For art you can eat off, drink from, or hang on the walls to admire every day, look no further than the brilliant Brisbane artists below!
A Brisbane-based creative with a focus on ceramics, Bonnie creates functional works of art which are meticulously hand built and painted with bright colours and intricate line detail.
11 Byres St, Newstead & 1 / 82 Colmslie Rd, Morningside
A mother-daughter collaboration, Mas & Miek is a ceramics studio, gallery shop, and coffee bar – you can purchase some of their lovely handmade ceramics, paint a pot, or, if you’re feeling creative, make your own in one of their classes. Gift vouchers are also available, and online courses!
Houses for your home! Laura from 2 Little Houses creates custom house illustrations with beautiful clean line work. I have a few of her pieces sitting pretty in my own home, and my family has commissioned artwork of our childhood home, and my grandmother’s home for her 60th birthday, and my sister’s favourite café on campus. Orders open on the first of each month, and you can join the waitlist on the website to be notified when they are.
Neo traditional pottery made in North Brisbane and inspired by the natural environment. Beautiful handmade mugs are currently in stock in the online store, or you can contact them for a custom order.
Brisbane artist Debra Hood has a range of great gift items featuring Queenslander houses in her signature colourful style, including a jigsaw puzzle, prints, fridge magnets, a colouring book, drink coasters, umbrellas, tea towels, and much more. You can also purchase reproductions via her website, either stretched and ready to hang, or rolled.
Corner Block Studio launched in 2015 with debut product, the Book Frame, and has expanded to include hanging frames for prints, records, cards, tea towels, and more. Corner Block Studio chooses materials that are environmentally sustainable and cruelty-free, and craft their products in Brisbane from recycled Australian hardwoods, sustainably grown Queensland hoop pine, and cotton string.
60 Ashgrove Crescent, Ashgrove
The boutique ceramic studio of Kylie Johnson. Kylie and her small team run the gallery, online and wholesale stores, teach and host workshops, and make every paper boat press ceramic object in the beautiful wooden building that houses the Paper Boat Press gallery and studio.
Eliza Rose is an Australian brand, encompassing the beauty of local flora and fauna through paintings and jewellery. Started in 2015, Elize used to make acrylic jewellery but this year has turned her attention solely back to creating art. Giclée prints are created on high quality German Hahnemühle cotton paper, and printed on an in-house machine named Eleanor. The colourful paintings depict the natural beauty, seen through a lens of optimism and joy.
Michelle is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on hand-built ceramics exploring identity, socio-political and environmental issues all in her signature candy coloured style. She teaches across SEQ and has exhibited and produced work for galleries, councils and businesses across Australia. Check out the colourful array of tigers and ghosts currently in her online shop.
“Pop sculptures” of nostalgic and Australiana objects – a VB longneck, a Clag glue pot, a Saxa table salt vase – which are “lovingly squished” into being on the Gold Coast by painter-turned-ceramicist Natalie.
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