Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

Winner of the Art Gallery of New South Wales' first four Archibald Prizes (1922 to 1925) - and several more thereafter - was Melbourne's William Beckwith McInnes. With the Archibald wins, and then in his early 30s, McInnes was already an acclaimed landscape artist and had exhibited works painted ...

A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert their influence on the decorative arts. Around ...

Accompanying a Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art exhibition of the same name, William Yang: Seeing and Being Seen explores photographer and performer William Yang's five decades of prolific art practice. This is the first major survey exhibition and publication on the artist by a stat...

Master basket maker and willow grower, Jenny Crisp, teaches you some of the key basket weaving techniques to make 20 simple projects without the need for complicated tools. As natural materials such as wood, leather, rattan and cork continue to be used in the home, handmade woven objects, from br...