The Thousands

It reads like a Jeopardy challenge only one mum in Brisbane, QLD is likely to ping in for. Q: “A printmaker combining a love of passionfruit, avocados, 1950s soap packaging and toasters…” A: “Who is Erin Lightfoot? (also, honey, CALL ME.)” Bonus points for picking her Klee and Kandinsky influences, the nods to Tahitian textiles and the original power-pellet muncher, Pac-Man.

A love of tangible objects drove Erin from her background in web and graphic design into the arms of jewellery, textiles, and print – and until it’s possible to knead the internet like a stressball, we’re totally onboard. Her delicate, sorbet-hued porcelain bangles, hoop earrings and brooches evince a milk bar charm; sweet, unique, probably bad for your teeth. Each involves hours of painstaking hand labour from the triple firing, application of the print (again, by hand!), and finally sanding, glazing and finishing. Phew!

Luckily it’s much easier to just buy one, and your hand will thank you, and then thank you again. For now you can also get vases, until Erin also corners the wallpaper market. More stuff for you to touch, and probably heart.