Table Manners

Participants

Belle Thierry
Belle Thierry is a visual artist based in regional Victoria whose practice incorporates elements of ceramics, sculpture and mixed media. Materiality is a critical aspect of Thierry's practice – each material chosen is shown in its most authentic state, highlighting its integral qualities and innate disposition. Her current work explores material engagement with architectural space, capturing details of ornamentation in heritage architecture through a series of ‘pressings’. These fragmented pressings act as vessels for emotions, contemplations and memories of place.

Hamish Munro
Hamish Munro is a Melbourne/naarm-based jeweller, artist, and designer. Trained in sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts and self-taught in jewellery-making, his work draws on the forms and architectural language of classical Western design – an influence deepened by time living in Paris. From his Collingwood studio, he creates precise, considered pieces made to order in small quantities.

Hamish Donaldson
Hamish Donaldson is a third-generation glassblower, trained from a young age under the guidance of his parents, renowned glass artists Grant Donaldson and Eileen Gordon. Growing up in the hot shop, it was not until a year-long trip across South America that his passion for the craft was truly ignited. He has since honed his skills at the JAM Factory in Adelaide, worked internationally in Turkey and the USA, and is now based on Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Country in Victoria.

Julian Leigh May
Julian Leigh May (they/them) is a Melbourne/Naarm-based experimental designer embracing a spectrum of disciplines and mediums. Their work transcends barriers between art and design, and spans furniture, lighting and object design. Central to their practice is an interest in redefining everyday objects through new narratives, material experimentation and forms.

Ryan Mueller
Ryan Mueller is a designer specialising in branding, object design and contemporary jewellery. His practice draws on the traditions of ancient craft and the enduring pull of human curiosity. Working across mediums such as lighting, gold and silversmithing, collage and sculpture, Mueller engages deeply with materiality and the human ability to endlessly reframe and recontextualise beauty.

Sebastiao Lobo
Sebastião Lobo is a Lisbon-based artist known for his craftsmanship and his ability to transform materials into sculptural worlds that feel both surreal and alive. Preferring to communicate through objects rather than words, he creates pieces that evoke insect-like forms, shadowed landscapes and dreamlike narratives. His work invites viewers into intimate microcosms where beauty, strangeness and imagination intertwine.

Snelling Studio
Snelling Studio is a multidisciplinary studio specialising in lighting, furniture and objects, based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Established in 2007 as a collaboration between father and daughter Douglas and Bec Snelling, the studio is now led by Bec Snelling, who continues to honour her father’s skill and attention to craftsmanship and materiality.

Soie Late
Soie Lait is an eco-conscious artist whose practice integrates organic and found materials to create timeless works. Drawing from locally sourced beeswax, hand-collected stones, recycled sterling silver, and other natural elements, her pieces embody both tradition and innovation. Each creation reflects a deep respect for the earth, valuing materials with purpose and cultivating a meaningful connection between art, sustainability, and nature.

Streifen
Streifen is a Melbourne-based design studio founded on the belief that sentimentality is a core impetus within design, acting as both material anchor and a passage through which people carry histories, attachments, and meanings. Founded by Frances Normoyle and Madeleine Murdoch, Streifen spans object design, creative direction, and exhibition-making, conceiving work both exacting and undone, in equal measure.

Studio Yeodong Yun
Artist Yeo Dong Yun works with metal across a diverse range of colours, forms and techniques, creating living objects, sculptural works and installations. She describes her practice through the Korean concept of Jung Jung Dong (靜中動) – movement within stillness – a phrase that captures the essence of her work: objects that appear motionless yet hold a sense of delicate, living tremor.

Studio Kyss
Kenny (Yong-soo) Son of Studiokyss is an object designer-maker driven by a simple goal: to create work that feels alive. His objects are designed to bring significance and meaning to everyday environments, living in the space between decorative and functional, craft and design. By engaging users both physically and emotionally, his work earns a lasting place in their lives, giving each piece a longevity that goes beyond utility.

Tai Snaith
Tai Snaith is an Australian artist and author based in Melbourne/Naarm, working across painting, ceramics, conversation, and broadcasting. Her practice weaves making with storytelling – translating spoken ideas into visual symbols, and dialogue into meaning. Personal, collaborative and experimental, her work moves fluidly between mediums, research methods and contexts.

The Kraftsman
Arne, known as The Kraftsman, developed an early eye for beautiful objects growing up between the markets of Berlin. A trained Pattern Maker with over thirty years in Australia, he restores and rehomes quality pieces from around the world, alongside partner Nicolette, who has a gift for finding everything its perfect place.