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25.01.2022 Its that time of year again: the annual Craft Victoria fundraising dinner. This year is going to be a cracker. Ive got a couple of pieces up for grabs. Still some tickets available.

24.01.2022 Saturday 17 June. Get your tickets here.

23.01.2022 Some great public programs running in conjunction with the Redgum exhibition at Wangaratta Art Gallery. Im hosting a weapon-making workshop for kids on Thursday 5 October. What could possibly go wrong! http://mailchi.mp/4ed06088a33f/whats-on-wag-may-1123309

23.01.2022 In case you missed it, the Bala Ga Lili video is now on You Tube.

23.01.2022 Piece of the week: (really big) corner bookcase in She Oak.

20.01.2022 Been a while since Ive visited this page, but plenty of action in the workshop! Join me at the opening of this exhibition at the Wangaratta Art Gallery, where Im showing new and old work in Redgum. Saturday 23 September, 2pm. If you cant make the opening, the exhibition runs til 19 November.

20.01.2022 Excited to announce that Ill be exhibiting a collaborative project, with Yolngu artist Bonhula Yunupingu, at the Castlemaine State Festival in March 2017.

20.01.2022 Last few days of This is Not Memphis at Craft.

18.01.2022 Display table delivered to the showrooms of Orchard Piper.

18.01.2022 Two ways learning...

17.01.2022 The next project beckons. The boards on the bench are 150 year old Paddock Elm from a colonial estate in Tassie. The big square stuff, apart from being totally mad, is Red Gum. It is a pier timber from Albury. It will be seating for the New Horsham performing Arts centre if it doesnt kill me.

16.01.2022 A new door for Spring.

16.01.2022 And bookcase in situ.

15.01.2022 Latest piece goes out the studio door.

14.01.2022 Its been a busy few months in the workshop. Chairs, tables, sideboards and an exciting new collaboration with Yolngu artist, Bhonhula Yunupingu. Stay tuned for more on the Bala Ga Lili project in early 2017.

14.01.2022 Wonderful night at the Sofitel for the Craft Vic Fundraiser Auction. My Ned tables fetched the highest price of the night, selling for well above reserve. Thanks to all at Craft Vic for their hard work in putting on such a great event, raising the profile of craft in the wider community.

14.01.2022 Work in progress. Display cabinet in Ancient Redgum, with leather inlay.

13.01.2022 Come to the Craft Victoria fundraising dinner (or make an absentee bid). My Ned side tables are up for grabs http://www.craft.org.au/events/fundraising-dinner-2016/

12.01.2022 Stoked to be included in this exhibition of Australian design at Old Government House, Parramatta. Opening tomorrow night.

12.01.2022 Dont forget to plan a visit to Castlemaine in March! Unveiling my exciting new collaboration with Bonhula Yunupingu.

11.01.2022 Please join me next Sunday 19 March 3pm at Castlemaine Art Museum for an artist floor talk, discussing the Bala Ga Lili project with Bonhula Yunupingu. Free, but RSVP required. http://www.alcastongallery.com.au//1626-the-extractive-fro

11.01.2022 Timber Memory is opening on Saturday 5 December at 4pm at Craft Victoria. If youre in Melbourne, come along!

10.01.2022 So this is very good news. Bala Ga Lili is a finalist in the Australian Furniture Design Awards. The winner will be announced in Adelaide next week. Ill be there with my partner is crime/craft, Bonhula Yunupingu.

09.01.2022 "Its about relationships. Its about relationship to place, its about relationship to time, its about a relationship to a settler society. And I think wood is a very interesting way to try to understand these different realities and competing stories".

08.01.2022 Thanks to all who came to the opening of Timber Memory at Craft Victoria on Saturday. It was an honour to be exhibited along side so many legends of the industry.

07.01.2022 Join me with your littlies on Thursday 5 October for some sword-making. What could possible go wrong?

06.01.2022 Just some of the items that will be auctioned at the Craft Victoria fundraising dinner on Saturday 17 June, including my Ned side tables.

06.01.2022 Top night at the Craft Victoria fundraising dinner. My items sold to the highest bidder, I had a chat with Libby Gorr, and Clare Wright and I got to frock up.

06.01.2022 Wonderful piece by archeologist Billy Griffiths on Ancient Red Gum, Damien and deep time. https://everydayfutures.com.au/project/ancient-red-gum/

05.01.2022 Bala Ga Lili, with my co-collaborator Bonhula Yunupingu Burarrwanga. Thanks to Connor Tomas OBrien for the brilliant videography.

05.01.2022 Orchard Piper project office, South Yarra.

04.01.2022 A chance to make a different kind of noise. Come see me talk at Craft Victoria next Tuesday night, 28 Feb.

01.01.2022 Tickets have sold out for the Craft Vic fundraising auction dinner this Saturday night, but you can still place absentee bids on certain headline items, including my Ned tables.

01.01.2022 Great news. Bonhula Yunupingu Burarrwanga will be making the long trip down from North East Arnhem Land to join me for the artist talk on Sunday at Castlemaine Art Gallery. Please come along and meet us there, and see our beautiful art work. http://www.castlemainegallery.com/artist-talk-shirley-macn/