Designers are creatures of intrinsic value. The role of any designer is to make improvements that add value to an object, whether it be a watch, car component or a garden. The added value is often not directly attributed to dollars, but can only be measured in more subtle ways, like performance, durability, usability, sustainability and, the most subtle of all, liveability.
I recently had the opportunity to meet Chelly and Peter Grey, two Castlemaine artists. The couple began their artistic life as ceramicists, however they soon found a love for wire, tin and rusty metal. Over the past 20 years their work has been seen on TV, in various lifestyle magazines including Vogue Living and Marie Claire and they have exhibited at local galleries as well as the Guggenheim in New York.
