CLARE MAZITELLI DESIGNS - Canberra ACT
Clare is the designer and maker behind Clare Mazitelli Designs, a printed textile business based in Canberra, Australia.
With a background in graphic and web design, Clare always loved design and often dreamed of having her own creative business. While on maternity leave in Brighton, UK in 2017, she decided it was 'now or never' and brought her idea to life.
Passionate about all things art and design, Clare believes there's great value in creating products with real meaning and soul behind them.
. . . “To be able to make something someone will cherish and enjoy for a long time is a wonderful thing”.
MARGOT DESIGN - Sydney NSW
I am an artist and designer and have recently returned to Sydney to release my own textile collections, working with local ethically chosen Australian suppliers working with luxury natural fibres, creating bespoke quality products.
Generations of my family have been passionate about art, design, colour and textiles. Growing up in such a world has had a strong influence on me and my life as a designer. It has led to some of the most extraordinary travels and adventures.
Early in my career I moved to Paris where I studied textiles. Living in a postage stamp sized roof top apartment near Sacre Coeur, I was walking distance to the textile markets - so much pattern and colour.
Textiles became the constant thread of my career and travels. I started designing collections for some of the industry leaders, such as Mokum Texiltes & Warwick Fabrics and I was soon back in Europe on the shores of Lake Como talking colour and pattern, there were weeks in London researching trends, working on manufacturing floors in remote areas of China, visiting New York to hang a collection on 5th Avenue and even working in a tannery in the bottom of the north island of New Zealand.
I returned to Sydney with a vigour to design from an Australian and specifically with a Sydney essence sense of style.
Margot Design is not only a fresh interpretation on quintessentially Australian experiences, the label is endeavouring to keep the design culture alive in Australia. With the increasing amounts of manufacturing and production going offshore, Margot has intentionally kept all production locally in Australia, helping to keep important creative opportunities available.
Each design is a bit about me, and Sydney my home, which I love.
LAUGHING BIRD PRINT STUDIO - Blue Mountains NSW
At the Laughing Bird Print Studio we are enamoured with the magnificent World Heritage listed Australian bush environment on our doorstep, drawing and developing intricate prints which pay tribute to the complex and unique ecology of the Australian wilderness. For print inspiration we take a hike.
In studio we enjoy traditional printmaking methods, using our hands and a squeegee to create each and every print.
We source a mix of linen, canvas, paper and wooden surfaces for our prints, and stitch and construct locally within the Blue Mountain’s.
We have been around here for a while now, establishing in 2006 when printmaker Freedom Wilson first arrived in the Blue Mountain’s from Central Australia, put on her boots and went walking through the incredible flowering Waratah’s of October's bush. Prints are ideveloped by drawing experience, animals that have watched us watching them, places that we have stopped to picnic, fallen leaves, wildflowers, and beautiful bouquets of native flowers from amazing local florists.