New items added to the Klei web store

Pebble necklace on suede
Small cupped necklace

Lighter necklaces

We have thought about lots of our loyal customers who told us they love wearing our heavier pebble necklaces but feel the weighed down by all that porcelain and silver.
With this new line we are giving your vertabrae a break without compromising on design. Our new range of necklaces are so easy to wear you may forget you have one on.
A small selection will be added to the web store in the next few days.

White Christmas at Craft Victoria

We made 12 of these freestanding objects, all one of a kind, for Craft Victoria's "White Christmas". We avoided bending the wire into typical Christmas shapes, hoping instead that whoever bought them would keep them out on display all year round.

Cupped necklace & earrings

Embossed animal necklaces make it to the shop.

A selection from our Double Pendant Range has been added to our online store.
Check them out for more info.

Rose street's virtual market

Now you don't even have to visit Melbourne to get a preview of whats on show at the Rose st Artist Market. Their new online store is showcasing a selection of works by a group of regular stallholders.
We are happy to be offering our Stig Twig range.

Handmade in Bloom

We will be taking part in the Handmade in Bloom Market in Canberra on the 11th and 12th of September. It's all taking place in a new venue, The Yarralumla Woolshed, which looks like an amazing space.
There is a great line-up of designers and craftspeople showing their wares.
The twilight market on the Friday night operates from 6 to 9pm and Saturday from 10am to 4pm.

Finders Keepers Blog

A big thanks to Finders Keepers for the profile on their blog.
They have lots of informative interviews with designers, makers and retailers from all over Australia.
Check it out.

Stoneware terracotta

Finders Keepers at The Carriageworks

Come and visit us at The Finders Keepers Market this Friday and Saturday. The Market is a bi-annual event, held in Sydney, that showcases the work of over 60 emerging designers and artists from all around Australia. The markets will be held on the 15th and 16th of May at The CarriageWorks in Sydney’s Inner West.

Check out the website for a list of designers showing their wares.

New Klei Collars

A new take on one of our existing products.
These are a lightweight version of our felt lined wool/mohair collars.
They are made from a 100% wool outer and lined with a cashmere/merino wool blend inner.
Stay tuned, we are working on some interesting colour combos that will warm up your winter.

Raku balloon forms

No fever like gold fever.

Here is a preview of some of our new pieces in gold vermeil.

Claude (the bird) in Armadale

If in Armadale check out our new stockist "Claude (the Bird)".
Claude (the Bird) offers a range of luxury products for those who appreciate quality, style and care about the planet in which they live. With fabrics in organic cotton, linen and bamboo, Claude has garments that will keep you cool in the Summer months ahead.

Almost Black

Clusters of Klei

We know a series of vessels is complete when there isn't any more room to display them on our side table.

Shades of Klei

Summer layers replace winter layers.

Klei in Sydney

We will be showing our wares at the pyd design market which takes place on Sunday 26th as part of the Danks Street Festival in Waterloo.
The pyd building is located at 197 young st.
For more infomation visit the pyd website.

Porcelain rings

This style ring was our first foray into making jewellery from clay.
Initially we thought we may some control over the sizing but the stoneware firing process had other ideas! We have found it impossible to gauge how much each ring will shrink in the kiln.
These rings are not cast from a mold, they are hand built so the form is never the same.

Tube necklace

Porcelain rock necklace

Lidded vessel

Pebble bangles and necklaces

Craft and Design as a Career

We are very pleased to be taking part in Craft Victoria's Month about Making.
A Month About Making is a festival of public events, workshops, residencies, exhibitions and forums focusing on the practical and conceptual elements of making, inherent in craft and design. Throughout August, A Month About Making will explore current trends in craft and design practice, professional development opportunities for practitioners, contemporary craft and design philosophy and writing, and the place for 'making' within creative and cultural industries.
Barbara and I will be speaking at the Craft and Design as a Career seminar taking place on the 29th of August.
There is a interesting and varied line up of people talking about their work and the different experiences they have encountered along the way.

Architectural ring

Double sided rivet rings

Normally "two faced" is not a positive way of describing someone but "two faced" things are a completely different matter.
Our rivet rings include a double sided porcelain disc that can rotate to show both sides.

Silver overlay necklaces

Magnolia Square in Malvern

Magnolia Square is back in Malvern this Thursday to Saturday.
This pop up shopping concept is thoroughly unique and overflowing with products and ideas that are exceptional in their originality, quality & style. Drawing on a growing stable of over 150 talented artists, designers, stylists, craftspeople and gourmets, the product mix is diverse and unique.


We have made a limited run, thirty to be exact, of these notepad and coloured pencil sets that will make their first appearance at our stall on Thursday.
The blanco note books are made from 100% recycled paper and Barbara has hand drawn and coloured all the cover images.
What can I say about the pencils, Who doesn't love a pencil made from a twig!

Out of sight, out of mind.

These porcelain faceted components were made over a year ago but we just couldn't work out what to do with them.
They were put away and forgotten about.
Barbara found them while looking for something else and they sat on our workbench for about 2 weeks (They were too pretty to put back in a drawer and forget about again).
Seeing them sitting there every day helped in keeping them at the forefront of our minds and we found a way to use them.

Cotton Collars

These cotton collars are lined with soft jersey and feature a chunky plastic zip.
They are available at Rose st Artist Market and I LIKE YOU which are both located in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
They can be worn in at least 3 different ways and counting and did I mention they're reversible!