05/09/2026
Every week is a little bit like show and tell when Mum comes into the store.
She always arrives with something she’s been making. Lately, it’s been these rustic paper clay vessels. She also makes hand-stitched cards, paintings and all sorts of little things, usually inspired by flowers, leaves and whatever she happens to find around her.
A little while ago we were visiting my brother in Brisbane when Mum spotted some cardboard packaging he was about to throw away.
“You’re not going to throw that out, are you?”
We all laughed.
“That is some good-looking cardboard.”
So, naturally, the cardboard came all the way home from Brisbane.
And the vessel in this photo is what became of it.
I think that sums up Mum’s art quite nicely. She sees something beautiful in the things the rest of us might walk straight past.
You can find a little collection of Mum’s work here in the store, and she also has her own artist display at Whipbird. 🤎