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Founded in 2006, Gaffa Creative Precinct has evolved from it’s origins in Surry Hills to now expanding across two locations—281 Clarence Street and 30 Shirlow Street—Gaffa serves as a catalyst for artistic creation, exhibition and discourse.

21/08/2026

SAVE THE DAYE - Sydney Craft Week at 281 Clarence Street.

ASSEMBLY. A Reimagined Retail Environment
9 October - 1 November 2026
Friday - Sunday | 10 AM - 5 PM

Celebrating 20 years of supporting design-led craft, Gaffa Creative Precinct presents ASSEMBLY. An activated exhibition and retail experience bringing together a curated cohort of contemporary makers working across craft and design.

Featuring collectible, functional and object-based works alongside live demonstrations, ASSEMBLY celebrates the processes, skills and stories behind contemporary making.

Designed to be lived with, used and shared, each object considers how craft shapes connection, hospitality and everyday ritual. Move beyond the white cube and join us for a month of immersion!

Marking Gaffa’s 20-year evolution as a creative precinct, ASSEMBLY continues our belief that meaningful cultural exchange flourishes between disciplines, makers and communities.

Free Entry — Registration Now Open

25/06/2026

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A well-stocked bench makes all the difference 💪 .

Our Bench Refresh Sale is all about the consumables and essentials you’ll reach for every day - including saw blades, drill bits, emery paper, burs and selected tools. Whether you’re heading back to study, restocking the studio or planning your next project, now is the perfect time to refresh your bench.

Bench Refresh Sale applies to selected products only. Discounts are applied while stocks last and cannot be used in conjunction with other offers. Sale ends 09.07.2026 or while stocks last.

What sustains a contemporary jewellery practice? What ideas linger at the workbench long after the tools are put down?Ou...
23/06/2026

What sustains a contemporary jewellery practice? What ideas linger at the workbench long after the tools are put down?

Our latest Crafted Stories feature takes us to Tasmania’s State of Flux Workshop - a collaborative workshop, gallery and retail space nestled within the Salamanca Arts Centre precinct in nipaluna/Hobart. More than a studio, State of Flux has become a vital hub for contemporary jewellery and object-making, fostering connection, dialogue and exchange across local and international creative communities.

We sat down with collective members Trudi Brinckman, Anna Weber, Jane Hodgetts, Gabbee Stolp and Emma Bugg to discuss the influences, materials and questions that continue to shape their practices.

Follow the link in our bio to explore the full story and discover why spaces like State of Flux remain essential to the cultural ecosystems that support contemporary craft.

To find out more, explore the practices of:
Trudi brinckman (Trudi Brinckman)
Emma Bugg • Jeweller (Emma Bugg)
Jane Hodgetts (Jane Hodgetts)
Gabbee Stolp (Gabbee Stolp)
Anna Weber (Anna Weber)

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Now Showing: Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Some works linger,...
01/06/2026

Now Showing:
Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses
Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Some works linger, we understand. If Jessica Ticchio continues to occupy your imagination, editioned prints are available for acquisition. DM us for our price list.

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1. Jessica Ticchio, 'INTO THE UNKNOWN II', 2022, Print on Bauhaus photo matte, 250gsm, 11 x 14 inches, unframed. Edition of 4.

2. Jessica Ticchio, 'SKY SCULPTURE', 2023, Print on Bauhaus photo matte, 250gsm, 11 x 14 inches, unframed. Edition of 2.

3. Jessica Ticchio, ENDLESS UNREALITY, 2026, Print on Bauhaus photo matte, 250gsm, 11 x 14 inches, unframed. Edition of 4.

4. Jessica Ticchio, WAITING FOR SPRING (Inverted), 2025, Print on Bauhaus photo matte, 250gsm, 11 x 14 inches, unframed. Edition of 4.

Now Showing: Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Featuring, , 'Ha...
31/05/2026

Now Showing:
Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses
Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Featuring, , 'Hana Denki 花電気', 2026, Botanical matter, conductive wiring, playtronica interface, dimensions variable. Sound design by .

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Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Featuring, Jessica Ticchio, 'EN...
31/05/2026

Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses

Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Featuring, Jessica Ticchio, 'ENDLESS UNREALITY', 2025, Digital animation loop, projection installation, dimensions variable.

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Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Featuring, , 'Hana Denki 花電気',...
30/05/2026

Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses

Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Featuring, , 'Hana Denki 花電気', 2026, Botanical matter, conductive wiring, playtronica interface, dimensions variable. Sound design by

'By positioning flora as both instrument and ecosystem, Hana Denki proposes a contemporary reimagining of Japanese spatial practice - one that situates botanical composition within circuits of energy, frequency and collective experience. In this environment, nature does not merely symbolise life; it becomes electrically present, responsive and co-creative.'

Words by Angelique McLoughlin.

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Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Featuring, Jessica Ticchio, 'WA...
30/05/2026

Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses
Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Featuring, Jessica Ticchio, 'WAITING FOR SPRING', 2025, Triptych; Digital animation loop projection. 3D-printed sculpture (sculpted in Virtual Reality) finished with Valleja metalic paint, glass and metal spheres, dimensions variable. Ambient sound design by Marli.

'The work lives in the intersection of nature and technology, reality and dream state; asking how digital tools can reshape our connection to the natural world and our sense of space and self. Drawing on organic rhythms, the VR sculptures blur the line between surreal and tangible, inviting reflection on belonging, dislocation and imagination in a world where digital and physical boundaries continue to increasingly converge.'

Words by Jessica Ticchio.

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Now showing Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Featuring, , 'Hana...
29/05/2026

Now showing
Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses
Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Featuring, , 'Hana Denki 花電気', 2026, Botanical matter, conductive wiring, playtronica interface, dimensions variable. Sound design by

Drawing on the principles of Japanese ikebana, our installation transforms botanical material into an interactive sensory environment. Each stem, branch and bloom responds to human touch, producing an ever-changing composition shaped collectively by those who encounter it. Inspired by the Japanese Gutai movement's belief in the direct relationship between body and material, we encourage you to explore the space between nature and technology, intention and chance. The result is a poetic meeting of flower, sound and human presence - a work that asks not simply to be viewed, but played.

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Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the SensesExhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026. Featuring, Jessica Ticchio, 'EN...
29/05/2026

Conductive Light Garden: A Circuit of the Senses
Exhibition dates: May 22 - June 5, 2026.

Featuring, Jessica Ticchio, 'ENDLESS UNREALITY', 2025, Digital animation loop, projection installation, dimensions variable.

Last Friday, Conductive Light Garden transformed our historic former police station into a temporary field of sensory exchange; where light, sound, scent and touch converged to challenge conventional modes of perception. Across the building, audiences were invited to navigate the threshold between the tangible and the imagined, encountering spaces that unfolded not as fixed environments, but as shifting states of experience.

Artist, Jessica Ticchio's 'Endless Unreality' occupied the atrium as both architectural spine and conceptual portal. Extending vertically through the building's central void, the work activated the former civic infrastructure through a sequence of projected passages that connected floor to ceiling, material to immaterial. Drawing upon a constellation of architectural, cultural and speculative references, Ticchio constructed spatial fictions that oscillated between memory and invention, familiarity and estrangement.

Through continual shifts in scale, perspective and form, 'Endless Unreality' destabilised singular readings of place, inviting reflection on belonging, displacement and the fluid construction of identity. The work transformed the atrium into a site of suspension; a liminal zone where past and future, reality and imagination, coexist. In doing so, Ticchio reoriented 281 Clarence Street beyond its institutional history, positioning the building as a contemporary cultural vessel through which new possibilities for gathering, dreaming and becoming could emerge.

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281 Clarence Street
Sydney, NSW
2000

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Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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