| Art and Handcrafted brings you original and handmade articles, by talented artisans, direct from studios and galleries all over Australia. Visit the shop and buy direct from the artisan or go to the studios and galleries that are open to the public. The Trails page takes you there. |
| The Artisans Page enables you to find artisans by State or meduim. Areas of artistic expression include painting, sculpture, pottery, glass, jewellery, wood, ceramics, metal, paper, handknits, weaving and more. Links take you to a list of the artisans and then to their profile page. |
| The Trails Page, with the use of the interactive map, enables you to plan a day out visiting open studios and galleries. All you have to do is select a State, Click "Load Markers", type in your start and finish address, press "Get Directions", click markers near the route to see if you want to go there, drag the route to the marker and then click Print Directions. You are now ready for a great day out whether it by driving through the country side or walking the city streets. |
| The Exhibitions Page page is an event calendar. There you will find galleries that are having exhibition openings, studios that are normally closed having an open day or events that are being held that are all about handcrafted. |
| The Shop enables you to buy direct from artisans all over Australia online. On the first page you can see a list of newly added items and there is also a list of Featured Items. On the left is a list of mediums categorized and some will have sub categories like paintings - watercolour or jewellery - silver. You can buy from them securely using a credit card or your Paypal account. There is no middle person. Some artisans or galleries will not have articles in the shop, so make sure you have a look in the Artists or Gallery Profile. Artist/ State or Medium/ Artist Information |
| The Products Page takes you directly into the Shop. All the categories/mediums are listed and you can also do a search by product name or seller name. |
| The Mobile Website is your connection on the move. There are listings of artisans with open studios and galleries and you can just click to telephone them. There are also maps with markers and information window. The maps also enable you to get directions from where you are to the studio or gallery. The only things you will not be able to do at this stage is buy online or drag the route on a map to change directions. So, bookmark m.artandhandcrafted.com.au on your mobile and you are ready to go. We do not have an app as we feel you have everything you need available on an easy to navigate mobile website. |
