About Me
Obsidian Whispers was born from my deepest love of the natural world, and its many wonders.
David Attenborough’s documentaries filled my childhood with curiosities for all living things and that childhood now fuels my art today.
Portraying the beauty and intricacy of these smallest of creatures is my uppermost goal. To be creative and immortalise nature that everyone can enjoy in their home is a great privilege.
My Story
I am 26yo artist based on the Central Coast in NSW Australia.
I started my career in the field of animation and design, however shortly after completing that degree I decided that animation wasn't for me so over the last couple of years I have trained and am currently working as a Veterinary Nurse where I have Obsidian Whispers as my creative outlet.
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I have always loved creating art and drawing from a young age, and that married with my keen interest in the natural world lead to the creation of Obsidian Whispers.
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My goal for Obsidian Whispers is to create beautiful oddities and home decor that is affordable without sacrificing quality. It is a fine balance but I believe that I have found it, and I will always continue to improve my craft. ​
Goals for Obsidian Whispers
2024 - 2025
Product Development
I am aiming to create a wider range of products for the store. Smaller items within the $10 - $40 range. I am very happy with my product line for domes and frames but I believe that I need some smaller range items.
2025 - 2026
Streamline Workflow
I would like to improve my workflow so that I have more products available more often throughout the year.
2026 - 2027
Build a Community
I would love to develop and expand my outreach on a social media and customer basis. I want to meet like minded people and have a sense of community.
My Favourite Literature
Gustave Doré, Printmaker, Illustrator and Artist.
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I have only just started reading this book (May 2024) and I absolutely adore Gustave Dorés work.
The Illustrations are so detailed and fantastical
I cannot stop looking at them every time I open a page.
I credit this book and its illustrations contained as the original source of images used within my website.
Photos I have taken of images in this book are used throughout my site as follows.
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Home and Terms and Conditions, Privacy policy pages: pg 130 “The Fantastic Gustave Dore” illustration: “Roland lodges his anchor into the sea monsters gaping mouth” A Dore Illustration on “Orlando Fuurioso” an epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto (Canto XI, 31)
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Shop, About, Care and Events pages: pg 120 “The Fantastic Gustave Dore” illustration: “The gigantic monster’s undulations echo the flight of the birds” Dore’sillustration on “Paradise lost” by John Milton (Book VII, 387 - 389)
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Shop pages and Gallery: Pg115 “The Fantastic Gustave Dore” Illustration: “The fall of Satans army” Dore’s illustration on “Paradise lost” by John Milton (Book I, 44-45)
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Contact and Ethics pages: pg110 “The Fantastic Gustave Dore” Illustration: “Satan clinging to a precipitous rock face” a Dore Illustration on “Paradise lost” by John Milton (book II, 948-950)
The Enemy - Charles Baudelaire in The Flowers of Evil - Translation by Anthony Mortimer
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“My youth was nothing but a darkling storm
Shot through at times by brilliant bursts of sun;
And in my garden few red fruits remain
After the thunder’s ravages and the rain.
Now I have reached the time of Autumn thoughts When spade and rake are needed to reclaim
The flooded land where water has dug out
Holes in the earth, gaping as wide as tombs.
Who knows if the new flowers that I dream of
Will ever find in this poor soil, washed clean
Like some bleak strand, their mystic quickening food?
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- O sorrow, sorrow! Time consumes our life;
The Enemy who gnaws our hearts unseen
Grows tall and waxes strong on our lost blood.”
