Gifts that Give

It’s never been move important to support local creatives by giving the gift of art and handmade. In the lead up to gift giving we are shinning a light on the many fabulous makers and creatives you can find at the STA Creative Directory with the Gifts that Give campaign.

Browse our listings below or search the full Creative Directory to find your perfect maker match. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook use #giftsthatgive. The STA Creative Directory is your one stop shop, connecting you with makers and creatives from across the Southern Highlands and Tablelands. Perfect all year round when you want to buy for yourself or give Gifts that Give

WANT TO FEATUE IN GIFTS THA T GIVE? Are you a creative and want a listing at our Creative Directory?  It’s free for STA members – sign up nowTo learn more about being part of Gifts that Give please email us at, [email protected]

Artists and Artisans 

Helen Eatough

Helen has been playing with clay for more than 20 years and loves to throw but more recently has been exploring sculptural pieces. She has

Naomi Taylor Royds

Naomi’s sculptural works often reveal that which is hidden, forcing the viewer to question their own veiled emotions or to experience, just for a moment,

Lisa Maddern

Lisa makes pots that are wood or gas fired, while living off grid in rural NSW, Australia

Natalie Will | Artist

The art she makes is unashamed, it’s bright, it’s bold and it is very present and not intended to sit flat and fade nicely into

Melinda Parbery

Melinda’s work reflects her own story. She has always had a passion for photography and art, and after studying graphic design she followed another passion

Fiona Budzynski | Textile Artist

Fiona is the creative director behind Zynska, (formerly 4 leaf clover). She is drawn to, and loves capturing the organic forms and raw beauty in

Roxanne Lillis

Roxanne is a Painter and sculptor living and working in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales

Ann Rogan | Painter

An awareness and love of natural environment in the landscape still continues to provide the inspiration for a great deal of Ann’s work. Painting landscape

Samantha Taulealeausumai | Painter

Samantha’s art practice explores the intersection of consumerism and sustainability, amplifying my infatuation with the culture of ‘disposability’, where our daily rituals are shaped by

Jacqui Brown | Painter

Jacqui’s latest work explores the charm of quaint cottages and the untold stories of those who inhabit them, all while capturing Australia’s landscapes in a

Negin Chahoud | Artist

Sharing life’s journey as a refugee from Iran. Giving Voice To My Story Through Art… My works are raw pieces with a narrative that show

Jamie Te Huia

As a Māori artist, Jamie crafts artworks that bridge cultural narratives, embodying spiritual connections to land and honoring Indigenous identities across Aotearoa and Australian Country. Artistic Vision:

Jemma Sharwood

First and foremost art for me is about communication and being human. Its a way to make you feel the way that I do and

Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca’s bold acrylic paintings resonate with emotion and vibrancy, showcasing her expertise in color, texture and composition.

Stephen Carrol

As an Australian artist working in the medium of sumi-e and Chinese brush painting, Stephen undertook training in Australia with Janet Twigg-Patterson of Red Crane

Melanie Knowles | bbohe

Melanie’s mission is to banish cold feet forever, and I’ve been doing just that since 2010 by crafting beautiful and practical slippers using the finest

Jeremy Goodman

Artist Jeremy captures his home town and surrounding areas in exquisitely detailed watercolour illustrations.

Mandy McDonald

Mandy’s art is influenced by Bauhaus movement. She also likes the egalitarian notion of no separation between art and craft.

Margarita Georgiadis

Margarita’s work functions as an enactment of our human impulse for philosophical exploration. The act of creation triggered by Margarita’s research then finds momentary resolution

Ruth Thompson

Wollondilly artist Ruth creates exquisite pieces of furniture in her chosen medium.

Brian Rapsey

Expert Visual Storyteller – filmmaker with 20 + years industry experience: cinematographer, editor, photographer.

Doreen Lyon

Doreen’s a printmaking, painter and nature is always my inspiration. She taught herself how to make eco prints into paper and get the plants into

Larissa Fae

I hope to re-enchant the world through my art. There is so much magic that we seem to have lost, but it’s not lost really,

Camilla Duffy

Camilla captures photos of those special moments in life for individuals & families on location, showcasing her work in her Boorowa Studio.

Eddie Mo

Eddie has been a street artist for 20 years with murals across the ACT, his hometown in Young, throughout Australia and abroad!

Judy Barker

Judy loves working in a range of mediums from acrylic, pen and pastels to mixed media print making. Capturing light and the feel of a

Kevin Payne

The menagerie of characters are created from salvaged materials that reflect Kevin’s life working the land.

Carl Valerius

Carl is a nationally recognised sculptor, working primarily with bronze, stone, clay and wax. His skills have been refined since he began his working life

Young Till | Forever Young Gallery

Young Till is an established artist in Young where she operates the Forever Young Gallery. Before moving to Young in the Hilltops region the artist  practiced in

Stephanie Corkhill Hyles

My artwork evokes an emotion in the viewer, it ‘cracks’ a smile or creates a memory. I love colour and am inspired by my surroundings.

Louise Adams

Australian contemporary artist creating unique 2D and 3D art.

Judith Bradhurst

Judith has been deeply influenced by themes of death and other worlds, particularly the sacrifice of Inca children in 500 AD. This inspired her to

Cara Ellison

Cara is a visual artist living in Goulburn who loves to paint nature, and animals using acrylics and water colours.

Bill Dorman

Goulburn based beard grower, maker/artist and teacher, working in metal, wood, and whatever other material and junk that comes his way.

Tina Milson | Photographer

There are so many people doing amazing things – but it’s not always front-page news. Tina loved taking photos and documenting the stories of Goulburn’s

Carol Bairnsfather

Her work includes felting, dyeing and embroidery. More recently she has been experimenting with natural dyes made from leaves, seeds, skins of fruit etc.

Karen Egan

Karen’s use of multiple images arranged often in a grid, refers to the likelihood that with the destruction of wildlife habitat, bushfires and climate change,

Kate Tribe

Kate is a contemporary artist. Working in cross stitch without patterns. Original work; plus designs are printed for walls, home, writing and to wear. Stitches on

Annie Lok

Australian Contemporary Artist and Historian. Proud Bisexual. Proud Mother. Proud Woman.

Barbara Nell

An accomplished artist exhibiting paintings, drawings and prints in regular solo shows. As an educator, I have held several positions, teaching at secondary, tertiary and

Rosa Fedele

Rosa is an Australian contemporary artist focusing entirely on painting portraits of vintage classic cars, and the first to incorporate your fur friend as well,

James Luck

James dedicates extensive time in the bush, observing and studying native wildlife to authentically capture their behaviors and habitats in his art. A deep passion

Kristie Phelan

Creativity, Collaboration and Community in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Gundungurra Country.

Mary Owen

Mary Owen was a prolific artist who worked mainly with paint and printmaking processes. Some twenty years after her death her daughters Jo and Lucy

Stan Korytnyj

Bowral based painter Stan’s works explore the concept of internal verses external influence of the individual, culminating in a group of paintings that are sure

Emmalene Diaz

Emmalene is compelled to portray the rich and intricate life stories she sees in the human face and using the spontaneous gestural  paint on the

Ken McDonald

Ken is mostly known for his sculptural work but he is also an amazing oil painter! His work is inspired by the bush and natural

Warwick Keen

Warwick has been a practicing artist for over 40 years and an Art Teacher since 1995. During his time as a teacher he has been

Desmond Freeman

In recent times Desmond has begun to devote most of his time to painting and has participated in commercial exhibitions of his work and has

Sylvie Carter

Sylvie is an Australian representational artist specialising in landscape, figurative and portraiture painting. She describes her style as direct and intuitive and believes that at

Nerida Little

Natural plant fibres collected from the garden and the bush on my property are woven, twisted, coiled and sewn into many different forms. Nests, baskets

Cathy Shugg

Cathy creates contemporary paintings, collages and mixed media art for purchase and by commission. Her artworks are held in private and corporate collections in Australasia,

Paul Scott-Williams

Paul has had a successful career as a performer, director, arts advocate and educator, most recently almost eleven years as CEO of Hume Conservatorium.

Robyn Kinsela

Robyn is an oil, watercolour and acrylic painter living in Southern Highlands. She also creates works on paper including prints and mixed media.

Devon

Devon’s work is concerned with the pain and intimate horror of being authentically oneself. DELICT explores internalised homophobia, hypochondria, suicide and self harm, and the

Libby Wakefield

Libby Wakefield works with and in the landscape, rendering in her paintings the timeless theme – connection to water. At the center of her current

Hamish Ta-mé

Creativity is a subtle beast. At times in my creative life I haven’t been able to keep up with the torrent of ideas and possibilities.

V&M | Wendy Lees

The V&M collection is handcrafted and upcycled in our workshop using salvaged materials. Earthy, authentic, individual pieces for a modern aesthetic. Stackable, adjustable, collectable… set your

Janita Byrne

Artist Janita, is the Team Leader – Culture Arts and Museums for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, at Rusten House, an arts hub in the centre of

Kate Butler

Mosaic Artista. Stones whisper stories from the past. Their language travels through touch, smell, sound and their embedded memories. Kate works with a diverse mixture

Tim Snowdon

Painter Tim’s brush work faithfully depicts his subject matter in glorious detail and more than that, somehow in the alchemic process of capturing the bottles,

Lisa Stevenson

Lisa is a fibre artist who uses locally harvested natural materials to create beautiful woven works of art.

Harry Laing | Poet

Harry Laing is a poet, children’s author, creative writing teacher and comic performer.

Frank Linder | Photographer

Outsiders wear their badge with pride. Not an outsider as trying to look in, but looking forward and backwards in order to escape the triviality

Neil Dickinson | Sculptor

Neil is a figurative sculptor who creates large public sculptures installed in various locations throughout the region.

Jane Ahlquist

Jane loves to adapt traditional stories and fairytales to theatre, having produced micro performances, and some larger stage pieces.

Bronwyn Hill | Textile Artist

Bronwyn is fascintated by colour & texture, and loves to use raw edge, free form aplique techniques in her work. She also creates quilts by

Lesley Sykes

Lesley enjoys playing with different media, ‘mucking around’, with charcoal, graphite, pastel, inks, paint – pushing and pulling on wet and dry surfaces just to

Ali Clinch

Performer & Visual Artist. Ali is an award-winning actor & director from Ngunnawal Country. She is known to delight young audiences as a playwright &

Tracy Luff

Tracy’s work is grounded in her Chinese Malaysian heritage and her life in regional Australia.

Stacey Lambert

Stacey Lambert I paint with acrylic. I love to show the value and beauty in things others may see as mundane. I aim for my

Sarah Norton

Sarah Norton Creative As a multidisciplinary artist, my work is a reflection of the interconnectedness of various art forms and the human experience. Through my

forssa light | Ayla Marika

Forssa Light Publishing Forssa Light offers hand-crafted visual branding, website development and graphic design for small business, creative professionals and events in Canberra, Queanbeyan, Goulburn

Tanya Nellestein

Ink Business Award-winning, best-selling author and journalist, Tanya Nellestein, writes page-turning, gut-churning Viking romance, romantic suspense, domestic thrillers and crime mysteries. I offer a range

Gabrielle Gregoire | Filmmaker

Gabrielle Gregoire Gabrielle Grégoire, a filmmaker renowned both nationally and internationally, calls Bungendore, NSW, home. Her passion revolves around uncovering untold stories, striving to enhance

Andrew May

Andrew May practices across the fields of Photography, Painting, Sculpture and Works on Paper and has exhibited artworks in numerous local and international awards and

Ang Hart

AngHart Gallery- Contemporary Australian Abstract Artist. Ang Hart captures the essence of the Australian landscape and infuses it into her canvases with bold colours, abundant

Helen and Danielle Cattell

Good Hope Pottery We are Helen and Danielle, a mother and daughter pottery team working together to create nature inspired pieces of ceramic that are

Chris Sutton

I’ve been a photographer since the 70s. I pursue many different styles of photography, and creating abstract images has been a passion in recent years.

Susan Hardy | Green Glass Studio

Green Glass Studio Making bespoke unique recycled jewellery from unwanted scrap under a magnificent gum tree in the Hilltops Region. Locally sourced recycled materials used

Dani Vittz

Dani Vittz Illustration I combine my skills in Animation, Graphics, Caricatures and Illustration to produce unique marketing content for advertising, logos, branding, explainer videos and

Susan Buret

Susan Buret at Blackhouse Studio, is a ceramicist, painter and installation artist whose works are inspired by the colours and forms of indigenous and exotic

Hayward and Crisp Jewellery

Jimmi Hayward and Peter Crisp are making their own discoveries in pate de verre, creating new boundaries in fusing precious stones and metals, casting and

Chris Harman

Ceramic and metal artist. I have been focusing on custom lighting and unique home decoration.  I have many finished works on display in my studio,

Nullarbor Nights Knitwear

Alice Leda Pettirosso- I have been a textile artist for over 30 years and have a Studio and workshop in Queanbeyan . I have supported

Denise Scholz-Wulfing

I am an artist/printmaker who specialises in etching. My work is narrative and figurative, the subject matter ranges from landscape to local scenes and to

Jess Plumb (Boney)

Jess is a proud Gumbaynggirr woman and a Contemporary Aboriginal Artist with a strong connection to Culture and Country, living in Crookwell NSW. Jess describes

Joanne Day

Artist and photographer. My work is a way of making sense of the world around me. It is a way of expressing my response to

Robyn Sykes

Robyn Sykes is a multi-awarded poet and dynamic performer who loves to entertain. Her passions include social justice, building community, environment and family.   Binalong

Freya Job

Contemporary abstract landscapes that explore themes of grief, love, connection and belonging. Inspired by the wild.  

Lea Durie

Mud Dept. Ceramicist and artist pursuing design excellence and tactile perfection inspired by land and place. Phone: 0447046359 Email: [email protected] Website: https://muddept.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mud.dept/?hl=en Facebook:

Amanda McLean Fine Art

I have worked in Pastels for over 35 years and been teaching for 30 years. I have taught and exhibited around Australia and internationally. I

Annemaree Dalziel

Annemaree Dalziel is an interdisciplinary artist and creative producer. She creates costumes, sets and installations for contemporary performance, notably with Stalker Theatre, The Opera Project,

Walter Brecely

Jeweller & Sculptor, offering specialised tutoring and small sculpture workshops. Drawing from mainly recycled materials as an available source, Walter incorporates a variety of techniques

Dashanti Carr

Dashanti is a 17-year-old 4th generation Aboriginal artist living in Berrima.

Alfie Walker

Alfie is a Wiradjuri Gibir, Yuin man & local Aboriginal story teller. Alfie is sharing his stories through Contemporary Aboriginal rock painting

Djon Mundine

Djon Mundine OAM is a proud Bandjalung man. Mundine is a curator, writer, artist and activist and is celebrated as a foundational figure in the criticism

P & J Design

Aboriginal family (3 generations) We paint a wide range of upcycled & usable art

Craig Brian Peter Coyle

Intrepid Arts Australia- A sense for detail and precision always looking for life on the subtle side of the landscape. The focus for Craig Coyle

Harry Merriman

An emerging contemporary artist, working in photography and videography. Harry photographs the human condition of living in an urban environment Visit Harry’s Instagram  

Harry Martin

Harry grew up in the Southern Highlands in Australia, he is drawn to the viscerally tonal and clean atmospheric landscapes. He often uses a dim

Elizabeth Burton

Painting – Liz Burton is an award winning painter and printmaker. Her works are in private collections all over the world.

Lorraine Coles

Painting – Loraine Coles’, art is her passion! Using mixed-media, inks and past

Gillian Baldock

Painting & Printmaking – Gillian Baldock shares her passion for the natural world with a particular focus on animals.

Savanna Caravan

Jewellery – Savanna Storm & her Wearable Treasures jewellery; unique, individual culturally and historically fascinating pieces.

Makers Callout

Do you live in a STA Contributing council area and have work for sale this holiday season? This December STA are focusing on makers and connecting them to customers. The Gifts that Give campaign will include a dedicated webpage, regular social posts and direct emails to encourage giving art and handmade this season.  To be featured simply sign up to the STA Creative Directory. Your listing continues all year round and is free to STA members.

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