Bespoke Art

A healthy minority of my practice is dedicated to making dotingly bespoke art objects.

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Sleepy Marsupials ex libris labels for Lorelei Quartermain, 1, and Arielle McAdam, new

Luncheon at the Russian Tea Rooms, New York City, for Tegan Miller

A potato kitchen miniature for Hannah Bartlett-Wynne

A cranberry & brie pastry parcel kitchen miniature for Lechelle Green

Hand-bound and transcribed collection of three essays on the history and politics of the American barbecue tradition for Lyndon Hart

Wicker crochet kit for Emma Buswell

Hand-bound, transcribed and illustrated collection of three essays on Japanese cultural phenomena (Fugu, Pachinko & Hikikomori) for Daniel Meakins.

Hand-hemmed and monogrammed white linen napkins for Sam Winfield (with Florentine papered presentation box)

Grimoire-bound sheepskin edition of The Last Question by Isaac Asimov for Paul Quartermain

Christmas Luncheon painting, wedding gift for David & Alicia Martin

Miniature library featuring Tegan Miller’s favourite novels

Collection painting, wedding gift for Adam Mitchell & Sophie Bower-Johnston

Aspirational painting for Michael Raw

Crocheted Gryffindor knee rug for Tegan Miller

Animals from the Museum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle for Suzanne Coleman

Meme painting for Stephanie Whitworth

Watercolour ex libris bookplates for David Martin

Two-sided crocheted bedspread for Dimity Coleman

Circular Scrabble board painting for Andrew Purvis

Leather-bound, gilt and hand-transcribed sheet music (Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah) for Stephanie Whitworth

Wicker onion & garlic baskets for Beth Hart

Embroidered kid leather pouch, to hold two packets of Fishermen’s Friends, for Adam Mitchell

Fine bone china plate with fan painting for Liam Blackford

Crocheted mittens for Suzanne Coleman’s early morning walks

Portrait plate for the engagement of Rachel McGeorge & Ferg Inglis

Memorial painting for a knocked-down former residence on Vincent Street, Leederville (FuMo), for Kate Adamczak

Hand-bound edition of two short stories (Babette’s Feast by Isak Dinesen and A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote), selected with David Martin, for Christmas Book Club

Crocheted autumn leaf cot blanket for Lorelei Autumn

Eagle Feather stick-‘n’-poke tattoo for Stephen S.O.B. Bellair