Australian...

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2025/08/25

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, threatened traditions, environmental destruction and human anxiety.The Australian Design Centre honoured Helen as a Living Treasure in 2025.GuestsJulie Ewington is a writer and a curator and sometimes a broadcaster living on Gadigal land in Sydney.Show highlights and takeawaysChildhood in Newcastle

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17:11

Johannes Kuhnen, MAKE Award finalist

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2023/12/18

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 annoying, and his design process.Hear from judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes on his MAKE Award entry, Remnant Green.Johannes Kuhnen is one of Australia's most well recognised silversmiths. Johannes' practice has remained at the forefront of innovation, in particular his pioneering use of

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20:39

Csongvay Blackwood, MAKE Award finalist

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2023/12/10

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, and how they made a single sculpture from 100 pieces of clay.Hear from judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes on their work, Walk the Line Version 7.GuestsCsilla CsongvayMatt BlackwoodJason Smith, Director and CEO of Geelong Gallery, VictoriaHyeyoung CHO, Chair of the Korea Association of Art

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20:04

Julie Blyfield, MAKE Award finalist

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2023/12/03

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 inspired by collected botanical specimens and forms. Using the traditional metalsmithing techniques of chasing and repoussé, Blyfield makes intricately textured pieces, which capture the essence of the Australian natural landscape.Award judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes share their thoughts

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22:23

High Tea with Mrs Woo, MAKE Award finalist

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2023/11/27

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 design, making, mending and more.In this episode, you'll hear comments from MAKE Award judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes. And find out, Who is Mrs Woo? What are the innovative ideas behind their work Resilience Coat? High Tea with Mrs Woo is a sustainable fashion practice, crafting

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21:57

MAKE Award winner, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa

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2023/11/19

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, his strategic approach to the MAKE award, and Vipoo's ongoing charity project 'Clay For'.Hear comments from judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes on what made this sculpture a prize-winning work.About Vipoo SrivilasaMelbourne-based, Thai-born Australian artist Vipoo Srivilasa creates artwork

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01:52

Series 3: Behind the scenes of the MAKE Award

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2023/11/12

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 Design Centre, celebrates innovation in contemporary craft and design.Over five episodes you’ll meet winner Vipoo Srivilasa and finalists the Foong Sisters (High Tea with Mrs Woo), Julie Blyfield, Csilla Csongvay and Matt Blackwood (Csongvay Blackwood), and Johannes Kuhnen.You’ll hear the stories behind

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20:52

Museums and ceramics with Eva Czernis-Ryl

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2023/03/09

Meet Powerhouse curator Eva Czernis-Ryl and hearThe skills of a museum curatorHow curators select and interpret objectsWhat makes a work of ceramics suitable for a museum collection?The unique history of ceramics collected by the PowerhouseAnd hear ceramic artist and former editor of The Australian Journal of Ceramics Vicki Grima on setting up a ‘living bequest’ fund for ceramics.Eva Czernis-Ryl is an art and design historian and curator of Arts and Design at the Powerhouse in Sydney.Vicki Grima,

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27:55

Writing about ceramics with Robyn Phelan

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2023/02/21

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 commentary?How to use writing in your arts practice, andTips for new arts writers.And, hear fine art photographer Greg Piper onWhat makes a good photograph of ceramics?How to get the narrative of your work across through a photo, andWhy you should have your work professionally photographed.Robyn Phelan

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29:18

Learning and teaching ceramics with Jane Sawyer

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2022/12/07

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? Hear different approaches on teaching with clay, including from a Japanese production pottery, and a wishlist for the future of ceramics education in Australia. What’s on your list?GuestsJane Sawyer, founder and teacher at Slow Clay MelbourneJulie Bartholomew, former Head of Ceramics at ANU and ceramics

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27:47

Collecting ceramics with Brett Stone

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2022/11/23

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 are Brett Stone, artist, art dealer and founding director of Claypool communal pottery studios; Jane Sawyer, founder and teacher at Slow Clay Melbourne; and Jenna Price and John Kavanagh, ceramics collectors.Hosted by Lisa Cahill, CEO and Artistic Director of the Australian Design Centre.Produced by Jane

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25:36

Plating up with Ilona Topolcsanyi: Production pottery

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2022/11/09

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 how Ilona designs and makes by hand large orders of beautiful, hard-wearing and functional tableware.Learn how she works with chefs as a problem-solver, figuring out how to make bowls where the sauce sits perfectly.Ilona and her partner Colin Hopkins run their business Cone 11 in Naam, Melbourne. Their

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01:38

Object Series 2: Clay Connections

Object: stories of design and craft ·

2022/11/09

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 Topolcsanyai, Brett Stone, Jane Sawyer, Robyn Phelan and Eva Czernis-Ryl.You’ll hear from other artists too, and their advice for makers.Object is a podcast by the Australian Design Centre.It’s hosted by Lisa Cahill, with production by Jane Curtis and sound engineering by John Jacobs.

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32:30

The making of Living Treasures

Object: stories of design and craft ·

2021/12/22

In this bonus episode, you’ll meet one of the key people behind the original idea fortheLivingTreasuresseries of exhibitions- Brian Parkes.How did the idea of recognising Australia’s master craftspeople become a reality?Who choosesLiving Treasures?How was the firstLiving Treasuresexhibition madeona shoestring budget,maybe someshopping at IKEA?Howimportant are exhibitions like these to regional art galleries?How do audiences react?And hear about the two Living Treasures LisaCahilldidn’t get

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26:06

Robert Baines

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2021/12/08

With a career spanning five decades, Robert Baines is one of Australia’s leading gold and silver smiths.Robert Baines makesintricately constructed jewellery and large-scale, sculptural, complex wire works that often combine gold and silver with plastic and powder-coated elements.Hear how Robert researched high Classical Greek gold jewellery and remade it using 2000 year old techniques, how colour takes on many meanings in his jewellery, and how a chance meeting in a gallery changed

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23:55

Les Blakebrough

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2021/11/24

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 more delicate forms, made with the Southern Ice Porcelain - a material described as having ‘the whiteness of snow and translucent of ice'. In fact, he used Southern Ice Porcelain to make Tasmania’s wedding gift to Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.In this episode, you’ll hear about Les’

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26:20

Liz Williamson

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2021/11/10

Liz Williamsonis known as a ‘matriarch of Australian weaving’.Hearwhat Liz’s favourite ‘magical’ material is, how darning and repair informs her work, and how she works with weavers around the world.Liz Williamson is an internationally respected textile artist who specialises in hand-woven textiles.Sometimes wearable and sometimes for display, the texture of Liz’s work is distinctive.It’s woven flat, andthe materials she uses create crushed, crinkled surfaces and three dimensional shapes like loops

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26:56

Marian Hosking

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2021/10/27

JewellerMarian Hosking makes silverbrooches, necklaces and vesselsthat aretranslations of the Australian bush. Hear whyMarian thinks that souvenirs are underrated; the reasonshe still makes brooches and how she co-foundedthe iconicMelbourneopen accessjewellery space, Workshop 3000.Marian Hosking isan award-winning artist, and is formerHead of Jewellery at Charles Sturt University, The Riverina College of Advanced Education and Art Design and Architecture at Monash University.Marian Hosking collects,

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