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Discover a Place Brimming with Creativity
Visit the Village of Artisans to meet a friendly group of creatives who love sharing their passion for art.
Explore an eclectic mix of artforms from glass bead making, sculpting, collage art, printmaking, jewellery design, quilting, handmade homewares, painting, wine making and artisan foods.
Drop in for a chat. Soak up the passion. Take home a piece that inspires you.
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Etcetera Gallery
10.30am - 5pm
Yvonne George
10am - 5pm
Blue Water Silver
10am - 4pm
Linking Energy
10am - 5pm
Studio B
1pm - 5pm
Glenwillow Wines
10.30am - 5pm
Joybells Gallery
10.30am - 4pm
Please note: Most of the artisans work alone. If you’re interested in seeing a particular artisan during your visit, please call ahead to ensure that they are going to be here.
Cherryl Fyffe
My gallery displays work in printmaking that is influenced by textures and patterns in nature and outback landscapes. While I have always used a variety of printmaking techniques such as etching, collagraphs, drypoint and monoprints, I’ve also begun to explore multimedia works incorporating textiles, threads, papers, drawing, painting and found objects. This has led me to create cold connection jewellery using metals, beach glass, semi-precious stones, coral and opals. Alongside all of this I have been cutting, polishing and setting opals from our own opal mine in Whitecliffs, NSW. Opals are on sale as unset stones and set pieces.
Yvonne George
For over three decades as a professional sculptor, I have developed a broad eclectic style using a wide range of metals and mixed mediums. It is my passion for our natural fauna and flora, as well as the environment, that has remained constant and synonymous with my work. While I complete many public and private sculpture commissions each year, my working sculpture studio/gallery at the Village of Artisans offers a unique visitor experience to see sculptures in-the-making and view over 30 works for sale. Commissions welcome.
Emily Crawford
Blue Water Silver is a contemporary jewellery studio creating handcrafted sterling silver pieces inspired by organic form, texture, and imperfection. Founded by silversmith and visual artist Emily Crawford, the brand draws influence from her background in ceramics, embracing a slow, intuitive approach to making where each piece carries the subtle marks of the hand. Working primarily in small batches, Blue Water Silver creates timeless, sculptural jewellery that feels both refined and deeply personal. Visitors are welcome to see the jewellery being made, with custom commissions also available, including the transformation of old gold and silver into meaningful new pieces.
Leanne Grylls
Lampworking is a type of glasswork using a torch or lamp to melt glass to make beads and other small items. When the glass is molten, I wind it around a mandrel which makes the hole in the bead. Turning the rod continuously shapes the bead and maintains an even temperature while I add dots and lines of glass to create unique beads, creatures, figurines and memorials. Visitors to my studio can see demonstrations of my lampworking techniques. Children are especially enthralled when watching how these intricate little shapes and designs evolve from simple dots and lines of melted glass. Commissions welcomed.
Joan Harris
Studio B is my working space where visitors can discuss works in progress and view finished pieces. The works are mostly ‘collages’ using mixed media such as magazine fragments, fabrics and coloured paper prepared in various tones of acrylic. Professionally trained in Fine Art, my collages draw upon my knowledge of painting and drawing. The works are detailed, decorative and colourful. Most of them are figurative, with subject matter sourced from photographs depicting people doing ordinary, everyday things. There are unframed prints available for purchase as well as a selection of framed original pieces. I enjoy commissioned work and visitors are welcome to discuss their own ideas or view examples of transforming an ordinary photograph into a work of art.
Joy Tatt
My studio/gallery, ‘One of a Kind’, is Bendigo Pottery’s hidden treasure. I am an Australian artist and educator of almost 30 years and truly am one of a kind. Along with my own work, my gallery showcases emerging artisans. I provide them with opportunities for public viewing, demonstrations, commissions and sales of fresh new creations in contemporary painting, plein air works, traditional still life in oil, acrylic, encaustic and drawing mediums. My gallery also has an array of handmade crafts, pottery, basketry, gifts, collectables and vintage items. I offer fun, confidence-building classes to help participants to thrive in development of skills and art making.
Peter Fyffe
Our family owned and run boutique winery produces award-winning premium quality wines that are highly rated in James Halliday’s “Australian Wine Companion”. Glenwillow wines are full of character and flavour, representing the best of Central Victorian cool-climate wines – a smooth, velvety structure and rich black fruit flavours. We produce Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Nebbiolo, Rose, Sparkling Shiraz, and a stunning Reserve Shiraz. We have cellar-door tasting and sales at the pottery, as well as a Cellar Club and Online Store. We also sell spectacular opals from our very own opal mine in outback White Cliffs, NSW.
More than just a working pottery, the sprawling Bendigo Pottery site is host to a range of unique hands-on activities and shopping experiences.
Wander around the complex of Australia's oldest working pottery, explore the historic kilns, search for treasure in our Antiques and Collectables Centre, sit down to decorate your own Bendigo Pottery pieces before buying that perfect souvenir from our retail gallery.
