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Garland magazine The stories behind what we make Garland is a platform that features thoughtful writing about objects.

The quarterly issue includes a long-form essay on a single object, as well as a focus on a city in the region, craft classics, workshops and an online exhibition. Garland includes work from around the world, but with a Pacific perspective, reflecting the dialogue of cultures in this region. The first issue was launched at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea, and the second is launched as part of the Adelaide Biennial.

For Whom the Tale's Told: Tripping over reality in Udon ThaniRudee Tancharoen presents three works that trouble the stor...
11/11/2025

For Whom the Tale's Told: Tripping over reality in Udon Thani

Rudee Tancharoen presents three works that trouble the stories we tell ourselves.
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We are all products of stories. Often, the truth—or falsehood—within them matters less than the power they hold. For Whom the Tale’s Told invites viewers to observe, question, and reflect on how narratives shape reality—how belief can construct truth, and how stories, once accepted, guide the way we understand the world. A story does not need to be true to wield power. When enough people believe, belief itself becomes authority—and from authority, new stories emerge in endless succession. We do not live entirely within “truth,” but within fragments carefully framed for us to accept. Even when we recognize this, we sometimes choose the comfort of narrative over the discomfort of reality. Perhaps this is how societies sustain harmony: by agreeing, consciously or not, to uphold certain tales. In the end, truth may not always be what society desires most.

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Richard McVetis, A Happening of Things, from the Cheongju Craft Biennale international prize. This embroidered moon co...
06/11/2025

Richard McVetis, A Happening of Things, from the Cheongju Craft Biennale international prize.

This embroidered moon connects the "cellular and celestial", linking the micro-scale of our existence to the vastness of the cosmos. McVetis sees it as a "landscape of time," exploring the intangible through tangible.

Enjoy today's full moon 🌕

Have your say about Garland's future. 🌸 We're here! A decade ago, who could have imagined this modest platform would bec...
05/11/2025

Have your say about Garland's future. 🌸

We're here! A decade ago, who could have imagined this modest platform would become home to more than 2,000 stories? Each one is a testament to the creativity and craft thriving across the wider world—and to readers like you who value thoughtful writing about beautiful objects.

Now it's time to chart a course for the future. Our plan in 2026 is to "cross the river", which will involve trying out new options.

Your voice matters. As a community-led platform, we need to hear from you about how we can honour and build upon this bounty of creativity. What do you value most? What would you like to see more of? How can Garland serve the makers and thinkers who form our circle?

Please fill out our survey before 14 November. Your insights will directly inform our plans for 2026 and beyond. As a thank you for your time, we'll award a lifetime subscription to the most thoughtful response.
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Image: Wanda Gillespie, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 2014, carving in suar, walnut, leather, sheoak, banksia, leather, 350 x 200 x 200mm

Cinnamon Lee ✿ NoctuaWe ask Cinnamon Lee about the origins of her MAKE award-winning lamp/jewel that honours the Bogong ...
04/11/2025

Cinnamon Lee ✿ Noctua

We ask Cinnamon Lee about the origins of her MAKE award-winning lamp/jewel that honours the Bogong moth. .lee

https://garlandmag.com/cinnamon-lee/

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Despite a few attempts to set up moth traps in my backyard, I rarely managed to actually lay eyes on any of the species I had studied for the Lux Nocturna exhibition. Despite citizen science assurance of their presence in my location, I had really only seen the hawk moth specimens through other people’s photographs.

I chose the Bogong moth primarily because it was much closer to home — quite literally. They are a nocturnal species I regularly encounter around my house, often fluttering out of freshly dried laundry, darting toward the safety of darkness. At first glance, they are very modest-looking— small, with dark grey-brown wings. But if you look closely, they have subtle yet distinct markings: they have a set of slightly paler splotches on each wing with what appears to me to be thin black thorns tucked underneath. Occasionally, the larger spots can resemble tiny love hearts. I find them beautiful in their understatement

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Have your say about Garland's future. 🌸 We're here! A decade ago, who could have imagined this modest platform would bec...
03/11/2025

Have your say about Garland's future. 🌸

We're here! A decade ago, who could have imagined this modest platform would become home to more than 2,000 stories? Each one is a testament to the creativity and craft thriving across the wider world—and to readers like you who value thoughtful writing about beautiful objects.

Now it's time to chart a course for the future. Our plan in 2026 is to "cross the river", which will involve trying out new options.

Your voice matters. As a community-led platform, we need to hear from you about how we can honour and build upon this bounty of creativity. What do you value most? What would you like to see more of? How can Garland serve the makers and thinkers who form our circle?

Please fill out our survey before 14 November. Your insights will directly inform our plans for 2026 and beyond. As a thank you for your time, we'll award a lifetime subscription to the most thoughtful response. See link in bio.
https://airtable.com/appGYGBCmj6vGE1cE/pagQIA2q8kifRicLr/form

Image: Wanda Gillespie, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 2014, carving in suar, walnut, leather, sheoak, banksia, leather, 350 x 200 x 200mm

31/10/2025

Sara Sánchez, from Villa de Ordaz, Oaxaca, invites us to discover her traditions for Día de Mu***os.
Gracias Raquel Bessudo
https://garlandmag.com/galbani/

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31/10/2025

Sara Sánchez, from Villa de Ordaz, Oaxaca, invites us to discover her traditions for Día de Mu***os.
Gracias Raquel Bessudo
https://garlandmag.com/galbani/

El Anatsui's Rising Sea: Monumental architecture at human scaleJessica Hemmings finds that El Anatsui’s monumental texti...
30/10/2025

El Anatsui's Rising Sea: Monumental architecture at human scale

Jessica Hemmings finds that El Anatsui’s monumental textile sculpture holds its own amidst the architectural pride of the Bilbao Guggenheim.
https://garlandmag.com/el-anatsuis-rising-sea/

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Collected, prized, re-visioned: Donna Dinsdale’s textile sculpturesviv davy writes about a textile artist who draws on t...
29/10/2025

Collected, prized, re-visioned: Donna Dinsdale’s textile sculptures

viv davy writes about a textile artist who draws on the material heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand to connect across generations.
https://garlandmag.com/donna-dinsdale/

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Sensitive Beings: A plainspoken dialogue on self and emotionQiao Zhang reflects on the exhibition she curated that seeks...
28/10/2025

Sensitive Beings: A plainspoken dialogue on self and emotion
Qiao Zhang reflects on the exhibition she curated that seeks to touch our emotional being.
https://garlandmag.com/sensitive-beings/

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Virginia Keft ✿ Pinampi madjam guruwa dja (Remember the flying fox in the gum tree)Our October laurel, Virginia Keft, cr...
27/10/2025

Virginia Keft ✿ Pinampi madjam guruwa dja (Remember the flying fox in the gum tree)

Our October laurel, Virginia Keft, creates fibre works that honour the grey-headed flying fox, whose colonies reflect the link between ecology and culture.
https://garlandmag.com/virginia-keft/

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