“Life in
squares”
Coming to Qubit Gallery this April 2026
Violet Bond and I have been talking about working together for some time. While she has created works in a range of mediums, I have remained a slave to clay. Violet is my niece and we both lived in the Top End for a long time so communication and collaboration has been a natural, smooth exercise.
For the past few years I have been drawn to the look and texture of dry glazes and I have been experimenting with them on a variety of shapes and clay bodies. While Violet’s work has taken her all over the world het more recent has involved collecting natural and discarded objects and using them to create compelling images in a variety of ways and on a range of surfaces.
The title for the exhibition came from a number of inspirational sources. We both realised that the square is a shape we were drawn to in our current work and is one that is so dominant in all aspects of everyday life. And while not all pieces in the exhibition are square in form there are links and suggestions to the square throughout.
The work is collectable, interactive and inviting to touch. The colours used and obtained combine the natural hues of our northern environment with those we are drawn to in our decorative life spaces.
Words by Cecily Willis
WORKS ON PAPER
Print on 350gsm watercolour cotton rag paper.
Signed limited editions of 50
Printed in Darwin Australia
Paper size: 380×450mm
Fragments of the natural world are gathered and held within quiet structures, where movement is paused and form is preserved. Referencing histories of collection and display, these works sit between beauty and restraint.
Memories of childhood, fragmented, beautiful culturally diverse and of home -
Japanese sashimi of blue and white plates and Earl grey tea.
International shipping available.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
7 Nature stickers made in Australia.
Velvety mat finish stickers made in Australia by Sticker Wear-house in Tasmania.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions—high humidity, heat, and moisture—without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential—no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper—the best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed—effortless, timeless, and built to last.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
Purchase a 6 month collection of works from the Violet Post for a loved one or for yourself!
This purchase will include the full set of works regardless of where the purchase happens in the 6 month period.
🖼️ Each post includes a signed limited-edition print and a letter about creativity, life, and art
Along with a little surprise treasure for anyone purchasing this package.
Feel free to leave any instructions when you go though the purchase option.
🌟 If you would also like to add a small original work as part of the gift simply select the $242 option from the drop down and this will be added to your post.
A gift more unique than flowers, perfume, or a candle.
It’s a slow gift: something to be opened and enjoyed six times, not just once.
Thank you again, I cant wait to get your works in the post 💌
Featured Products
Purchase a 6 month collection of works from the Violet Post for a loved one or for yourself!
This purchase will include the full set of works regardless of where the purchase happens in the 6 month period.
Each post includes a signed limited-edition print and a letter about creativity, life, and art 🖼️
Along with a little surprise treasure for anyone purchasing this package.
Feel free to leave any instructions when you go though the purchase option.
🌟 If you would also like to add a small original work as part of the gift simply select the $182 option from the drop down and this will be added to your post.
A gift more unique than flowers, perfume, or a candle.
It’s a slow gift: something to be opened and enjoyed six times, not just once.
Thank you again, I cant wait to get your works in the post 💌
This blanket is not just something to wrap around you—it’s something to be held by.
Woven from 100% cotton yarn, this throw-sized piece carries a story from the wild northern edges of Australia. The design was created using a flatbed scanner, gathering found fragments of life—mushrooms, cicadas, bones, wings, and seed pods—offered by the bush after rain. At its heart lies a Northern Australian toadstool, discovered with my sons during the wet season. That moment—the humid air, the quiet, the sense of something ancient stirring—has been captured here in stunning detail.
Whether you choose to feature a photo or a piece of graphic art, these woven blankets elevate images into lasting, quality heirlooms. Put them up on the wall as a cozy display, or wrap yourself in one on the couch. Each blanket features a colorful fringed edge that extends the artwork into the tactile world—making the invisible stories of nature something you can literally hold.
This is the first in a series of 12 works exploring life, death, and the wild natural world. Scanned using an aging device I found in my late father’s home, each image becomes a relic—preserved in thread, rich in texture, and resonant with meaning.
Product Details:
Material: 100% Cotton
Woven threads (not printed)
Colourful fringed edges
Durable and washable?
Note: Shipping is calculated at checkout.
A$26 within Australia — International from A$65.
A new postal service from my studio to your home.
Each month: a signed limited-edition print and a letter about creativity, life, and art.
Cicadas are an iconic part of life in North Australia.
After spending years underground, they emerge and fill the air with their deafening calls, the embodiment of life and death in the natural world.
A self portrait created on Larrakia country, I pay my respect to the Traditional Owner for the land and their Elders, past, present and emerging.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
100% designed and made in Australia
Created using a scan of a moth I found in the garden.
Matt velvety finish
Large Moth sticker 10×12.5cm
For perfect use on water bottles, laptops and any other flat surface.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
Durable & Matte-Finished Art on TYVEK – Looks Like Paper, Lasts Like Canvas
TYVEK is an incredible material that mimics the look of paper but has the strength and durability of canvas. Living in the tropics, I wanted to create artworks that could withstand extreme weather conditions, high humidity, heat, and moisture without swelling, rotting, or losing their integrity over time.
For this collection, a velvety matte finish was essential, no gloss, just deep, rich blacks and a beautifully soft texture. TYVEK made that vision possible.
These artworks ship like a canvas but look like paper. The best of both worlds. Just unwrap, hang, and enjoy. No framing needed effortless, timeless, and built to last.
A new postal service from my studio to your home.
Each month: a signed limited-edition print and a letter about creativity, life, and art.
About VIOLET
Hello!Violet Bond (born 1986) is an Australian multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in the remote Indigenous community of Maningrida in the Northern Territory. Her practice includes performance art, photography, scanography, video, ceramics, and crypto art, often incorporating wild clay, found materials, and other ephemeral elements.
She has exhibited internationally, including a live performance and video installation at NFT Paris 2024 with Achetez de l’Art gallery, participation in Art Basel Miami Beach and Untitled Art Miami , and a solo exhibition, The Broken Portraits, at Uncommon Gallery, Seoul from September 18 to October 2, 2025.
Bond’s practice has been profiled in interviews and featured in private and public collections worldwide, reflecting her ongoing commitment to raw, unfiltered expressions of the Australian outback and her advocacy for Indigenous Australian rights.