Object: stories of design and craft podcast

Object: stories of design and craft

Contemporary design and craft in Australia. Season 3 goes behind the scenes of the 2023 MAKE Award, Australia's newest and richest national award celebrating innovation in contemporary craft and design. Meet the winner Vipoo Srivilasa; and finalists High Tea with Mrs Woo; Julie Blyfield, Csongvay Blackwood, and Johannes Kuhnen. Hear from MAKE Award judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes. Season 2 is all about ceramics - production pottery, teaching and learning with clay, museum collections, personal collecting, working with galleries, and ceramics writing and photography. Hear from Ilona Topolcsanyi, Brett Stone, Jane Sawyer, Robyn Phelan and Eva Czernis-Ryl. Season 1 explores the Masters of Craft - nationally and internationally acclaimed Australian craftspeople working in ceramics, jewellery, textiles and metal. Why does their work matter? How do they keep going? What’s their advice for makers now? Hear from artists Prue Venables, Jeff Mincham, Lola Greeno, Liz Williamson, Les Blakebrough, Marian Hosking and Robert Baines, and go behind the scenes on the making of the 'Living Treasures' program with Brian Parkes. Object: stories of design and craft is by the Australian Design Centre. It's hosted by our CEO and Artistic Director Lisa Cahill. Production by Jane Curtis, with production support by Alix Fiveash. Sound engineering by John Jacobs.

Contemporary design and craft in Australia. Season 3 goes behind the scenes of the 2023 MAKE Award, Australia's newest and richest national award celebrating innovation in contemporary craft and design. Meet the winner Vipoo Srivilasa; and finalists High Tea with Mrs Woo; Julie Blyfield, Csongvay Blackwood, and Johannes Kuhnen. Hear from MAKE Award judges Jason Smith, Hyeyoung Cho and Brian Parkes. Season 2 is all about ceramics - production pottery, teaching and learning with clay, museum collections, personal collecting, working with galleries, and ceramics writing and photography. Hear from Ilona Topolcsanyi, Brett Stone, Jane Sawyer, Robyn Phelan and Eva Czernis-Ryl. Season 1 explores the Masters of Craft - nationally and internationally acclaimed Australian craftspeople working in ceramics, jewellery, textiles and metal. Why does their work matter? How do they keep going? What’s their advice for makers now? Hear from artists Prue Venables, Jeff Mincham, Lola Greeno, Liz Williamson, Les Blakebrough, Marian Hosking and Robert Baines, and go behind the scenes on the making of the 'Living Treasures' program with Brian Parkes. Object: stories of design and craft is by the Australian Design Centre. It's hosted by our CEO and Artistic Director Lisa Cahill. Production by Jane Curtis, with production support by Alix Fiveash. Sound engineering by John Jacobs.

 

#24

Johannes Kuhnen, MAKE Award finalist

Host Lisa Cahill chats with master metalsmith Johannes Kuhnen. Johannes Kuhnen is one of t... more

18 Dec 2023

17 MINS

17:11

18 Dec 2023


#23

Csongvay Blackwood, MAKE Award finalist

Host Lisa Cahill chats with partners in life and work, Csilla Csongvay and Matt Blackwood.... more

10 Dec 2023

20 MINS

20:39

10 Dec 2023


#22

Julie Blyfield, MAKE Award finalist

Host Lisa Cahill chats with contemporary jeweller Julie Blyfield. Hear how Julie's MAKE Aw... more

03 Dec 2023

20 MINS

20:04

03 Dec 2023


#21

High Tea with Mrs Woo, MAKE Award finalist

Meet clothing designers High Tea With Mrs Woo. Rowena, Angela and Juliana Foong are three ... more

27 Nov 2023

22 MINS

22:23

27 Nov 2023


#20

MAKE Award winner, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa

Meet the winner of the Inaugural MAKE Award, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa. Vipoo tells u... more

19 Nov 2023

21 MINS

21:57

19 Nov 2023


#19

Series 3: Behind the scenes of the MAKE Award

Series 3 introduces the winner, four finalists and the judges of Australia’s newest and ri... more

12 Nov 2023

01 MINS

01:52

12 Nov 2023


#18

Museums and ceramics with Eva Czernis-Ryl

Meet Powerhouse curator Eva Czernis-Ryl and hear ---The skills of a museum curator ---How ... more

09 Mar 2023

20 MINS

20:52

09 Mar 2023


#17

Writing about ceramics with Robyn Phelan

Meet ceramics artist and writer Robyn Phelan and hear: ---What makes a good piece of writi... more

21 Feb 2023

27 MINS

27:55

21 Feb 2023


#16

Learning and teaching ceramics with Jane Sawyer

What are the many ways to learn ceramics?How do you find your own sense of touch with clay... more

07 Dec 2022

29 MINS

29:18

07 Dec 2022


#15

Collecting ceramics with Brett Stone

How do you start a ceramics collection? Tips on collecting for beginners, how to collect ... more

23 Nov 2022

27 MINS

27:47

23 Nov 2022


#14

Plating up with Ilona Topolcsanyi: Production pottery

Ilona Topolcsanyi makes bespoke tableware for some of Australia's most notable chefs. She’... more

09 Nov 2022

25 MINS

25:36

09 Nov 2022


#13

Object Series 2: Clay Connections

From production pottery to learning and teaching ceramics, museum collections and personal... more

09 Nov 2022

01 MINS

01:38

09 Nov 2022


#12

Cinnamon Lee, 2025 MAKE Award winner

Host Lisa Cahill meets with the winner of the 2025 MAKE Award, metalsmith and jeweller Cin... more

03 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:20

03 Nov 2025


#11

Artist Deep Dive: Seven key works in Helen Britton's The Story So Far

A deep drive into seven key works by Helen Britton, from her current exhibition The Story ... more

02 Sep 2025

19 MINS

19:29

02 Sep 2025


#10

Helen Britton: Living Treasure Master of Australian Craft

Helen Britton is a multidisciplinary Australian artist based in Munich, Germany. Her prac... more

25 Aug 2025

31 MINS

31:58

25 Aug 2025


#9

The making of Living Treasures

In this bonus episode, you’ll meet one of the key people behind the original idea fortheLi... more

22 Dec 2021

32 MINS

32:30

22 Dec 2021


#8

Robert Baines

With a career spanning five decades, Robert Baines is one of Australia’s leading gold and ... more

08 Dec 2021

26 MINS

26:06

08 Dec 2021


#7

Les Blakebrough

In a career spanning seven decades, Les Blakebrough has become one of Australia's most acc... more

24 Nov 2021

23 MINS

23:55

24 Nov 2021


#6

Liz Williamson

Liz Williamsonis known as a ‘matriarch of Australian weaving’.Hearwhat Liz’s favourite ‘ma... more

10 Nov 2021

26 MINS

26:20

10 Nov 2021


#5

Marian Hosking

JewellerMarian Hosking makes silverbrooches, necklaces and vesselsthat aretranslations of ... more

27 Oct 2021

26 MINS

26:56

27 Oct 2021


#4

Prue Venables

Prue Venables is one of Australia’s most accomplished ceramics artist. Hear how Prue went ... more

13 Oct 2021

30 MINS

30:40

13 Oct 2021


#3

Lola Greeno

Lola Greeno is an award winning Tasmanian Aboriginal shell worker and artist. Lola uses ma... more

13 Oct 2021

28 MINS

28:48

13 Oct 2021


#2

Jeff Mincham

Jeff Mincham AM is one of Australia's most prominent ceramic artists.Hear what it was like... more

12 Oct 2021

28 MINS

28:31

12 Oct 2021


#1

Object Season 1: Australia's Masters of Craft

Meetsevencreative Australians who'vededicated their lives to mastering ceramics, jewellery... more

01 Oct 2021

02 MINS

02:14

01 Oct 2021