Michael Bennet
Impressions

The Chain Link Necklace in torti features glossy Italian cellulose acetate, accented with contrasting cream clasp, lilac ring, and terracotta colour-coated stainless steel carabiner.The necklace measures 54cm in length, and comes with a logo metal tag detail and branded dust bag.

2020Acrylic on canvas90 x 90cmDavid Don is a Meanjin (Brisbane) based artist whose practice investigates the intersections of contemporary art, identity, and the growing dominance of the virtual space. Working across a range of media including animation, video installation and painting, his work examines our relationships between virtual and real spaces with the use of metaphor. Don's artworks function as snapshots of these interactions and are created using multiple mediums to explore how each new medium might offer a new perspective of this core concept.

Bilums are traditional, intricately-woven bags, made by women throughout Papua New Guinea using natural fibres and recycled nylons & acrylics. The complex and unique patterns are integral to bilums, and many are particular to specific communities - recording and expressing provenance, current events and familial stories, often with spiritual or symbolic significance.Natural Fibre bilums are made from small trees and the weavers use natural plant-based dyes and as such are not designed to get wet. Please keep them dry.Each piece is entirely one-of-a-kind, and comes with a hand-written card acknowledging the cooperative and province.

Dimensions vary with every mug. Mugs are stoneware fired, dishwasher (please pack carefully to not place pressure on the handles) and microwave safe.Wendy Ma (Kaomoji Ceramics) is a Meanjin (Brisbane) based Ceramic Artist driven by a desire to stimulate joy and warmth - recognising the impact a carefully placed ceramic piece can have on a home space. Her bright, modern homewares encourage ritualistic use to elevate your mood and routine - transforming ordinary meals or your morning coffee into a relished experience.With a background in design and fashion, Wendy has been practicing in ceramics since 2015. Creating under the moniker 'Kaomoji' the term is borrowed from the Japanese art of using symbols to convey emotion.

Following on from his epic 2016 book for Perimeter Editions, S-O-M-E-O-N-E, Laith McGregor’s latest publication forges a somewhat unlikely dialogue between the artist’s often divergent processes and aesthetic outcomes. Drawing on two very different but interlinked bodies of work – McGregor’s long-running Island Drawings and more recent Island Collages – the book juxtaposes the Australian artist’s meticulously rendered, monochromatic drawings with his spontaneous, colour-rich and playfully formal collages.Archipelago skirts a line between artist book and monograph, wrangling McGregor’s works in a loose, intuitive fashion, all the while affording them the critical attention they demand. Featuring an incisive text by prominent Brisbane-based curator and writer Hamish Sawyer, the book sees McGregor continue his at once lively, conceptual, idiosyncratic and methodical explorations of a wider premise that broaches travel, diarism, exoticism, representations of the Pacific and expanded notions of the portrait.Like much of McGregor’s work, Archipelago feels measured and precise one moment, easy and breezy the next.72 pages32 x 24 cmSection-sewn hardcoverPerimeter Editions (Naarm).

2022Acrylic on canvas 61 x 91cm Samir Hamaiel is a Visual Artist based in Meanjin (Brisbane) working predominantly with paint, drawing and digital techniques. His architectural background, studying and practising in the UK, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Australia, has significantly influenced his visual approach with strong highly structured perspectives. He has a particular interest in the in-between; less celebrated urban spaces which have evolved over time and demonstrate their history with markings, signage and texture. His background is also expressed through his work. British born with an Egyptian Father and English mother, Samir explores the complexities associated with his cultural identity: the in-between spaces in his work are a representation of this in-between status.