At the end of 2019, I embarked on a project to document some of the NSW Riverina’s old-world artisans.

Travelling around the regions, I looked for the men and women who have devoted their lives to keeping old traditions alive.

They are the creators that keep our communities thriving by embracing the artforms of yesteryears. The blacksmiths, the potters, the leatherworkers and the carpenters who work their hands to the bone to shun mass production in all its facets.

Here are a few of their stories:

• Preserving the old world charm of handmade millet brooms in Tumut
• The lost art of blacksmithing brought back to life in Junee
• Wheel-thrown ceramics faces revival in Wagga Wagga
• Last of the world’s great stock whipmakers in Lake Albert
• The restorative power of pioneer woodworking in the Riverina
• Upholding the ancient art of saddlery from a garage in Kooringal

More from my work at The Daily Advertiser over here.