Kerry Darton

visual artists
Written By Angela Hoskins

Introducing the art and artists of Coochiemudlo


Kerry Darton is an island-based jeweller who works largely with reclaimed silver, preferring the relative affordability and malleability of that metal’s response to heat, pressure, cutting and filing. Her pieces are inspired by forms within the natural environment: the curves and smooth lines of the island’s silver, sea-smoothed, fallen tree roots, or the fragility of leaf skeletons, and the magic of shaping and transforming flat metal into new forms. 

Developing her skills through coursework and mentorship, Kerry enjoys designing and forming pieces that establish an intimate relationship for the wearer. A recent commission fuses gold and silver pieces that have personal significance into an art form of intimate value for the wearer. 

Through her involvement with the Artisans Collective, Kerry notes the way in which many island artists are inspired by the same place yet produce works that are so diverse.

Curlew Artisan Gallery and Ross Street Gallery on Coochiemudlo Island open 10am – 2pm, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

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