Helen Timbury Design

31/05/2026

The day my perforated corten steel panels were installed at the upgraded Civic Park playground in Drouin I was so proud and happy to see my linocut designs working in steel. I took these photos back then.

Five years on, the panels have rusted nicely. I keep meaning to go back and get better photos but there are always children there.

30/05/2026

Up early in the studio Sunday morning to check the results of yesterday’s random print session.

After completing an edition earlier there were a couple of ink colour leftovers. Enough to explore some overprinting on a pile of monoprint/spoils/maybes.

30/05/2026

FORTESCUE BAY CAMP, linocut: A shady campsite where the Eucalypts grow straight and tall, only branching out at the top. In Tasman National Park, Tasmania. Two block linoprint with hand colouring.

This is one of the unframed prints at next week.

Saturday 6th June in your diary. Spend a winter’s day browsing the superb potters, printmakers and artisans. Brunch on the Meeniyan CWA’s scones, homemade jam and cream or sip homemade soup in the quaint supper room. All in the Meeniyan Hall 10-2. Plan yourself a wholesome day out.

28/05/2026

In my box of handmade prints I'll have my one last linoprint of On Squeaky Beach at Meeniyan Makers Market on Saturday 6th June10-2. Spend a winter’s day browsing the superb potters, printmakers and artisans.
Brunch on the Meeniyan CWA’s scones and jam or homemade soup in the quaint supper room. All in the Meeniyan Hall

25/05/2026

New poster design! What a pleasure it was drawing this for Yarragon Studio Winterfeast. One afternoon at Yarragon's beautiful St Jarlath's Church offering the best of Australian music, food and wine.

Featuring Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano) and friends, Samantha Cohen (lute/theorbo/guitar) and Geoffrey Morris (guitars).

Come with Yarragon Studio on a journey with beautiful baroque instruments from Lutes and theorbos to modern classical guitars in an exploration of works through the ages.

Part 1: There will be a demonstration of a range of plucked instruments and discussion of their part in the rise of the solo singer and the birth of opera.
Part 2: A concert of Baroque opera works with Continuo including The incredible Didos Lament by Purcell, and works by Handel..
Part 3: Will move into arias by Mozart and Spanish works with guitars de Falla, Mozart, and finish with some surprises, perhaps a tango or two or some Sondheim!

Food: Long Paddock (Lindenow); Wine: Entropy Wines; Proud Mary Coffee

All tickets include concerts, food & wine

Early Bird: $100 SOLD OUT
Concession: $125
Standard: $145
Pay It Forward: $125 (donate a ticket)
Date: Sunday 2 August 2026 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Here's the link to get tix: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1531669

24/05/2026

Walking with my mum in Drouin at the end of our street

24/05/2026

Looking back 5 years to 2021 and we were still in the grip of the covid 19 pandemic: masking, isolating, locked down, zoom sessions, rat tests.

I was incredibly grateful to be commissioned by Baw Baw Shire Council to create this artwork for a postcard around the theme of social connectedness. It was a difficult brief: how to reference such a dire situation and at the same time produce a compelling postcard design which a might make us all feel a teensy bit better.

Some of the stories within the illustration are very sad ( look carefully to see the figure crying alone beside a grave with only a small dog for comfort), some are uplifting.

Time slowed, there was the quiet consolation of birdwatching and nature. The colour palette I chose, rose pink and grass green painted some kind of hope. The much loved yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus funereus) were an apt icon — early naturalists noted that "against its bright yellow tail and cheek patches, the bird's overall sooty-black appearance felt mournful and “funereal”

24/05/2026

Insidiously, the right aim to set up a series of fake parties to trick voters. Please sign the petition and spread the word if you can.

Rightwing operatives have registered fake progressive parties to steal votes and funnel preferences to One Nation in Victoria. But there’s a fix already on the table – and Victorians have a chance to get it passed before November. Add your name ✍️

23/05/2026

Weird photo of a bird print on unrefined tissue paper which was headed to the sorbent factory.

How did I get my hands on this paper? A pack burst open as it was being unloaded on the Melbourne docks. I was given a few sheets by the someone in the stevedore company. It’s lasted me over 10 years.

The print got wet this month and I noticed how it expanded to look like a piece of felt.

It is photographed on an old stool in the studio foyer. They are my feet.