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Root to Stem | This Friday / Saturday @ Park House on as part of Melbourne Design Week. Tickets via the link in bio.

Set amongst the artworks of Taking Shape, guests will dine within the exhibition after dark, experiencing the works in an entirely new atmosphere while reflecting on the shared ideas of transformation and material circularity explored across both art and food.

Tickets via the link in bio

#melbournefood #melbournefoodies #designweek #melbournedesignweek Thanks as always to our collaborative partners @estrentals 💙

Caro Pattle’s @caro.pattle experimental object-based practice explores handcraft processes through a lens of contemporary materiality. She draws from a range of craft disciplines to create works that joyfully muddle organic/inorganic binaries. Pattle’s practice spans large-scale public art installation through to small sculpture and is underpinned by ongoing research into material agency, object power and future worlds. Embedded across all of her output is a sense of pleasure and play.

Pattle graduated from a Bachelor of Textiles at RMIT in 2019 with a previous Bachelor of Fine Arts completed in 2009. The recipient of several travel grants and industry prizes, she was named the Australian Textile Graduate of the Year by the Design Institute of Australia for 2020. Pattle’s work was presented by Craft at the 2022 & 2023 NGV Melbourne Design Fairs and selected for the group exhibitions: Foreign Dialogues, The Gentle Going Hour, The Vessel Project, Improper Structures, By/Product, Welcome, Cheers, A Gentle Unwinding, and It’s Not Just Blue. In 2023, Pattle presented a commissioned work in Melbourne Now, Vessels at NGV Australia: Ian Potter Centre.

See her work at Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at Park House, 631 Victoria Street Abbotsford. (Entry from Victoria Street.)

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Caro Pattle’s @caro.pattle experimental object-based practice explores handcraft processes through a lens of contemporary materiality. She draws from a range of craft disciplines to create works that joyfully muddle organic/inorganic binaries. Pattle’s practice spans large-scale public art installation through to small sculpture and is underpinned by ongoing research into material agency, object power and future worlds. Embedded across all of her output is a sense of pleasure and play.

Pattle graduated from a Bachelor of Textiles at RMIT in 2019 with a previous Bachelor of Fine Arts completed in 2009. The recipient of several travel grants and industry prizes, she was named the Australian Textile Graduate of the Year by the Design Institute of Australia for 2020. Pattle’s work was presented by Craft at the 2022 & 2023 NGV Melbourne Design Fairs and selected for the group exhibitions: Foreign Dialogues, The Gentle Going Hour, The Vessel Project, Improper Structures, By/Product, Welcome, Cheers, A Gentle Unwinding, and It’s Not Just Blue. In 2023, Pattle presented a commissioned work in Melbourne Now, Vessels at NGV Australia: Ian Potter Centre.

See her work at Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at Park House, 631 Victoria Street Abbotsford. (Entry from Victoria Street.)

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Caro Pattle’s @caro.pattle experimental object-based practice explores handcraft processes through a lens of contemporary materiality. She draws from a range of craft disciplines to create works that joyfully muddle organic/inorganic binaries. Pattle’s practice spans large-scale public art installation through to small sculpture and is underpinned by ongoing research into material agency, object power and future worlds. Embedded across all of her output is a sense of pleasure and play.

Pattle graduated from a Bachelor of Textiles at RMIT in 2019 with a previous Bachelor of Fine Arts completed in 2009. The recipient of several travel grants and industry prizes, she was named the Australian Textile Graduate of the Year by the Design Institute of Australia for 2020. Pattle’s work was presented by Craft at the 2022 & 2023 NGV Melbourne Design Fairs and selected for the group exhibitions: Foreign Dialogues, The Gentle Going Hour, The Vessel Project, Improper Structures, By/Product, Welcome, Cheers, A Gentle Unwinding, and It’s Not Just Blue. In 2023, Pattle presented a commissioned work in Melbourne Now, Vessels at NGV Australia: Ian Potter Centre.

See her work at Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at Park House, 631 Victoria Street Abbotsford. (Entry from Victoria Street.)

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Caro Pattle’s @caro.pattle experimental object-based practice explores handcraft processes through a lens of contemporary materiality. She draws from a range of craft disciplines to create works that joyfully muddle organic/inorganic binaries. Pattle’s practice spans large-scale public art installation through to small sculpture and is underpinned by ongoing research into material agency, object power and future worlds. Embedded across all of her output is a sense of pleasure and play.

Pattle graduated from a Bachelor of Textiles at RMIT in 2019 with a previous Bachelor of Fine Arts completed in 2009. The recipient of several travel grants and industry prizes, she was named the Australian Textile Graduate of the Year by the Design Institute of Australia for 2020. Pattle’s work was presented by Craft at the 2022 & 2023 NGV Melbourne Design Fairs and selected for the group exhibitions: Foreign Dialogues, The Gentle Going Hour, The Vessel Project, Improper Structures, By/Product, Welcome, Cheers, A Gentle Unwinding, and It’s Not Just Blue. In 2023, Pattle presented a commissioned work in Melbourne Now, Vessels at NGV Australia: Ian Potter Centre.

See her work at Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at Park House, 631 Victoria Street Abbotsford. (Entry from Victoria Street.)

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Claire Ellis @claireellisceramics is a Canadian–Australian self-taught ceramic artist based in Coburg North, Naarm. Her practice is grounded in experimentation, material inquiry, and an ethic of care, alongside a critical engagement with politics, and processes of change.

Working with local by-products and waste streams derived from mined materials, Ellis engages ceramics as a way to attend to and revalue what is typically discarded or overlooked. Her work investigates supply chains and systems change, with a focus on seeking to process and make visible the social, environmental, and often obscured economic damage caused by the mining industry in Australia.

Ellis has exhibited her work locally and internationally. Following a nomination for a seven week artist residency in China’s ceramic capital, Jingdezhen, in 2024 she completed her first international solo exhibition.

Ellis won the innovation award at the Warrandyte Pottery Expo and was a finalist in the Churchie, Girra, Woollahra, Omnia, Wyndham, Little Things, Remagine and Northern Beaches Art Prizes. Her work has been published in magazines, journals and books and she has been an invited guest speaker at several events including The Australian Ceramics Triennale in 2022, the Robin Boyd Foundation in 2023, Melbourne Town Hall in 2024 and was a guest lecturer at the Australian National University and the Slovak Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2025.

See her work in Taking Shape on until 24th of May @ Park House 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford. @estrentals

Image @graham_alderton

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #designweekmelbourne

Claire Ellis @claireellisceramics is a Canadian–Australian self-taught ceramic artist based in Coburg North, Naarm. Her practice is grounded in experimentation, material inquiry, and an ethic of care, alongside a critical engagement with politics, and processes of change.

Working with local by-products and waste streams derived from mined materials, Ellis engages ceramics as a way to attend to and revalue what is typically discarded or overlooked. Her work investigates supply chains and systems change, with a focus on seeking to process and make visible the social, environmental, and often obscured economic damage caused by the mining industry in Australia.

Ellis has exhibited her work locally and internationally. Following a nomination for a seven week artist residency in China’s ceramic capital, Jingdezhen, in 2024 she completed her first international solo exhibition.

Ellis won the innovation award at the Warrandyte Pottery Expo and was a finalist in the Churchie, Girra, Woollahra, Omnia, Wyndham, Little Things, Remagine and Northern Beaches Art Prizes. Her work has been published in magazines, journals and books and she has been an invited guest speaker at several events including The Australian Ceramics Triennale in 2022, the Robin Boyd Foundation in 2023, Melbourne Town Hall in 2024 and was a guest lecturer at the Australian National University and the Slovak Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2025.

See her work in Taking Shape on until 24th of May @ Park House 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford. @estrentals

Image @graham_alderton

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #designweekmelbourne

Claire Ellis @claireellisceramics is a Canadian–Australian self-taught ceramic artist based in Coburg North, Naarm. Her practice is grounded in experimentation, material inquiry, and an ethic of care, alongside a critical engagement with politics, and processes of change.

Working with local by-products and waste streams derived from mined materials, Ellis engages ceramics as a way to attend to and revalue what is typically discarded or overlooked. Her work investigates supply chains and systems change, with a focus on seeking to process and make visible the social, environmental, and often obscured economic damage caused by the mining industry in Australia.

Ellis has exhibited her work locally and internationally. Following a nomination for a seven week artist residency in China’s ceramic capital, Jingdezhen, in 2024 she completed her first international solo exhibition.

Ellis won the innovation award at the Warrandyte Pottery Expo and was a finalist in the Churchie, Girra, Woollahra, Omnia, Wyndham, Little Things, Remagine and Northern Beaches Art Prizes. Her work has been published in magazines, journals and books and she has been an invited guest speaker at several events including The Australian Ceramics Triennale in 2022, the Robin Boyd Foundation in 2023, Melbourne Town Hall in 2024 and was a guest lecturer at the Australian National University and the Slovak Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2025.

See her work in Taking Shape on until 24th of May @ Park House 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford. @estrentals

Image @graham_alderton

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #designweekmelbourne

Claire Ellis @claireellisceramics is a Canadian–Australian self-taught ceramic artist based in Coburg North, Naarm. Her practice is grounded in experimentation, material inquiry, and an ethic of care, alongside a critical engagement with politics, and processes of change.

Working with local by-products and waste streams derived from mined materials, Ellis engages ceramics as a way to attend to and revalue what is typically discarded or overlooked. Her work investigates supply chains and systems change, with a focus on seeking to process and make visible the social, environmental, and often obscured economic damage caused by the mining industry in Australia.

Ellis has exhibited her work locally and internationally. Following a nomination for a seven week artist residency in China’s ceramic capital, Jingdezhen, in 2024 she completed her first international solo exhibition.

Ellis won the innovation award at the Warrandyte Pottery Expo and was a finalist in the Churchie, Girra, Woollahra, Omnia, Wyndham, Little Things, Remagine and Northern Beaches Art Prizes. Her work has been published in magazines, journals and books and she has been an invited guest speaker at several events including The Australian Ceramics Triennale in 2022, the Robin Boyd Foundation in 2023, Melbourne Town Hall in 2024 and was a guest lecturer at the Australian National University and the Slovak Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2025.

See her work in Taking Shape on until 24th of May @ Park House 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford. @estrentals

Image @graham_alderton

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #designweekmelbourne

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

Yesterday we wrapped up our kids workshop series with ‘Make Your Own Monster’, kids weaving with @austapestry

As part of Melbourne Design Week, WRAP was delighted to collaborate with the wonderful @estrentals @ikea_australia artist Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) and @austapestry on creative workshops designed for children and families celebrating storytelling, imagination, and the role creativity and design in shaping how we experience the world around us.

The workshops invited young participants to engage with design through hands-on making. These moments of play and curiosity sit closely within WRAP’s broader philosophy: that art and creative practice can foster connection, encourage creative thinking, and build meaningful experiences for all generations.

Thank you to our event partners and to all the young creatives, parents, and guardians who filled the workshops with such energy and joy!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianartist #australianartists

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

What a wonderful opening night for Taking Shape!

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of Melbourne Design Week to celebrate the exhibition launch! Seeing so many people engaging with the works, sharing stories, and connecting with the artists’ ideas was incredibly special.

A huge thank you to the artists, collaborators, and supporters who helped shape this project from concept to opening night! Our partner @estrentals and collaborators @sora_interiors @life.architecture.urban.design who helped us design the space!

Taking Shape assembles the work of twenty Australian artists and designers working across a wide range of disciplines.

Artists: @________.u______ @benjamin_baldwin @billybho @brendanhuntley @caro.pattle @claireellisceramics @den_holm @_sundance_studio_ @formaea @hannahhall.art @jay_jermyn @jeremyblincoe @jonathan_bentovim @lisa.waup @lukehday @makikoryujin @rick.s.hayward @studiotops @studioflek @twolines_studio

Open everyday until Sun 24 May, 10am – 5pm at The Park House – Riverbank, Abbotsford VIC 3067.

We hope to see you there!

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

#australianart #australianartists #australiandesign #melbournedesignweek
📸 @laura.may.grogan

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

We had the best time today with so many young artists and designers at our Illuminated Stories workshop with First Nations artist and educator Peter Hood and @estrentals. Colour and story (and paint) abounded in a beautiful workshop space designed and furnished by our friends @ikeamelbourne 🧡 Thanks so much to everyone who came and created with us! #australianart #kidsworkshops @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Luke Day is an artist based on Wadawurrung Country whose practice combines painting, sculpture, and collage, primarily using oil, acrylic, found materials, and studio debris.

Day’s works develop through a constant up-cycling of ideas and materials from one body of work to the next, overlapping histories and narratives between each piece. 

Taking Shape, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford this Design Week.

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Luke Day is an artist based on Wadawurrung Country whose practice combines painting, sculpture, and collage, primarily using oil, acrylic, found materials, and studio debris.

Day’s works develop through a constant up-cycling of ideas and materials from one body of work to the next, overlapping histories and narratives between each piece. 

Taking Shape, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford this Design Week.

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Luke Day is an artist based on Wadawurrung Country whose practice combines painting, sculpture, and collage, primarily using oil, acrylic, found materials, and studio debris.

Day’s works develop through a constant up-cycling of ideas and materials from one body of work to the next, overlapping histories and narratives between each piece. 

Taking Shape, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford this Design Week.

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Luke Day is an artist based on Wadawurrung Country whose practice combines painting, sculpture, and collage, primarily using oil, acrylic, found materials, and studio debris.

Day’s works develop through a constant up-cycling of ideas and materials from one body of work to the next, overlapping histories and narratives between each piece. 

Taking Shape, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford this Design Week.

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Melbourne based artist Ann U @________.u______ ‘shas a practice spanning ceramic sculpture, objects, lighting, and furniture.

Through intuitive making and experimentation, U embraces unpredictability as an essential part of her process. Sculpted from a custom blend of clays and aggregates, her work often uses experimental glazes and undergoes multiple firings, allowing alchemical transformations to reveal the final work.

Come see her work and that of 19 other Australian artists and designers at Taking Shape, Park House, 631 Victoria Street, this Design Week 14-24 May.

@estrentals
#australianartists #melbournedesignweek @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Melbourne based artist Ann U @________.u______ ‘shas a practice spanning ceramic sculpture, objects, lighting, and furniture.

Through intuitive making and experimentation, U embraces unpredictability as an essential part of her process. Sculpted from a custom blend of clays and aggregates, her work often uses experimental glazes and undergoes multiple firings, allowing alchemical transformations to reveal the final work.

Come see her work and that of 19 other Australian artists and designers at Taking Shape, Park House, 631 Victoria Street, this Design Week 14-24 May.

@estrentals
#australianartists #melbournedesignweek @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Melbourne based artist Ann U @________.u______ ‘shas a practice spanning ceramic sculpture, objects, lighting, and furniture.

Through intuitive making and experimentation, U embraces unpredictability as an essential part of her process. Sculpted from a custom blend of clays and aggregates, her work often uses experimental glazes and undergoes multiple firings, allowing alchemical transformations to reveal the final work.

Come see her work and that of 19 other Australian artists and designers at Taking Shape, Park House, 631 Victoria Street, this Design Week 14-24 May.

@estrentals
#australianartists #melbournedesignweek @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Melbourne based artist Ann U @________.u______ ‘shas a practice spanning ceramic sculpture, objects, lighting, and furniture.

Through intuitive making and experimentation, U embraces unpredictability as an essential part of her process. Sculpted from a custom blend of clays and aggregates, her work often uses experimental glazes and undergoes multiple firings, allowing alchemical transformations to reveal the final work.

Come see her work and that of 19 other Australian artists and designers at Taking Shape, Park House, 631 Victoria Street, this Design Week 14-24 May.

@estrentals
#australianartists #melbournedesignweek @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Root to Stem is an after-hours dining experience presented by WRAP in collaboration with Chef Johnny Hasan (Patris) and Est., set inside the immersive Taking Shape exhibition.

Across two exclusive evenings, guests are invited to gather around a shared long table for a Mediterranean-inspired tasting menu that transforms humble ingredients.

Drawing on his journey from Bangladesh to Naarm/Melbourne’s hospitality scene, local schools, and now Patris, Hasan’s approach is grounded in generosity, resourcefulness, and deeply considered flavours.

Thoughtfully using every part of the ingredient, from citrus rind to vegetable skin, the menu reimagines overlooked elements through elegant, produce-driven dishes designed to surprise and delight.

Tickets include a multi-course tasting menu and a drink on arrival, with additional beverages available for purchase. Vegetarian options and dietary requirements can be accommodated.

Limited to 35 guests per seating across two nights only.
Presented by WRAP x Chef Johnny Hasan @sspatris x Est. @estrentals

The Park House – Riverbank
631 Victoria Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067

Fri 22 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

Sat 23 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

#melbournedining #designweek #ngv #australianart @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Root to Stem is an after-hours dining experience presented by WRAP in collaboration with Chef Johnny Hasan (Patris) and Est., set inside the immersive Taking Shape exhibition.

Across two exclusive evenings, guests are invited to gather around a shared long table for a Mediterranean-inspired tasting menu that transforms humble ingredients.

Drawing on his journey from Bangladesh to Naarm/Melbourne’s hospitality scene, local schools, and now Patris, Hasan’s approach is grounded in generosity, resourcefulness, and deeply considered flavours.

Thoughtfully using every part of the ingredient, from citrus rind to vegetable skin, the menu reimagines overlooked elements through elegant, produce-driven dishes designed to surprise and delight.

Tickets include a multi-course tasting menu and a drink on arrival, with additional beverages available for purchase. Vegetarian options and dietary requirements can be accommodated.

Limited to 35 guests per seating across two nights only.
Presented by WRAP x Chef Johnny Hasan @sspatris x Est. @estrentals

The Park House – Riverbank
631 Victoria Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067

Fri 22 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

Sat 23 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

#melbournedining #designweek #ngv #australianart @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Root to Stem is an after-hours dining experience presented by WRAP in collaboration with Chef Johnny Hasan (Patris) and Est., set inside the immersive Taking Shape exhibition.

Across two exclusive evenings, guests are invited to gather around a shared long table for a Mediterranean-inspired tasting menu that transforms humble ingredients.

Drawing on his journey from Bangladesh to Naarm/Melbourne’s hospitality scene, local schools, and now Patris, Hasan’s approach is grounded in generosity, resourcefulness, and deeply considered flavours.

Thoughtfully using every part of the ingredient, from citrus rind to vegetable skin, the menu reimagines overlooked elements through elegant, produce-driven dishes designed to surprise and delight.

Tickets include a multi-course tasting menu and a drink on arrival, with additional beverages available for purchase. Vegetarian options and dietary requirements can be accommodated.

Limited to 35 guests per seating across two nights only.
Presented by WRAP x Chef Johnny Hasan @sspatris x Est. @estrentals

The Park House – Riverbank
631 Victoria Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067

Fri 22 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

Sat 23 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

#melbournedining #designweek #ngv #australianart @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

Root to Stem is an after-hours dining experience presented by WRAP in collaboration with Chef Johnny Hasan (Patris) and Est., set inside the immersive Taking Shape exhibition.

Across two exclusive evenings, guests are invited to gather around a shared long table for a Mediterranean-inspired tasting menu that transforms humble ingredients.

Drawing on his journey from Bangladesh to Naarm/Melbourne’s hospitality scene, local schools, and now Patris, Hasan’s approach is grounded in generosity, resourcefulness, and deeply considered flavours.

Thoughtfully using every part of the ingredient, from citrus rind to vegetable skin, the menu reimagines overlooked elements through elegant, produce-driven dishes designed to surprise and delight.

Tickets include a multi-course tasting menu and a drink on arrival, with additional beverages available for purchase. Vegetarian options and dietary requirements can be accommodated.

Limited to 35 guests per seating across two nights only.
Presented by WRAP x Chef Johnny Hasan @sspatris x Est. @estrentals

The Park House – Riverbank
631 Victoria Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067

Fri 22 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

Sat 23 May
First Seating: 6pm – 7:30pm
Second Seating: 8:15pm – 9:30pm

#melbournedining #designweek #ngv #australianart @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

This Melbourne Design Week, WRAP is proud to be collaborating with artist and educator Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) to deliver ‘Illuminated Stories’ — two lantern painting workshops for kids that look at how design can be used to imbue objects with story.

Join us this Saturday 16 May at The Park House, Abbotsford in a workshop space designed and furnished by the brilliant team @ikeamelbourne 🧡✨. Supported by @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #peterhood #australianartists #australianart #melbournedesignweek

This Melbourne Design Week, WRAP is proud to be collaborating with artist and educator Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) to deliver ‘Illuminated Stories’ — two lantern painting workshops for kids that look at how design can be used to imbue objects with story.

Join us this Saturday 16 May at The Park House, Abbotsford in a workshop space designed and furnished by the brilliant team @ikeamelbourne 🧡✨. Supported by @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #peterhood #australianartists #australianart #melbournedesignweek

This Melbourne Design Week, WRAP is proud to be collaborating with artist and educator Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) to deliver ‘Illuminated Stories’ — two lantern painting workshops for kids that look at how design can be used to imbue objects with story.

Join us this Saturday 16 May at The Park House, Abbotsford in a workshop space designed and furnished by the brilliant team @ikeamelbourne 🧡✨. Supported by @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #peterhood #australianartists #australianart #melbournedesignweek

This Melbourne Design Week, WRAP is proud to be collaborating with artist and educator Peter Hood (Kurnai, Yorta Yorta) to deliver ‘Illuminated Stories’ — two lantern painting workshops for kids that look at how design can be used to imbue objects with story.

Join us this Saturday 16 May at The Park House, Abbotsford in a workshop space designed and furnished by the brilliant team @ikeamelbourne 🧡✨. Supported by @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #peterhood #australianartists #australianart #melbournedesignweek

@den_holm, led by Naarm/Melbourne-based artist and designer @stevenjohnclark is a multidisciplinary studio crafting functional works that blur the line between art and utility. Clark’s background in both stonemasonry and fashion lends a layered approach to his work, drawing broad reference from architectural periods, fashion and textiles, and his own unique visual language which extends from denHolm’s furniture focus to Clark’s separate sculptural practice under his own name. WRAP are delighted to showcase works from both practices this Melbourne Design Week.

Visit these and works by 19 other artists and designers at The Park House, Abbotsford, 14–24 May.

#melbournedesignweek #australianart #australiandesign #australianartists #australiandesigners

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

@den_holm, led by Naarm/Melbourne-based artist and designer @stevenjohnclark is a multidisciplinary studio crafting functional works that blur the line between art and utility. Clark’s background in both stonemasonry and fashion lends a layered approach to his work, drawing broad reference from architectural periods, fashion and textiles, and his own unique visual language which extends from denHolm’s furniture focus to Clark’s separate sculptural practice under his own name. WRAP are delighted to showcase works from both practices this Melbourne Design Week.

Visit these and works by 19 other artists and designers at The Park House, Abbotsford, 14–24 May.

#melbournedesignweek #australianart #australiandesign #australianartists #australiandesigners

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

@den_holm, led by Naarm/Melbourne-based artist and designer @stevenjohnclark is a multidisciplinary studio crafting functional works that blur the line between art and utility. Clark’s background in both stonemasonry and fashion lends a layered approach to his work, drawing broad reference from architectural periods, fashion and textiles, and his own unique visual language which extends from denHolm’s furniture focus to Clark’s separate sculptural practice under his own name. WRAP are delighted to showcase works from both practices this Melbourne Design Week.

Visit these and works by 19 other artists and designers at The Park House, Abbotsford, 14–24 May.

#melbournedesignweek #australianart #australiandesign #australianartists #australiandesigners

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

@den_holm, led by Naarm/Melbourne-based artist and designer @stevenjohnclark is a multidisciplinary studio crafting functional works that blur the line between art and utility. Clark’s background in both stonemasonry and fashion lends a layered approach to his work, drawing broad reference from architectural periods, fashion and textiles, and his own unique visual language which extends from denHolm’s furniture focus to Clark’s separate sculptural practice under his own name. WRAP are delighted to showcase works from both practices this Melbourne Design Week.

Visit these and works by 19 other artists and designers at The Park House, Abbotsford, 14–24 May.

#melbournedesignweek #australianart #australiandesign #australianartists #australiandesigners

@estrentals @ngvmelbourne @creative_vic

“Huntley is a tactile, process-driven artist… [his] gift is his intuitive wielding of materials to marry content with form; to transform the earthly, primordial medium of clay into something airborne and free.” — Anita Spooner (Curator & Writer)

See @brendanhuntley’s work in Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at the Park House, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford.
@wrap_au @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #australianart #australianartists

“Huntley is a tactile, process-driven artist… [his] gift is his intuitive wielding of materials to marry content with form; to transform the earthly, primordial medium of clay into something airborne and free.” — Anita Spooner (Curator & Writer)

See @brendanhuntley’s work in Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at the Park House, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford.
@wrap_au @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #australianart #australianartists

“Huntley is a tactile, process-driven artist… [his] gift is his intuitive wielding of materials to marry content with form; to transform the earthly, primordial medium of clay into something airborne and free.” — Anita Spooner (Curator & Writer)

See @brendanhuntley’s work in Taking Shape this Melbourne Design Week at the Park House, 631 Victoria Street, Abbotsford.
@wrap_au @estrentals

@ngvmelbourne @creative_vic #australianart #australianartists