Making art and craft shouldn’t cost the earth.
We help you rethink art supplies and create amazing things using discarded, every-day materials.
Have fun in a small group setting.
Become a maker,
and a mindful consumer
Circular Art and Craft offers fun, affordable events and workshops in a garden studio in Melbourne or at a venue of your choice.
No experience is needed and you will be guided to make a mosaic, mixed media or other work for your home or garden. We encourage affordable creativity and care for the environment.
We use discarded, remnant, preloved items from homes and businesses. We can accommodate people who have National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support.
Experimenting with materials and creating with us is a chance to ‘go analogue’ - an antidote to the digital, screen-based world that dominates lives.
The ethos is ‘use what you have and see where it takes you’.
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About Amanda Tattam
Amanda is a visual artist and writer with a passion for sustainability. She has been making indoor and outdoor mosaics, mixed media and textiles for over 20 years. Amanda runs community projects and beginners’ art and craft workshops. She is a mosaic tutor at Wyreena Community Art Centre in Croydon, and believes everyone can tap into their creativity if they have the freedom and encouragement in the right environment.
Amanda uses discarded or donated items such as ceramics, glass, tiles, marble, plastic and other found, remnant materials that would otherwise be thrown away.
She believes that stories and memories are held in reused materials. By intentionally repurposing these items, their history lives on. The materials come together in unexpected ways and begin anew on reimagined surfaces. Amanda has a strong interest in the health benefits of creative activity and began her working life as a registered nurse before moving into journalism and communications.
Amanda has a Certificate IV in Visual Arts from Melbourne Polytechnic. Studying in Italy in 2017 also led to a deeper appreciation of classical mosaic techniques and styles. Amanda is a board member of the Textile Art Community Art Space and a member of the Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand (MAANZ). She was Editor of the Mosaic Association’s national magazine between 2022 and 2025.
She has participated in a number of group exhibitions and her mosaic works have won awards in the MAANZ NSW and national exhibitions in 2018 and 2021.
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Since the pandemic when people turned to making things in their leisure time, art and craft supplies have flooded the online shopping space making it much easier to buy things on a whim.
You don’t need to spend money to enjoy being creative.
It is possible to make things with what you have around you or by sourcing things second-hand, sharing resources, and using ‘old’ things you may have in your household or extended family.
Over-consumption - where we buy things we don’t always need - is hurting people and our environment.
A circular framework means rethinking some habits. We can design things that are renewable, re-use materials for as long as possible, repair items and reimagine broken things like an old tea cup or plate.
What does creativity have to do with the circular economy?
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