Once a Post-Office… GALLERY will open its doors to the public during the upcoming Hinterlands Arts Trail. The GALLERY, as you may have guessed, is situated in the building that was once the post office at Peachester.
Once a Post-Office… GALLERY and ‘Qlunk! studio are run by Bridget Rook, who purchased the abandoned Queenslander just prior to the outbreak of the big ‘C’.
Expect to find unique ‘Jewellery, Small Objects and Curiosities’, contributed by both local and interstate artists. M.J.Hackett has created wonderful blackened steel bangles. They are textured, yet smooth and wonderful to wear, which is surprising if you know that they are forged from recycled steel cans. You’ll never look at a steel Baked Beans can the same way once you’ve laid eyes on the metalsmith from Melbourne’s work.
Other handmade pieces include glass bead necklaces from Ursula, of ‘The Little Glass House Beads’. Bilha Smith will also contribute necklaces constructed from crystals and beads, collected from her many travels. Each bead and necklace tell a story of a time and place.
Small bronze cast sculptures from Neon.Bee include ‘Torsion’, a bronze jester standing on a pomegranate, which was cast in a foundry in the SOF. A small bronze unicorn of metallic blue, titled ‘Backyard Chrysalis’, provokes the story of an imagined evolution.
During the Arts Trail, the Gallery will also have tasters of works by local artists who are participating in the Glass House/Landsborough trail. Juwel makes limited edition, sustainable kangaroo skin bags with a 70’s festival vibe. Melanie Augustin is also a jeweller, who uses recycled metal to make special silver and gold petal earrings and pendants. Cotemporary landscape artist Annie McIntosh exhibits widely, showing of her love of colour and creating mood within her works. Heather Gall’s fine art focuses on native flora and fauna. The wonderful Glass House Mountains and birds feature predominantly in her work.
The space is developing into an eco ArtsHub. ‘People are keen to attend workshops where they can try their hand at being creative, and learn jewellery, metalsmithing, and other visual arts skills…so I’ll be focusing on this aspect more in the future.’
A flag will be flying. Entrance is via the little porch adjacent to the pedestrian crossing in the heart of Peachester village.
Once a postoffice… GALLERY
28 Coochin Street, Peachester
Open during Hinterlands Art Trail, 19th till 25th of May.
A pop-up event during the weekend of 3/4th June for World Environment Day on the 5th
M.J. Hackett
Neon.Butterfly
Bilha Smith
Little Glass House Beads
Katie Bourchier
David Marsden Objects
Juwell
Annie McIntosh
Melanie Augustin
Crafty Lady