BESPOKE LETTERPRESS | 2021 Kaleidoflora Wall Calendar
Regular price $29.95 Sale price $15.95
Home, studio and office have started to mesh into one this year. And the trend looks like continuing. Why have a dull calendar when you can have a magnificent one. Be proud to display your Bespoke Letterpress' 2021 KALEIDOFLORA Wall Calendar anywhere.
The brand new design, a collaboration with House of Heras features beautiful heavyweight paper stock, gold foil printed covers, gold wire binding, gold-gilded edges and an appointed monthly view calendar. So it's as handy as it is exquisite.
House of Heras is not only creating amazing designs for Bespoke Letterpress.
THE PLANT RUNNER | Indoor Plant Food - 100ml
Regular price $12.00
Behold the Indoor Plant Food elixir to get your plants growing and thriving.
Designed by us, proud-plant nerds, our Indoor Plant Food liquid is a special formulation of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (N.P.K), trace elements and seaweed as a superfood your plants will drink up.
It's almost completely odourless and comes with its own dropper for exact measurements and minimal waste. Each 1ml of Indoor Plant Food dropped into a litre of water and apply to plants as required. Made in Melbourne, designed by horticulturalists (a.k.a our nerdy selves).
Simply add the concentrate to your watering can at the correct ratio, and water your plants as usual. No need to add any extra steps to your plant care routine - just add once and water in.
Made in Melbourne, Australia.
Application Rate:
1/4 teaspoon (1ml) per 1 litre of water, as required.
Typical Analysis:
Nitrogen: (N) 12%
Phosphorus: (P) 2%
Potassium: (K) 12%
Trace Elements:
(B) Boron
(Fe) Iron
(Mn) Manganese
(Zn) Zinc
(Cu) Copper
(Mo) Molybdenum
(Mg) Magnesium
(Ca) Calcium
Plus Seaweed.
Safety Directions:
Not for human consumption. Shake well before using
Keep out of reach of children & pets.
Store in a cool dry space.
Found out more about The Plant Runner in our Brand Showcase
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Maggie Long Dog & Pet Bandana
Regular price $9.95
If your pet wears a collar then they can wear this 100% Cotton Dog & Pet Bandana with rich artwork by artist Maggie Long from the Yarliyil Art Centre in Halls Creek.
Made in Australia, pet bandanas feature incredible artworks reproduced under license from Yarliyil Art Centre In Halls Creek, Western Australia. These pet bandanas are worn on the collar rather than the neck so one size fits most!
Yarliyil Art Centre, Halls Creek is located in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Yarliyil Artists work across a range of styles and mediums, representing the rich culture of the land, its history & the people. The main language groups of Yarliyil Artists are Jaru, Kidja & Walmajarri. Royalties from this product directly benefit the artists and their community.
Watch First Nations artist Maggie Long describe some of her works here.
Artwork/placement varies between bandana so each one is a little bit different and may vary from image shown.
Instructions:
Slip the collar all the way through the bandana opening. The bandana is now attached to the collar so you don't have to worry about it untying.
Artwork/placement varies between bandana so each one is a little bit different and may vary from image shown.
THE LITTLE GROWERS | SHIMMY E Snow Pea Seeds
Regular price $8.50
Meet all your favourite garden buddies Each seed packet is a little work of art that you can keep and not just throw away once you’ve planted the seeds.
Meet Shimmy E the Sassy Snow Pea. Shimmy enjoys the finer things in life and doesn't particularly like getting her hands dirty. She lives for fashion magazines, juice mocktails and makeup tutorials.
She also considers herself quite zen and is always searching for inner peas.
**Not Shipping to Western Australia or Tasmania
All of The Little Growers' seeds are open pollinated, non hybrid and non GMO seeds with no chemical treatments. Perfect for the environment and keeping your little ones safe.
BESPOKE LETTERPRESS | 2021 Petite Linen Bound Diary in Blush Pink
Regular price $39.95 Sale price $19.95
Some of us want to travel light. Whether we keep our planner at home or take it to appointments, it needs to be lightweight and easily found. Sure, you can add appointments on your phone but when was the last time you opened your phone to do just that but found yourself distracted and stuck, mindlessly scrolling through plant shelfie and plant shelfie.?
Bespoke Letterpress 2021 Linen Bound Diary in Blush Pink is just the thing to help regain conscious control of your precious time. With its pretty in pink blush cover and exquisite internal cover design by House of Heras, thoughtfully diarising and handwriting will reclaim its inherent pleasure.
Bespoke Letterpress' new beautiful linen bound 2021 Petite planner features:
Internal pages:
YOUR WILD BOOKS | Your Wild Child
Regular price $35.00
Your Wild Child is the highly anticipated second book in the Your Wild Child Books series by South Australian Brooke Davis. It features more than twenty nature play activities that your kids will love.
Our kids have something to teach us. Watch their ideas and creative nature unfurl with a little guidance from you and the inspiring WIld Imagination book from Your WIld Books.
Full of fresh ideas for things to create with nature, the easy to follow instructions and stunning photography by Megan Crabb will captivate and inspire your wild child.
Brooke Davis is the Founder and Director of Your Wild Imagination and Your Wild Books. Her work in helping children, parents, schools, communities all over Australia and now the world, find their wild child by re-discovering nature play activities is inspiring. Read more about Your Wild Books here in our BRANDS showcase.
THE PLANT RUNNER | NEEM OIL Natural Leaf Shine
Regular price $18.00
THE PLANT RUNNER's Natural NEEM OIL Leaf Shine is created using 100% certified organic neem seed that has been hand blended with a vegetable-based wetting agent.
NEEM has hundreds of different uses and is especially popular with indoor plants. Used as a natural leaf shine it keeps foliage looking lush and dust-free. Wiping down your plant's foliage on a regular basis removes dust that can limit the plant's ability to photosynthesize.
Natural NEEM OIL contains organic sulphur, proteins and various beneficial trace elements and can be used safely around pets and children
Directions for use:
Spray directly onto foliage; wipe with a soft cloth. Do not wipe pubescent (hairy) leaves.
Do not apply if or when direct sunlight is on foliage.
An application can be repeated after 7 days and as necessary thereafter.
Keep in a cool dry place out of direct sunlight. Only use as directed not for human consumption
250ml bottle with a trigger spray.
Shake well before use.
Safety Directions:
Not for human consumption.
Found out more about The Plant Runner in our Brand Showcase
MISSY MINZY | FLOWER GARDEN Temporary Tattoos Gift Tin
AT#003
Regular price $30.00Perfect for weddings, party favour bags, or just for fun, Missy Minzy's Flower Garden temporary tattoos are just so sweet; full of butterflies, daisies and folksy flowers.
Use your collector tin to store all your favourite tattoos.
The brainchild of Australian illustrator Irene Tan, Missy Minzy is a Canberra-based brand that loves to capture quintessential Australian images and elements in fun ways.
JOURNEY OF SOMETHING | IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME 1000 pc Jigsaw Puzzle
Regular price $59.00
Artist Leah Bartholomew returned from Melbourne to her home base in Northern New South Wales and Coolangatta Queensland. This work is an ode to that homecoming.
Leah is a multidisciplinary artist who has a background in graphic design and Fine Arts, as well as textile design. Her optimistic and bright artworks are an abstract representation of the beauty found in the landscape and life of her local environment, a response to her daily interactions with her local base, Coolangatta, QLD and Northern NSW.
The ritual of daily walks plays an integral part in forming the initial concepts for her pieces. Her vast paintings begin as small torn paper collages, an intuitive puzzle of unexpected colours and feelings that take shape based on the influences of her environment and mood. These collages may represent the colours of the weather, or how the warmth of the rocks on the beach felt, or the blinding brightness of an electric blue sky. The colour palette is carefully chosen in response to this and the paper collages then inform the large scale paintings. Each day is different and her affinity with the landscape provides endless material to respond to.
Exercise your mind and excite your eyes. Or share the love, puzzles make the BEST gifts.
70 x 50cm (finished size of puzzle)
Artist Designed
Brain Training
Imported. Australian Owned & Designed
JOURNEY OF SOMETHING | MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S COUNTRY II Jigsaw Puzzle
MP-G0735361072
Regular price $59.00
This beautiful puzzle is by Natalie Jade is an Australian artist Natalie Jade. Born into a family where “paint runs through their veins”, Natalie is an intuitive artist. “The paint creates what it wants itself to be without any pre planning.”
With the permission of the elders in the community in which she lived Natalie Jade transitioned into painting contemporary Aboriginal art as a way to connect with her culture, soul frequency and ancestors. She likes to paint intuitively after connecting in and being in a flow state through meditation and music pre-painting.
"Many people have commented on how my artwork provides them with a sense of peace and is very healing for them. As an intuitive and healer, it was not originally my intention for this to be the case but I’m incredibly happy that it is and so I now paint with the intention to infuse my artworks with healing and love so that in my own little way I’m contributing to changing the world and making it a better place"
Not always Contemporary Aboriginal art, some of it is purely channeled from her soul or based on certain parts of Mother Earth that she has a strong draw to such as palm trees and seashells. Natalie's paintings are of the stars, sun, trees, waters and sea and almost always depict rainbows.
Exercise your mind and excite your eyes. Or share the love, puzzles make the BEST gifts.
70 x 50cm (finished size of puzzle)
Artist Designed
Brain Training
Imported. Australian Owned & Designed
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Ruth Napaljarri Stewart Tea Towel
TTCW STEW
Regular price $21.95The purpose of the tea towel is not as it once was. Not just a gift for your great aunty overseas to sit in the third draw down, these amazing designs from esteemed Aboriginal artist such as Ruth Stewart deserve pride of place in our own lives, whether it's as wall art hanging as a focal centrepiece on your living room wall, used as a thoughtful and sustainable gift wrapping alternative, or to dry and shine up your delicate teacups or wine glasses.
Made in Australia
Dimensions: 45cm x 75cm (approx)
Ruth Napaljarri Stewart paints many different themes and stories that were passed down to her by her father. Ruth is the younger sister of the successful artist Paddy Japaljarri Stewart, a senior elder at Yuendumu. Her traditional country is in the Mount Allen region of the Northern Territory.
More about the artist:
Ruth has painted with Warlukurlangu Artists since the 1980's, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu. Her native language is Warlpiri. Her work has been exhibited far and wide and hold a permanent spot on the wall as at the Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Betty Pula Morton Tea Towel
TTCW ABET
Regular price $21.95As the textiles renaissance takes place, the role of the tea towel begins to shift. Not just a gift for your great aunty overseas, these amazing designs from esteemed Aboriginal artist deserves pride of place in our own lives, whether wall art hanging as a focal centrepiece on your living room wall, used as a thoughtful and sustainable gift wrapping alternative, or to dry and shine up your delicate teacups or wine glasses.
Betty has been painting with Artists of Ampilatwatja since 2013. She draws her inspiration from the country where she goes hunting or looking for bush yams and bush bananas, “sometimes I just like to go out there to see country”.
Made in Australia
Dimensions: 45cm x 75cm (approx)
The Artists of Ampilatwatja community was established in 1999 near Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The work produced by the artists is recognisably distinct from other Aboriginal artistic communities, due to the application of fine dots and the often bright, figurative depiction of the land.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Alana Ngwarraye Holmes Tea Towel
TTCW WAJU
Regular price $21.95“This is my country. I paint because I enjoy painting. My Mother, Edie Holmes let us paint with her when we were young and now we paint all the time. We still paint and talk together in a family group with our kids.” – Alana Holmes
As the textiles renaissance takes place, the role of the tea towel begins to shift. Not just a gift for your great aunty overseas, these amazing designs from esteemed Aboriginal artist deserves pride of place in our own lives, whether it's hanging as a focal centrepiece on your living room wall, used as a thoughtful and sustainable gift wrapping alternative, or to dry and shine up your delicate teacups or wine glasses.
Made in Australia
Dimensions: 45cm x 75cm (approx)
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Alana has painted her country after rain where the ground may seem dry but the flowers and trees are green and growing strong.
Alana's mother Edie Holmes is a well known artist of Ampilatwatja, who taught Alana how to paint when she was a young child.
Like many mums, Alana is extremely busy with four children to look after and though she loves to paint she does not get the time to paint like she used to.
Based on the artwork by Alana Holmes.
Includes information about the artist and artwork.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Judy Napangardi Watson Tea Towel
TTCW WAJU
Regular price $21.95‘I listen and hear those words a hundred years away
That is my Grandmother’s Mother’s Country
it seeps down through blood and memory and soaks
into the ground’
Judy Watson
As the textiles renaissance takes place, the role of the tea towel begins to shift. Not just a gift for your great aunty overseas, these amazing designs from esteemed Aboriginal artist deserves pride of place in our own lives, whether it's hanging as a focal centrepiece on your living room wall, used as a sustainable gift wrapping alternative or to dry and shine up your delicate tea cups or wine glasses.
Judy Napangardi Watson was born at Yarungkanji, Mt. Doreen Station, at the time when many Warlpiri & other Central & Western Desert Peoples were living a traditional nomadic life. Judy was taught painting by her elder sister, Maggie Napangardi Watson. She painted alongside her at Warlukurlangu artists for a number of years, developing her own unique style.
Judy is at the forefront of a move towards more abstract rendering of Jukurrpa, or The Dreaming, by Warlpiri artists, however her work retains strong kurruwarri, the details which tell of the sacredness of place and song in her culture. Judy Napangardi Watson has been exhibiting artwork since 1990 throughout Australia & around the world. Her works are featured in several major collections.
Made in Australia
Dimensions: 45cm x 75cm (approx)
Established in 1985, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia.
Artwork/placement varies between tea towel. Each is unique and may differ slightly from image shown.
More about the artist:
It was this design that I saw hanging from a small gift store in the Northern New South Wales town of Brunswick Heads. It appealed to me so much and led me to Alperstein Designs and their collaboration with indigenous artists, something I had been searching for. Judy's work is eye-catching, the colours and shapes mesmerising,
Judy Watson has described her experiences of travelling to her great-grandmother’s country in north-west Queensland, as ‘learning from the ground up’. It is a philosophy she has transplanted on her several journeys and residencies abroad. A distinguished artist, Judy represented Australia at the 1997 Venice Biennale,
Watson’s matrilineal link to the country of her ancestors has always been central to her printmaking and painting. The hidden histories of Indigenous experience on the colonial frontier – particularly those of women – continue to inspire her. Watson seeks the indelible impressions of past presence on the landscape – rubbings, engravings and incisions – and subtly inscribes them upon her work.
Through her art, Watson repatriates the human artefacts and objects of collected cultures in museum storehouses, and reveals the ‘skeletons’ in colonial ‘closets’:
This magnificent artist interview by the Tate Gallery gives us an insight into Judy's work and inspiration. Along with her pieces, Judy's journey into understanding her grandmother's and great grandmother's stories, also helps us to confront Aboriginal history in this country. Watch out for Judy's mum Joyce. She's a national treasure!
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Nora Davidson Tote Bag
Regular price $32.95
Here at Fora, we celebrate nature and the myriad of colours it embues.
Nora Davidson's artwork is proudly colourful and bold. Using this lightweight and well-sixed tote bag will have you mesmerised by the shimmering planes of colour, rich hues, light effects and her delicate dotwork.
Nora's works are inspired by the stories of her country which were passed down to her by elders in her community. Most of Nora's body of work explores and reflects her love of the themes of her country, Illurrpa, her ancestor's way of life and her own traditional bush upbringing.
Through Nora's skill, technique and deep understanding of the medium she allows the us profound insight into her family's heritage as well as an education and knowledge of the land.
Nora Davidson was born in 1955 in Multju near the community of Jameson where her family are the custodians of the story for the area of Illurrpa. Nora was brought up in a traditional bush life and is a proud speaker of Ngaanyatjarra language.
She currently lives with her family in the Papulankutja Community (Blackstone), a remote Aboriginal Community, located at the foothills of the Blackstone Ranges in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia.
Papulankutja Artists evolved out of the Women’s Centre where painting has been encouraged as an activity since 2001. Once registered as an Aboriginal Corporation in 2004 the artists were now able to govern their art centre independently.
In 2009 Papulankutja Artists moved into a purpose built art centre with rooms for men and women to paint. As well as their paintings Papulankutja Artists are known for their innovative fibre work and carvings from local wood.
Cotton Tote Bag
All over Print.
Print placement will vary between bags and from image shown.
Made in Australia
Dimensions (Approx):
Bag: 40cm x 40cm.
Base Gusset: 16cm
Handles: 60cm
Based on artwork by Nora Davidson from Papulankutja Artists located at Blackstone, Western Australia.
Includes information about the artist and artwork.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Alana Ngwarraye Holmes Tote Bag
TOTC AALA
Regular price $32.95
“This is my country. I paint because I enjoy painting. My Mother, Edie Holmes let us paint with her when we were young and now we paint all the time. We still paint and talk together in a family group with our kids.” – Alana Holmes
Imagine carrying this beautiful tote bag and sparking inspiration and conversation everywhere you guy. You can't but love this design based on the amazing painting of Alana Holmes with its story and connection to country.
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
Alana has painted her country after rain where the ground may seem dry but the flowers and trees are green and growing strong.
Alana's mother Edie Holmes is a well known artist of Ampilatwatja, who taught Alana how to paint when she was a young child.
Like many mums, Alana is extremely busy with four children to look after and though she loves to paint she does not get the time to paint like she used to.
Cotton Tote Bag
All over Print.
Print placement will vary between bags and from image shown.
Made in Australia
Dimensions (Approx):
Bag: 40cm x 40cm.
Base Gusset: 16cm
Handles: 60cm
Based on the artwork by Alana Holmes.
Includes information about the artist and artwork.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Charlene Marshall Visor
Regular price $24.95
In Australia, many of us need protection from glare and UV rays most of the year. Why not bring art into your everyday wearing your very own adjustable visor featuring incredible artwork by Charlene Marshall from Warlukurlangu Artists, reproduced under license.
Charlene Napanangka Marshall was born in Alice Springs and grew up in the remote community of Nyirripi.
Charlene grew up watching her aunt Eunice Napangardi, a well-known and very important artist, paint Yuparli (bush banana) dreamings.
Charlene has been inspired to paint and carry on the tradition within her family. “My kids like my paintings, they like the colours”. Charlene paints Wanakiji Jukurrpa (Bush Tomato Dreaming), Yuparli Dreaming (Bush Banana Dreaming), and Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming).
Royalties from this product directly benefit the artist and their community.
- Adjustable Snapback closure
- Pre Curved peak
- 100% Acrylic
Each visor is unique. This variation occurs because it depends on where the pattern has been cut on the fabric.
Established in 1985 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Judy Watson Drawstring Bag
DBAG WAJU
Regular price $25.95‘I listen and hear those words a hundred years away
That is my Grandmother’s Mother’s Country
it seeps down through blood and memory and soaks
into the ground’
Judy Watson
Established in 1985, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia.
Made in Australia, this 100% cotton drawsting bag features the incredible artwork by Judy Watson reproduced under license from Warlukurlangu Artists in the Northern Territory.
A lightweight bag for when you're walking the dog, doing a local bread and milk run up at the shops, or just because you love Judy's amazing colours and design.
Artwork/placement varies between bag so each design is unique and may vary from image shown.
More about the artist:
It was this design that I saw hanging from a small gift store in the Northern New South Wales town of Brunswick Heads. It appealed to me so much and led me to Alperstein Designs and their collaboration with indigenous artists, something I had been searching for. Judy's work is eye-catching, the colours and shapes mesmerising,
Judy Watson has described her experiences of travelling to her great-grandmother’s country in north-west Queensland, as ‘learning from the ground up’. It is a philosophy she has transplanted on her several journeys and residencies abroad. A distinguished artist, Judy represented Australia at the 1997 Venice Biennale,
Watson’s matrilineal link to the country of her ancestors has always been central to her printmaking and painting. The hidden histories of Indigenous experience on the colonial frontier – particularly those of women – continue to inspire her. Watson seeks the indelible impressions of past presence on the landscape – rubbings, engravings and incisions – and subtly inscribes them upon her work.
Through her art, Watson repatriates the human artefacts and objects of collected cultures in museum storehouses, and reveals the ‘skeletons’ in colonial ‘closets’:
This magnificent artist interview by the Tate Gallery gives us an insight into Judy's work and inspiration. Along with her pieces, Judy's journey into understanding her grandmother's and great grandmother's stories, also helps us to confront Aboriginal history in this country. Watch out for Judy's mum Joyce. She's a national treasure!
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Watson Robertson Drawstring Bag
DBAG WROB
Regular price $25.95Sometimes we want a lightweight bag to take on errands. Ditching the sweaty leather, synthetic or man-made material for 100% cotton is an easy decision when you have designs featuring works by some of Australia's talented artists such as First Nations artist Watson Robertson.
Watson Jangala Robertson was born into a family of established Warlpiri artists and grew up in the Yuendumu community, located 290 km north-west of Alice Springs. His family would take him out bush, around Nyirripi and Yuendumu, showing him sites and teaching him the traditional ways of his country.
Watson doesn't restrict his colour palette to depict his traditional iconography so he has developed a modern individual style, using bold designs in many ways.
Just as he was taught growing up, he often spends time hunting for food and bush tucker with family and friends, hunting for food such as goanna, kangaroo, snake, and witchetty grubs as well as bush tucker, such as native currants, bush potato and bush banana.
Established in 1985, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu and Nyirripi. Watson began to paint with the corporation in 2016.
As shown, Watson paints his Mother’s Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming - top) and his grandfather’s Ngapa Jukurrpa – Puyurru (Water Dreaming - bottom), stories passed down to him through the many generations such as creation stories that relate to his family’s traditional country.
These traditions stretch back for millennia.
Each Watson Robertson drawstring bag has a unique print placement so each will differ slightly from the image shown. Information about Watson Robertson is included with the artwork.
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