a bush christmas
Interiority: There’s magic in the house
Introducing our new Interiority series – a mishmash of inspiration drawn from one of Southern Wild Co’s signature fragrances. This week we’re start...
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Archibald prize
Art of life – The everyday world of Lucy Culliton
Grasses 2021, oil on canvas 137.5 x 137.5cm, Lucy Culliton Lucy Culliton paints the things that she finds beauty in and the things she hop...
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A yarn with…
There’s gold in them hills
Taking inspiration from the lives of Hill End’s gold rush inhabitants, Camie Lyons upped the anti on her physical making process, dragging branches...
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candles
The Alchemy of SWC: The Shedquarters
Artist’s emotive brushstrokes and evocative words from Australian storytellers directly shape our candle range, but it’s a patchwork of inspiration...
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Art
Australian Fairies
We have always loved this artist's illustrations but it was only recently, when we stumbled upon the iconic image of ‘Bridget Cuddled up Against a ...
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Art
Artists we loved in 2020
We wrote about so many brilliant Australian talents in 2020 – new and emerging, mid-career and settled in, all of them shining so brightly. Here we...
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Australia
A May night on the Mountains
The inspiration behind our Signature Candle ‘Southern Sky’, Henry Lawson’s poem ‘A May Night on the Mountains’ is a tribute to the Milky Way and th...
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Australian made candles
Southern Sky
As the sky fades from purple to black and a million stars appear, the crisp night air descends and sitting by a smoky campfire in the Australian b...
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A yarn with…
Photographer Liam Foster
Like-minded nature lover, photographer Liam Foster caught our attention early on in our Southern Wild Co journey with his moody captures of the Aus...
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Australia
‘The best love affairs are those we never had’
Blue Mountains artist, Norman Lindsay said, ‘I have taken the feminine image as a dominant factor in my concept of life, both because I love the be...
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Australian writer
Finding the beautiful place within that’s always home
Author Sara Moss reflects on her carefree and creative childhood growing up on the mid-north coast of NSW and shares five tips for aspiring authors.
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Australia
A Bush Christmas
A Bush Christmas by one of our favourite bush poets, C. J. Dennis, captures the true spirit of an Australian Christmas. Imagine cicadas buzzing.
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