Stämpel Studio

Bendigo-based designer Andrea Shaw started her Stämpel Studio label in 2010 as a way to create colourful, unique, functional and handcrafted homewares. Andrea studied textile design at RMIT and has worked for a few years as a professional designer for a couple of local Melbourne accessories labels designing textiles and jewellery. The philosophy behind Andrea's work is to create original and beautiful product from disused and often overlooked raw materials such as timber offcuts destined for burn off or land fill. Whenever raw or new materials are needed, environmental factors are always carefully considered.



Andrea's Stämpel Studio range includes beautiful and unique painted jewellery hangers made from timber offcuts (which are functional as well as artworks in themselves); necklaces made from macrame and timber and leather offcuts; scarves made from secondhand fabrics; handmade flower vessels made from timber waste; and hand-knotted jute macrame plant hangers. What brings all of Andrea's work together is her love of sustainable and reclaimed materials, as well as her great use of colour. Who wouldn't be happy displaying their jewellery using one of her amazing hangers?!



I admired Andrea's Stämpel Studio products when I spotted them at last year's Harvest Workroom Christmas market, and for us lucky Melbournians, Andrea will also have a stall at the superb Finders Keepers market that is happening this Friday evening and all-day Saturday at the Royal Exhibition Building. Exciting! For more info on the market visit the Finders Keepers website, and to see more from Andrea check out her online shop and blog.