At Home With Russell and Joan

At Home With Russell and Joan

Secrets Magazine Walking into Russell Petherbridge and Joan Mackenzie’s rambling mud brick home is like stepping into a living fairytale. A giant steel bat is suspended from the ceiling, while handmade light fittings, bobbing wire heads, sculpted babies and a...
THE TIMBER BENDERS

THE TIMBER BENDERS

Secrets Magazine Surrounded by farmland in Coomoora, a self-confessed salmon swims against the tide of industrial progress. Don O’Connor is a timber bender, a popular trade in the 19th century but little known nowadays. Before steel shaped the body of cars, bent...
Under An Autumn Sky: Sculpture Festival

Under An Autumn Sky: Sculpture Festival

The Age Photographer Hilary Finch spent a day photographing Under An Autumn Sky, the new outdoor sculpture festival in the Daylesford region. Set among the lavender fields, farmyards and olive groves at Lavandula Swiss Italian farm, more than 40 works by local artists...
Clunes turns printed word into gold leaf

Clunes turns printed word into gold leaf

The Age Not a single e-reader, kindle or iPad made an appearance at the Clunes Booktown Festival. If ever one needed reassurance that books were still a sought-after commodity, then the thousands who descended on Clunes to read, smell and touch their new book...
At Home with Anthony Scibelli

At Home with Anthony Scibelli

Secrets Magazine Anthony Scibelli is a photographer who has tasted life’s banquet and delighted in the flavours. Born and raised in Brooklyn, the creative dye was cast at an early age. Anthony’s father, an avid amateur photographer gave his son a camera with an...