Afternoon sunlight filters through the linen curtain at To Hold & To Have, casting shadows of plants and the words "Manufacturing Jewellers" across the fabric.

Come In and Dwell: On Art, Beauty and the Places We Still Need

There are some places we enter without needing anything from them. Places where we are invited simply to look, to be curious and to dwell. A reflection on art, beauty, jewellery and why physical creative spaces still matter.

A lone weathered tree standing in golden winter grasslands beneath a vast plue Queensland sky o the road between Buderim and Rubyvale.

Journey Home…

The drive home felt quieter. It began with a rich red sunrise while the moon still hung low in the … More

Well-worn brown work boots and thick blue socks resting on pale mine gravel in Queensland gemfields, photographed in warm late afternoon light during Jo and Ella's Rubyvale road trip in search for Sapphires for To Hold & To Have jewellers.

From Buderim to Rubyvale – A Queensland Gemfields Road Trip. Boots on the ground – part two.

Saturday morning arrived slightly later than the previous day’s sunrise… though not much later than the kookaburras and cockatoos announcing … More