For 40 years Toby Muir Wilson has carved out a career as a furniture craftsman. As a schoolboy he sold wooden bowls for pocket money; today he creates exquisite functional art from native Tasmanian timbers for clients around the world.
Tasmanian furniture designer Mark Bishop buys his premium timbers by the tree. He favours the native Huon pine, seeking out ancient specimens that date back thousands of years.
Burnie artist Patrick Grieve gets much of his inspiration from the glorious landscape of the Tasmanian north-west coast – and from the work of the humble farmer.
Tasmania's island isolation breeds a unique creative spirit. Design Island is a program that showcases this creativity and celebrates the Island State's emerging young artists.
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