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Huon Valley

South of Hobart, the Huon Valley is a haven for woodworkers, glass artists, and ceramicists. Tasmania's rich timber heritage and wild landscapes inspire makers who settle in this quiet, creative corner.

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Nestled along the Huon Highway in Tasmania, Art House offers a distinctive blend of creative space and welcoming accommodation. This studio celebrates visual art in an intimate setting, where visitors can experience artworks within a residential context that encourages genuine connection with the work. The location, deep in Tasmania's scenic Huon Valley, creates a contemplative atmosphere—ideal for those seeking to pause and engage meaningfully with art. Whether staying overnight or visiting for the day, guests discover how creative practice thrives in this peaceful corner of the state, where landscape and artistic vision intertwine naturally.

Balfour House Gallery

An artist-run initiative on Mary Street, Balfour House has given working studio space to more than thirty artists since 2004. Cygnet is the right town for it — small, serious about making things. The gallery isn't a shopfront; it's infrastructure for practice.

Wood & Furniture

Castle Workshop

James Vaughan spent three decades teaching and sourcing timber from Tasmania's west coast mills before building his own workspace on 20 acres of river-flat pasture at Nicholls Rivulet, 40 minutes south of Hobart. The studio and gallery are open for cabinetmaking workshops. His furniture runs two tracks: calm pieces that foreground the timber, and trickier work where drawer fronts disappear flush into facades.

Art historian and textile designer Caroline Davies Choi runs this Cygnet shop from 17 Mary Street, stocking local artisan wares alongside art supplies, wearables, and homewares. It grew from a Hobart market she launched in 2016. The COLLECT scheme — interest-free loans through Arts Tasmania — means that original Tasmanian art on the walls is more accessible than you'd expect.

Cygnet Gallery operates from a prime location on Hobart's Mary Street, open daily as a vibrant hub for visual art and creative practice. This gallery celebrates contemporary artistic expression across diverse media—painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and mixed work. The consistent, generous opening hours create an inviting space where both serious collectors and curious visitors feel equally welcome. The curators demonstrate genuine passion for the artists they represent and the work they present. Cygnet Gallery serves as a vital gathering place for Hobart's creative community, fostering meaningful dialogue between makers and audiences while supporting the artists who shape Tasmania's cultural landscape.

Dr. Sawfish - Hot Glass Studio

Dr. Sawfish brings molten magic to Tasmania's Huon region with its hot glass studio practice. Visitors step into a world where skilled glassmakers transform fire and sand into luminous vessels and sculptural forms. The studio's weekend-only opening creates an intentional, unhurried atmosphere—perfect for watching artisans at work or discovering handcrafted glass pieces that capture light in unexpected ways. Whether you're a serious collector or simply curious about the ancient craft of glassblowing, this tucked-away studio offers an intimate glimpse into contemporary glass art in one of Australia's most beautiful corners.

Textile & Fibre

Geckostrands textile studio

On Kay Street in Franklin, Tasmania, Geckostrands works in fibre — spinning, dyeing, weaving. The studio sells its own work: handmade bowls and summer-weight scarves in 70% wool, 30% cashmere blend at $90.

Cygnet's largest gallery brings together painters from across the Huon Valley, the Channel, Hobart, Launceston and the Far North Coast — over 100 works in oils, acrylics, pastels and watercolours. Pastels and watercolours are framed under art glass to reduce reflection and slow fading. An interest-free COLLECT loan scheme lets buyers spread payments over 12 months.

Ceramics & Clay

IAN CLARE operates a traditional ceramics studio where clay becomes poetry in the hands of a dedicated potter. Located on Lymington Road in Tasmania, this working studio invites visitors to witness and experience the living practice of ceramic art. Functional pieces, sculptural forms, and vessels showcase the maker's deep understanding of material and form—each piece bearing the subtle signature of hand and wheel. The open studio atmosphere fosters genuine connection between maker and visitor, making it a sanctuary for those who cherish handmade objects. Open daily, it's a rare opportunity to step into an artist's authentic working space.

Lovett Gallery occupies a cherished corner of Tasmania's creative community, offering a carefully considered visual art experience. Open Thursday through Sunday, the gallery creates an intimate setting where contemporary art can breathe and speak. Tasmania's distinctive light and landscape inform the gallery's sensibility, and visiting feels like stepping into a curator's carefully curated conversation about what art can be. The gallery's selective hours suggest intentionality—each opening is a deliberate invitation to experience art in a space designed for genuine encounter rather than casual browsing. It's a gem for those seeking authentic creative discovery.

Jewellery & Metalwork

Melissa Baldock Silversmith

Melissa Baldock works from a studio on her 50-acre property at Snug, cutting eucalyptus silhouettes by hand with a jeweller's saw and using copper alloys—sterling silver, shibuichi, shakudo—alongside mokume gane for their capacity to oxidise into earthy tones. Her background in horticulture and land conservation shapes everything; the Tasmanian landscape is the material as much as the metal.

Wood & Furniture

Thirty years of boat building informs everything Ned Trewartha makes in his Woodbridge workshop — Huon pine dining tables with blackwood bowtie joints, shadow chairs, small sculptures, and ukuleles in various stages of build. One-off pieces and commissions only; nothing here is repeated. The workshop doubles as a gallery, so you're buying direct from the person who made it.

Wood & Furniture

Phoenix Creations

Cygnet's Phoenix Creations runs spoon carving workshops out of its small Tasmanian studio, with Huon pine salad servers among the finished pieces for sale. At $215 a session, the workshops offer hands-on time with timber rather than just the object. A gift certificate is available if you'd rather pass the experience along.

Printshop4me invites you into the vibrant world of contemporary printmaking nestled in Tasmania's creative heart. This welcoming studio celebrates the tactile magic of traditional and innovative print techniques, where visitors discover how artists transform ideas onto paper through relief, screen, and lithographic processes. The thoughtfully extended hours—open six days a week with weekday access from early morning—make it easy to pop in and explore finished prints, editions, and artist collaborations. Whether you're a seasoned collector or simply curious about the meditative craft of printmaking, Printshop4me feels like stepping into a maker's world where every impression tells a story.

Wood & Furniture

The Edge of Nature Tasmania

The Edge of Nature Tasmania studio celebrates the inherent beauty of timber, creating furniture and pieces that honor the wood's character infused with respect for forest ecosystems and sustainable practices.

The Elm & the Raven

Emma Coombes makes photographs that sit somewhere between landscape and still life — painterly, shadow-heavy compositions built around Tasmanian wildlife and native textures. Working from The Artisan's Hand collective in Cygnet, she's twice been a finalist in the Henry Jones Art Prize. Her prints are available through the studio's online shop.

Textile & Fibre

Woodbridge Hill Handweaving Studio

Woodbridge Hill Handweaving Studio, nestled on Woodbridge Hill Road in Tasmania's Derwent Valley, celebrates the meditative craft of handweaving. Here, on traditional looms, weavers create textiles of remarkable beauty—from functional homewares to art textiles that showcase pattern, colour, and technique in perfect balance. The studio embodies the quiet focus that weaving demands, surrounded by the rolling Tasmanian landscape. Visitors often find themselves mesmerised by the rhythm of the looms and the emerging fabrics. Open weekdays and Sunday mornings, this is a sanctuary for those who understand that craft is also contemplation.

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