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by Take Two

Articles, artist interviews, and student stories - offering insight into creative practice, process, and possibility.

Quilt artwork by Julian Jamaal Jones

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How to move beyond traditional quilting patterns

Patterns are a wonderful place to start. Here are some small, practical ways to...

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Continuum

This collection brings together contemporary basketry made from foraged and...

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Artwork by Tina Marais

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What is an armature, and how is it used in textile sculpture?

Here's an insight into what an armature does for soft sculpture and how artists...

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Beyond Technique students step into the spotlight with a live exhibition at Knit + Stitch UK

Take Two is very excited to present work by students of Beyond Technique with...

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Mirjam Gielen Student Success Story artwork

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Student Success Story: Mirjam Gielen

Learning to listen: how Soft Revolution with Tina Marais helped textile artist...

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From Intuition to Connection

Each work in this exhibition begins with an intuitive response – a mark, a...

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Student Success Story - Julie Holmes-Reid artwork

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Student Success Story: Julie Holmes-Reid

Finding the confidence to call a piece done: how Soft Revolution with Tina...

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Artwork by Juz Kitson

Inside Juz Kitson's Studio

Take an exclusive tour of Juz Kitson's studio, the Art House Milton on the NSW...

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A new place to sense: video update from Debbie Lyddon

Debbie Lyddon has just moved three miles inland, and she's doing something...

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Artwork by Juz Kitson

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What is contemporary ceramics?

Contemporary ceramics has moved far beyond the potter's wheel. Meet four...

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Tanja Gawin - student story - Sensing Place with Debbie Lyddon

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Student Success Story: Tanja Gawin

The joy in the making… discover how Tanja Gawin found ease, joy and a steady...

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Mardi Busby artwork - Student Story Sensing Place with Debbie Lyddon

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Student Success Story: Mardi Busby

After 20 years of painting, Mardi Busby needed a shake-up. Discover how rust,...

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Leslie Tomlinson artwork - Out of This Earth Student Success Story

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Student Success Story: Leslie Tomlinson

I can say that again after many years. I’m a fibre artist. - Leslie Tomlinson...

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Student Success Story: Caroline Higgs

Finding a new centre: how a simple comment, "you don't have to stitch", and Out...

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Seaside, boats, used in article How to bring a sense of place into your art

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How to bring a sense of place into your art

A sense of place in art comes from paying attention to more than the view. Here...

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Through the Senses

This collection of works began with food as a starting point – its colour,...

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Yayoi Kusama artworl

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Remembering Yayoi Kusama: a life lived through art

The dots. The pumpkins. The mirrors. The repetition that never seemed to end.

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Hand stitching a yellow flower into pink fabric

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Free sample art lessons!

Looking for a little creative inspiration? Here's a taste of some sample...

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Roll Play

This collection of works centres on printmaking with the brayer, used here not...

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Student Success Story: Christine Goonrey

From self-doubt to a finished tunnel book. Learn how Christine Goonrey found...

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Landscapes of Memory and History

Landscape here is not scenery. The works in this exhibition treat place as...

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Robert Lee Davis artwork in gallery

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Robert Lee Davis artwork at Storehouse Gallery Melbourne

Wendy Steward had the exciting opportunity to see the works of Robert Lee Davis...

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Deborah Bygrave artwork

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Student Success Story: Deborah Bygrave

Discovering possibility in every fragment. Learn how Deborah Bygrave...

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Sandy Densem artwork

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Student Success Story: Sandy Densem Winter

Finding her way back through fragments... Learn how Sandy Densem Winter moved...

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In the Presence of Process

A student exhibition emerging from the 2026 course Focus and Flow with Karen...

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Artwork by Christine Herman

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Student Success Story: Christine Herman

From creative fatigue to dreaming bigger... Visual Narratives with Sally Tyrie...

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Let there be light!

The works gathered here respond to Lissa's invitation to consider light not as...

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The Wall by Lori Cook

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Community spotlight: Lori Cook

This month we're honoured to share Lori Cook's own words on emerging through...

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Artwork by Torri Stewart

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Student Success Story: Torri Stewart

One of the strongest lessons Torri took from Harriet’s course was the...

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Expressive TEXTure

This exhibition is a collection of works that reflect curiosity and a...

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Student Success Story: Heather Close

Perhaps the most significant transformation for Heather, since the course, has...

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Artwork by Kimberly Schmid - student of Edible Abstraction - abstract painting course

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Student Success Story: Kimberly Schmid

Art had long served as a therapeutic outlet for Kimberly, a way to process...

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Artwork using gel plate printing, it features a face, with some letters/words and and colours pink, orange, yellow and blue. It is work by Ella Haywood - student of Art & Design with Tara Axford.

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Student Success Story: Ella Hayward

“Gel printing for me was really therapeutic, and it gave me space and time for...

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Student Success Story: Heather Miller

What Heather found through Tara Axford's gel plate printing course was not only...

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Cover of the Nature's Textures student exhibition book

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Nature's Textures

Inspired by the richness and intricate complexity of the natural world, this...

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Artwork by Amy Donovan

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Student Success Story: Amy Donovan

Before enrolling in Art & Design with Tara Axford, Amy didn't see herself as an...

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Artwork by Janet Leckie

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Community spotlight: Janet Leckie's 80th birthday exhibition

Artist (and Take Two student) Janet Leckie recently celebrated a milestone...

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Artwork by Tara Axford

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When the world feels uncertain art can support your self-care

In times that feel a little heavier, your creative practice can offer calm,...

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Cover of Renewal: Unfolding Light student exhibition

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Renewal: Unfolding Light

A student exhibition that celebrates the beauty of renewal, and finding the...

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Ceramics with cutouts by Bridget Macklin - Community Spotlight

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Community Spotlight: Bridget Macklin

"I see part of my role as an artist as raising awareness and creating space for...

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