Brown Mallee Burl wood fused with lagoon style epoxy resin mix. Can you believe it’s already nearly February 2026? Hard to fathom how fast the tide moves — but I’m stoked to be kicking off the year with creativity flowing and heaps on the bench already. 2025 was a massive  year — one of growth, experimentation, and incredible connections with clients who love coastal art as much as I do. If you caught my year in review, you’ll know it was full of new timber blends, larger com

It’s that time again: the tide slows, the light softens, and I find myself looking back over the year — not just at the pieces I made, but at what this craft has become. 2025 has been a wild ride for Hardwood Tides: creative breakthroughs, new commissions, old slabs given new life, and continued growth as an artist on the Sunshine Coast. Here’s a peek behind the resin gloss and into what the year meant, how it shaped my hands (and heart), and what I’m paddling toward next. Wh