Here is the next group of works I created as part of The Craft + Design Creative Challenge 2025. This is from 31 drawings which I started 1 July along with more than 400 participants! What an amazing outcome for this important initiative. Makers and Designers are mentored, inspired and motivated every day to respond to a daily word prompt. You can visit my Instagram and Facebook accounts to see more. This time I’ve put in a grid of images and chosen a select few to hint at the story behind the drawing. This PDF lists detailed stories so you can live vicariously through my travels and art interpretations of Vienna and Spain or jump to below for a quick read. Enjoy!
1st Grid | Top row word prompts | Naked – based on a sculpture from Upper Belvedere, Vienna ; Lush – tile patterns from the Alhambra; Twined – my husband makes little plaited bookmarks.
Middle row | Nest – based on the wallpaper in our Viennese apartment; Rewild – protecting and preserving birdlife and habitats in Ronda, Spain; Understory – Spanish Heath while pretty are highly invasive in Australia.
Bottom row | Rhythm – Flamenco includes rhythmic hand clapping & feet stamping & dance; Water – inspired by courtyard floor mural in Vienna; Rejuvenate + clever design = positive change (MAK, Vienna).
2nd Grid | Top row word prompts | Echo (drawing inspired by The Drowning Dog by Spanish Painter Goya; Corroboree Frog (Australia) with Fire Salamander (Spain); Mosaic floor, Austrian National Library, Vienna.
Middle row | Messy (Colour wheel now a drinks wheel 😉 Luminous inspired by Olfur Eliasson, Thyssen Museo, Madrid; Infinite – every day is infinite with the sun setting/rising.
Bottom row | Moon – Jupiter has a moon called Europa! Feral – the Iberian Lynx coming back from the brink; Untamed inspired by Don Quixote and him being an ‘untamed brute’!
