A Celebration of Creativity: Arts & Craft Competition 2025

Residents were bursting with creativity at this year’s Hometown Australia Arts & Craft Competition with a range of submissions from embroidery and applique pieces to sculptures, woodwork, and paintings. It was a difficult choice for the judges to award the national winner with residents displaying their passion, enthusiasm, and craftsmanship. A big congratulations to all residents who took part in this year’s competition. This year Hometown Australia has awarded a first prize and runner up! Please join us in congratulating…

Titled ‘Blue Madonna’ this impressive piece of art has been carefully created using acrylic, enamel, spray paint, and ink on canvas. Dorothea shared her inspiration for this piece is multifaceted and quite personal. “I approach making art from a do it now and work out what it could mean later,” said Dorothea. Congratulations Dorothea!

Diane from Oasis submitted an applique machine embroidery of Australian birds. The applique is 130cm wide and 37cm high and took approx. 7 hours to construct with the embroidery taking 179,548 stitches and 187 changes of colour thread. “We have had all these Australian birds visit our family home garden. Now we are at Oasis Redhead with new trees and shrubs we are hoping most of these birds will visit. Some already have,” said Diane. Congratulations Diane!

Please enjoy the online viewing below of just some of the wonderful submissions to the Arts & Craft Competition for 2025. Thank you to all residents for sharing their creativity and submitting their pieces for this years competition.

Thank you to this year’s competition sponsor MHIA Insurance.