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Moving Memories
Inspired by meaningful objects and the memories they hold, these works reflect...
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Dana Falcini sculpts the cycle of life
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Tara Axford: Nov 18 2025
I realised the work was more mature than I was, and that I needed to grow up...
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Coulter Fussell on quilts and play
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Jo Wright: Nov 11 2025
I don’t have to make connections – I know they’re already there. I’m just...
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Jacki Barklie on resisting perfection
Angela Truscott: Nov 5 2025
If you don't take risks, you don’t find those exciting bits. I tear the fabric,...
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Community Spotlight: K.C. Chilton
We’re back with a Community Spotlight and this month it’s shining on artist and...
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Helen Geglio and the quiet strength of cloth
Angela Truscott: Oct 28 2025
A mind map can be described as thinking made visible by pulling a threaded...
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Carlie Trosclair casts time and place
Nicola Rough: Oct 21 2025
My job is to foster wonder and curiosity in my own life – and if I can walk...
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Seasonal Abstraction
Inspired by seasonal ingredients and sensory experience, these abstract works...
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Tina Marais is starting a Soft Revolution
Deborah White: Oct 14 2025
You don’t need to use the materials I’m using – the invitation is to find what...
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From the archives: Layered histories with Rebecca Crowell
Angela Truscott: Oct 7 2025
You keep building these layers, and then you scrape them back. The earlier...
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From Marks to Meaning
Beginning with the simplest elements of dot, line, and mark, these abstract...
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How to choose the right art course for you
When deciding to enrol in an online art course, there some steps we recommend...
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Student Success Story: Rachel Watts
“Giving myself permission”: How Rachel rediscovered her creative spark with Cas...
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Student success story: Katy Olson
Take Two devotee Katy explains why she enrolled in Cas Holmes’ course Making...
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From the archives: Inky impressions with Sue Brown
Angela Truscott: Sep 29 2025
Every artist must own that idea – just do it. There isn’t a right decision or a...
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From the archives: Pattern, chance, and cloth with Matthew Harris
Angela Truscott: Sep 23 2025
I don’t want to design the pieces – they come about through the process of...
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From the archives: Layers of observation with Tansy Hargan
Tara Axford: Sep 16 2025
If you give yourself a task, then you will start thinking about things in a...
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Experiencing Ann Hamilton’s 'We Will Sing' at Salts Mill
Angela Truscott: Sep 11 2025
On our recent trip to the UK, Jo Wright and I were fortunate to spend time with...
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From scraps to sculpture with Phong Chi Lai
Jo Wright: Sep 9 2025
You might think there was confidence, but I'm pretty sure during every doll...
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Symbolic stitching with Tessa Perlow and Fleur Woods
Jo Wright: Sep 3 2025
I want people to feel inspired – that sense of wonder you get when you see...
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Kelp, colour and wild fibre with Lydia Miller
Nicola Rough: Aug 26 2025
I pretty much just offer the technology – the skills to hold the materials...
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Student Success Story: Sara B. H
From wind to thread: How Sara found her creative voice with Debbie Lyddon and...
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Student Success Story: Lori Cook
From quilter to confident artist: Lori’s story of creative growth with Sensing...
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Community Spotlight: Marielle Peters
At Take Two, we’re constantly inspired by the dedication and depth our students...
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Holding Stories
Inspired by the stories held in trees and landscapes, these works explore how...
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The humanity in handwriting with Rosalind Wyatt
Jo Wright: Aug 19 2025
Handwriting is the most direct evidence we have of a person after their voice –...
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Abstraction, Intuition, and Reinvention in Art with Monica Rezman
Tara Axford: Aug 12 2025
I have to be in that studio all by myself. I have to entertain myself. I have...
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Finding home, memory and making with Deborah White
Angela Truscott: Aug 5 2025
Through my art, I am transforming. I'm healing. I'm working on myself. It is a...
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The Beauty in Beginnings
Angela Truscott: Jul 31 2025
Ang has been thinking about the beauty of beginnings, and it reminded her of...
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Our Once and Future Wetlands: Art, Ecology and Engineering
Article by Lindsay Olson, about her experience as an artist in residence for...
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Student Success Story: Lou Threapleton
From comfort zone to creative confidence: Lou Threapleton’s Take Two experience.
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Student Success Story: Sherri Denault
From deconstruction to reconstruction: How Sherri Denault found the balance she...
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Time Well Spent Exhibition - Meet the People's Choice Award winner
We're excited to announce the People's Choice Award winner for our Time Well...
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Curiosity and scars with Nathan Terborg
Angela Truscott: Jul 22 2025
I think about everything I’m working on as an experiment that could absolutely...
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Unbound creativity with Toni Hartill
Tara Axford: Jul 22 2025
You don't have to have a whole concept or solid idea as a starting point… Just...
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Meet the winners of Time Well Spent
Our Time Well Spent exhibition and art prize celebrates five wonderful years of...
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Student Success Story: Cathy Inman
“Completely obsessed with baskets”: How Cathy Inman found her creative calling...
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Student Success Story: Suzanne Martin
“I AM an artist”: How Suzanne found confidence, creativity, and community...