Object: stories of design and craft

Cinnamon Lee, 2025 MAKE Award winner

Host Lisa Cahill meets with the winner of the 2025 MAKE Award, metalsmith and jeweller Cinnamon Lee. Cinnamon tells us about her hybrid practice combining jewellery and l

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 So Far.  In this audio tour, Helen describes how she made each work, her techni

Helen Britton: Living Treasure Master of Australian Craft

Helen Britton is a multidisciplinary Australian artist based in Munich, Germany. Her practice includes jewellery, sculpture, drawings, stencils and installations, and i

Johannes Kuhnen, MAKE Award finalist

Host Lisa Cahill chats with master metalsmith Johannes Kuhnen.  Johannes Kuhnen is one of the pioneers of anodised aluminium metalwork. In this episode, Johannes explain

Csongvay Blackwood, MAKE Award finalist

Host Lisa Cahill chats with partners in life and work, Csilla Csongvay and Matt Blackwood. In this episode, Csilla and Matt share the inspirations behind their work, wh

Julie Blyfield, MAKE Award finalist

Host Lisa Cahill chats with contemporary jeweller Julie Blyfield. Hear how Julie's MAKE Award entry is inspired by love and loss.  Julie Blyfield is a South Australian a

High Tea with Mrs Woo, MAKE Award finalist

Meet clothing designers High Tea With Mrs Woo. Rowena, Angela and Juliana Foong are three sisters who run a clothing label that focuses on sustainability and ethical pro

MAKE Award winner, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa

Meet the winner of the Inaugural MAKE Award, ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa. Vipoo tells us about the themes that inspire his work, the process of making the winning pie

Series 3: Behind the scenes of the MAKE Award

Series 3 introduces the winner, four finalists and the judges of Australia’s newest and richest award for contemporary craft - the MAKE Award. This major new national a

Museums and ceramics with Eva Czernis-Ryl

Meet Powerhouse curator Eva Czernis-Ryl and hear The skills of a museum curatorHow curators select and interpret objects What makes a work of ceramics suitable for a mus

Writing about ceramics with Robyn Phelan

Meet ceramics artist and writer Robyn Phelan and hear: What makes a good piece of writing about visual art?How she wrote about a Damon Moon exhibitionHow can we get crit

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? If you’re thinking about a hobby class or applying for a university or TAFE

Collecting ceramics with Brett Stone

How do you start a ceramics collection? Tips on collecting for beginners, how to collect from galleries, how to make a collecting group and how to administer and docume

Plating up with Ilona Topolcsanyi: Production pottery

Ilona Topolcsanyi makes bespoke tableware for some of Australia's most notable chefs. She’s even made plates that world leaders have eaten from, like Barack Obama, Angela

Object Series 2: Clay Connections

From production pottery to learning and teaching ceramics, museum collections and personal collecting - this season of Object is all about making with clay. Over five e

The making of Living Treasures

In this bonus episode, you’ll meet one of the key people behind the original idea for the Living Treasures series of exhibitions - Brian Parkes.  How did the idea of rec

Robert Baines

With a career spanning five decades, Robert Baines is one of Australia’s leading gold and silver smiths.   Robert Baines makes intricately constructed jewellery and larg

Les Blakebrough

In a career spanning seven decades, Les Blakebrough has become one of Australia's most acclaimed and influential ceramic artists. The ceramics of Les Blakebrough range f

Liz Williamson

Liz Williamson is known as a ‘matriarch of Australian weaving’. Hear what Liz’s favourite ‘magical’ material is, how darning and repair informs her work, and how she work

Marian Hosking

Jeweller Marian Hosking makes silver brooches, necklaces and vessels that are translations of the Australian bush. Hear why Marian thinks that souvenirs are underrated; t