Margaret River

Wood & Furniture

Anarchy Wood Concepts

Former barista Keanan Hardegon stumbled into woodwork through a wedding gift — a custom chopping board that made him think, *I can do that*. Now he works in timber and resin across personalised signs, charcuterie boards, children's height rulers and river tables. The pivot from café floors to home workshop, prompted by fatherhood, shows in the work: domestic in scale, made to be given.

Visual Art

Arts Margaret River

Five decades of programming—music, theatre, cinema, visual art, workshops—now anchored in Nala Bardip Mia, the purpose-built facility that locals call Margaret River HEART. The organisation's flagship event, the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival, is the largest regional literary gathering in WA. Community-run, volunteer-supported, and genuinely broad in ambition.

Wood & Furniture

Auction Boranup Timber

Auction Boranup Timber on Caves Road in Western Australia draws from the region's remarkable timber heritage, working with wood species native to this distinctive landscape. Located near Margaret River's celebrated forests, this timber studio connects directly to the natural materials that define its craft. The studio's presence in Boranup reflects a commitment to understanding timber within its ecological and geographical context—working with materials shaped by Western Australia's climate and geology. Visitors to Auction Boranup Timber discover not just finished pieces, but stories embedded in grain and character. This is furniture and timber craft rooted in place, honouring both the material and the landscape from which it emerges. Here, sustainability and beauty walk hand in hand.

Visual Art

Boranup Gallery

Thirty years in a rammed-earth building off Caves Road, deep in karri forest, and Boranup Gallery still earns the detour. New owner Pete Kalbfell runs the space with a cafe and floor full of work — Justin Webb's reclaimed-steel roosters and emus, large-format acrylics by Janey Emery, and marri or jarrah dining tables with natural edges and resin river inlays.

Visual Art

Bushy Art Gallery

Bushy Art Gallery, tucked away in Western Australia, operates as an accessible creative hub open daily from morning through afternoon. The gallery showcases visual art with a generous spirit, welcoming both established and emerging artists to exhibit work across diverse media. The space feels intimate yet energised—a place where conversations about art flow naturally and connections between maker and audience feel genuine. Whether you're seeking to acquire work, gather inspiration, or simply witness creativity in action, Bushy Art Gallery extends a warm invitation. Its consistent daily hours reflect a commitment to accessibility, making it an easy stop for anyone exploring the local art scene with curiosity and an open heart.

Ceramics & Clay

Claymates Studio

Ceramic artist Kate Lethlean runs this hand-building studio and gallery out of Cowaramup, between Margaret River and Dunsborough. Classes work in stoneware—wall sconces, pet bowls, coastal-cast forms—while Lethlean's own porcelain tableware and botanical objects, pressed from actual foliage and flowers, fill the gallery she calls the Herbarium. Studio passes are available for independent makers who want time in the space without a structured class.

Ceramics & Clay

Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics

Ten minutes from Margaret River's main street, on Caves Road, this family studio has been making hand-thrown pottery, sculpture, and moulded ceramics since 1991. The bush setting is genuinely quiet. Weekday hours are reliable; weekends require a call ahead.

Ceramics & Clay

Fi Wilkie Art @ Toot Studio

Fi Wilkie works from Margaret River's bush fringe, making paintings and collages drawn from the region's banksia woodland, birdlife, and coastline. Her plein air series has her hauling an easel across Gracetown and Redgate Beach; her collage work grew from a trip to Karijini. Prints start from $45. Workshops run from beginner collage to group sessions for regional communities.

Wood & Furniture

Ian Thwaites

Ian Thwaites makes wood furniture and design pieces from a studio in Margaret River. Designer, maker, teacher — he wears all three roles. The work is the pitch: timber turned into considered objects built to last in a home rather than outlast their welcome in a showroom.

Ceramics & Clay

Jacob Lyon Pottery

Jacob Lyon learned to throw in Dunsborough before setting up his own 150m² studio on Friesian Street in Cowaramup in 2024. The glazes reference specific local landmarks — the white sand of Meelup, the forest of Boranup. Classes run to six people, all taught by Jacob. Open weekends.

Wood & Furniture

JahRoc Galleries

Gary Bennett and David Paris have been making furniture from salvaged Western Australian native hardwoods since 1987. The main street gallery is gone — sold in 2023 after two decades — but the work continues by appointment in Margaret River. Pieces have reached collectors internationally. The current focus is custom orders, with Argyle pink diamond jewellery also available to view alongside the furniture.

Jewellery & Metalwork

Margaret River Artisan Store

A collective shop where local makers — jewellers like Andrea Isaac, leatherworkers, skincare producers, and Re-Tyre, whose shoes are made from hemp and recycled inner tubes — share one roof. The range is genuinely wide; the goods are handmade. Worth time on any Margaret River itinerary that runs past the obvious wine stops.

Visual Art

Margaret River Printmaking

Bologna-trained printmaker Francesco Geronazzo runs this Margaret River studio, teaching traditional techniques to locals and visitors. A decorated practitioner — multiple Giorgio Morandi prizes among his credits — Geronazzo splits his time between Western Australia and Italy, bringing a European printmaking education to the southwest. Classes run from the studio; works are available for purchase.

Visual Art

Martin Pavey Wood Design

Martin Pavey works by appointment from a studio on Yates Road, hand-carving bowls and sculptures from local Jarrah, Jarrah Burl, Sheoak and Marri. The ocean shapes much of his imagery — Dragon Tails, Space Starfish, Alien Egg — and prices run from $29 bottle stoppers to $3,850 sculptural pieces. Call ahead.

Wood & Furniture

McCanns Upholstery & Furniture

Five decades of upholstery work sits behind this Margaret River furniture business — domestic, commercial, motor trimming, canvas. The McCanns make furniture as well as sell it, and will re-upholster what you already own. West Australian materials feature throughout the showroom alongside beds and accessories. Custom work quoted on request.

Ceramics & Clay

Melting Pot Glass Studio

Gerry Reilly works with hot-blown and sculpted glass six mornings a week at this Margaret River studio, turning molten material into landscape series pieces, sculptural installations, and tableware stocked at Leeuwin Estate and Fremantle Arts Centre. Morning workshops take individuals and small groups through the process. The heat is real; so are the results.

Jewellery & Metalwork

Payet Gallery

Six kilometres south-west of Margaret River township, Nicholas and Francois Payet design and make everything in a purpose-built gallery-workshop on Boodjidup Road. Visitors watch the work happen. Pieces range from the $1,160 Tidal Moon Earrings to a $5,600 Johannason and Fire Ring — jewellery priced for serious collectors, made where you can see exactly how it's done.

Wood & Furniture

Solid Furniture

Solid Furniture on Ironstone Place, Western Australia, specialises in robust, beautifully crafted wooden furniture designed to last. The studio approaches each piece with integrity—selecting materials carefully and executing joinery with precision. Visitors discover furniture that works beautifully in contemporary homes while honouring traditional woodworking values. The maker's commitment to quality construction means pieces improve with age and use. Solid Furniture represents the kind of maker-driven practice where durability and design are never at odds.

Visual Art

Suzy French Art

Suzy French art Suzy French works from a studio in Metricup painting what she calls "memories of the country." Her mixed-media works on aluminium composite panel — including the 122×122cm *Earth Mother* at $7,500 — are sold direct and shipped freight-free across Australia. Commissions accepted.

Visual Art

The Farm Margaret River

A family property on Wardandi Country converted into artist studios — shearing shed, stables, hay shed — and run as a not-for-profit residency program since 2017. Artists come to work; the karri and marri bushland, an artesian spring and audible surf do the rest. Helen Taylor Mack and Darryl Mack founded it. The land informs the art. That's the whole idea.