Annie is the creator of Bushlands Slow Yarn.  From her studio in Inman Valley, she hand spins and dyes sheep and alpaca wool, creating yarns for knitting, crocheting and weaving.

The fibres for spinning are sourced entirely from Australian sheep and alpaca producers and where possible, from local Fleurieu farms.  Annie hand dyes her yarns using environmentally friendly dyes.

As a long time knitter, Annie decided several years ago to try her hand at spinning and dyeing.  This opened the door to a new world of creative potential and experimentation with colour and fibre varieties.  She finds working with natural fibres is never boring; there is always something new to learn and skills to build on.

Annie has a love for plant based dyes and the range of beautiful colour ways these natural dyes can produce.  Natural plant dyes such as madder root, (for red and pink shades), weld (yellow) and woad (blue) were used in textile dyeing for centuries, before being replaced by synthetic dyes in the early 20th century.  She sources natural dyeing materials from her own garden and from plants growing in nearby fields and along roadsides.

Bushlands Slow Yarn was created with the desire to offer lovers of yarn a quality handcrafted product, which is totally Australian made and produced using environmentally sustainable practices.

Dr. Ian McGrath, a Fleurieu Peninsula based sculpture artist who retired to the area with the aim of fulfilling the creative dreams that his previous careers had not allowed time for.

As a young man Ian served in the Royal Australian Navy for 10 years, after this time he attended acting classes in Sydney. This evolved into theatre technology - particularly lighting, in which he holds a Doctorate degree alongside a Masters in Creative Arts. This in turn inspired Ian to write for theatre and has resulted in several completed scripts/productions, as well as a collection of text books in the area. 

When he is not writing Ian creates with discarder materials including salvaged timber, steel and other interesting finds that are either donated to him by neighbours or rescued from the local dump. As one of Ian's characters from his play “Terminal Velocity” argues, “We might do more than conserve: repair and reuse, recycle, rejuvenate till every last goodness is wrung from an item and its potential truly exhausted”. A statement that sums up why Ian chooses only discarded materials to create his artworks. Many of his creations can be seen by travellers in the road side gallery Ian maintains on the verge outside his residence and studio the "Old School House" in Inman Valley, South Australia. Ian welds together old roofing screws and scrap metal to create pieces that are inspired by local native species, both flora and fauna. In many of Ian's recent works it is easy to see the influence of time spent in Vietnam.

Tari Fae is a micro business owner with a passion for photography and textiles and producing artwork for her fine arts brand ‘Tari Fae Art and Design’. 
Raised on the Fleurieu and spending some time in Adelaide where she studied textiles and visual art. She has recently returned to the Fleurieu to open her own business and continued to study design and photography. Kate works in textiles, photography and mixed media, as well as graphic design.

She is inspired by texture, colour and enjoys creating pieces that showcase nature, and rustic rural features. 
Over the last 6 years she has been involved in the festival and events management for the local and surrounding area through her role both as business owner and on the Inman Valley Community Committee.
Over the years Kate has completed studies that have resulted in:

 

• Cert 3 in Visual Arts and Textiles

• Cert 4 in Graphic Design

• Cert 4 in Marketing and Communications & Small Business Management

• Cert 4 in Photography

• And Most recently work on a Bachelor of Digital Media

​Kate likes to constantly push herself ever so slightly outside her creative comfort zone, and above all continue to experiment and play.