Australian Woodwork Blog

Finding an anniversary gift that feels considered rather than generic is harder than it sounds. Flowers are fine. A bottle of wine is fine. But if you want something that will still be sitting on a shelf or in daily use five years from now, it is worth thinking a little differently. These ten pieces from Australian Woodwork are all handcrafted from native timbers,...

Australia's Rich Biodiversity: Inspiration for Artisans Australia's isolation from the rest of the world produced something remarkable. Cut off for millions of years, the continent developed its own flora and fauna largely independently, resulting in species found nowhere else on earth. The eucalyptus forests, the wetlands, the coastal scrub, the arid interior, each habitat produces its own cast of plants and birds with colours,...

The Rich Tradition of Australian Woodworking Australian woodworking goes back a long way. Indigenous Australians shaped wood into tools, weapons and art for thousands of years before European settlement, and the traditions they developed were specific to this place, its timbers, its climate and its country. When settlers arrived, they brought their own techniques and the two influences gradually wove together into something distinctly...