Hanson Mineral Designs -Dianne Antonievich, Toowoomba Qld

My art journey began working with my sister's beautiful mineral photography, images of rock thin sections captured under the microscope in the geology lab.  Now my work with timber and resin allows me to incorporate Sue's mineral photography into my work as well as working with natural elements like rocks, flowers, leaves, bark, shells, seed pods and even fruit! My current work centres on embedding botanical elements into resin to make functional homewares like wine stoppers, LED lights and knife blocks. I use Australian native flowers like flowering gum, waratahs and lilly pilly leaves as they look amazing in resin.