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How to create a zero-maintenance rocky garden oasis

Poor soil conditions don’t necessarily mean a poor garden. Turn your wasteland of rubble into a pretty paradise Photo via Getty Images Gardeners are constantly exhorted to improve their soil conditions, to add lime, well-rotted compost and manure, to water in the evening, to do this, do that… all to give their plants their best […]
7 things to consider when choosing joinery for your home

7 things to consider when choosing joinery for your home

Joinery plays a big role in how your house feels. This step-by-step guide will make it easy to choose the right windows and doors for your new home A step-by-step guide to selecting joinery The joinery you choose for your new home will have a huge impact not only on how your finished spaces look, […]
Person in a workshop using metal tools to work with glass near a furnace.

Our deputy editor spends a day on the tools with Monmouth Glass Studio

If you’ve ever broken a tumbler and thought nothing of it, think again. The business of crafting a bespoke glass is a lot like playing with fire There was one thing I was wary of going into this glass blowing experience – breathing in when I should be blowing out. This of course, I could […]
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How glass artist Kate Mitchell creates her famous speckled tumblers

How glass artist Kate Mitchell creates her famous speckled tumblers

Delicate, playful, textured and full of colour – Kate Mitchell’s glass work delivers it all Kate Mitchell has honed her glass art practice by watching masters at work. She’s observed the workings of studios in Venice, Prague, Shanghai, Seattle and Canberra, and she spends her weeks working for some of New Zealand’s best glass artists, […]