Why MTNS MADE?
MTNS MADE reflects the strength, originality and diversity of the creative industries in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. The work of the creatives profiled here represents a collection of designers, artists, film-makers, sculptors, actors, musicians, writers and more – all of whom have today made the Mountains their home. Use this site to find a Mountains creative for your next project, or submit a listing to have your work featured on the site.
MTNS MADE STORIES
Life in the Lightscoop House
In the little valley between Leura and Katoomba behind the facade of an old weatherboard cottage is a home made by an artist and an architect. The artist, Heidi Axelsen,and the architect, Hugo Moline, live there with their daughter Tove. They call it the Lightscoop House because its new lightscoop draws in sunlight to illuminate…
Harold David Photographer – Past Projects and New Directions
Almost the first time I met photographer Harold David, it was to buy his house in Blackheath. We met up on a chilly winter’s evening at Sydney pub, the Norfolk Hotel on Cleveland Street. Harold strode in wearing a trucker’s cap and a handsome vintage plaid hunter’s jacket. He wore them well, with a quiet…
Creative Collaboration – Artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro
Tucked away on a quiet street in Blackheath is one of Australia’s leading artist duos, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro. A large studio in their back garden is the fertile nerve centre where tiny sparks enter the world and grow up to become incredible, often immense, artworks. The work is conceived by the collaborating twosome…
Justin Hunter, aka Em Flach – Musician
Born and raised in Katoomba, Justin Hunter, aka Em Flach, tells Lisa Finn Powell about how he went from being a piano-playing tradie to an international recording artist. Artists have been known to find their creative influences in many different ways. For Justin Hunter, a musician, producer, photographer and adventurer, it comes down to one…
cul_de_sac – a film by Michael Joy
When director and cinematographer Michael Joy isn’t traveling the world making advertisements for the likes of Nivea, Dove, and Jacob’s Creek, he works from his home base in Leura on personal and experimental projects. One such venture is his television series, cul_de_sac. A truly local project, cul_de_sac is entirely produced and shot in the Blue Mountains,…
