Showcasing a deep respect for the cultural significance of the site, Mala’s landscape design response accentuates the unique nuances of the Australian Fine China story and the botanical richness of the region.
Art and the landscape walk hand in hand, with reinterpretation of the kilns developed in close partnership with art curators and heritage consultants in ways that interact with residents and locals at surprising touch points.
Recycled industrial rudiments and materials are juxtaposed against contemporary finishes, to create beautiful connections to nature, history, and art. It is a refined, bespoke reinterpretation, resulting in beautifully proportioned outdoor spaces that riff off the mature urban neighbourhood and parkland with subdued energy, creating opportunities for residents to come together.
Price Street kiln tunnel public art walkway (Visualisation by Mala)
Julia Robinson, Mala
Planting Palette
Artworks by Philippa Nikulinsky
Eucalyptus synandra (Jingymia mallee)
Sky Blue Lechenaultia (Lechenaultia biloba)
Small-Leaved Clematis (Clematis linearifolia)
Native Wisteria (Hardenbergia comptoniana)
Philippa Nikulinsky, Artist
Philippa’s career focuses on a lifetime of fascination with the flora and fauna of arid Western Australia. For nearly 50 years, Philippa has travelled throughout the state to record, draw and paint its phenomenal natural history.
From 1995 to 2005 Philippa was commissioned to design and paint native Australian plants and animals for use on a range of tea and dinnerware produced at the site’s original Australian Fine China factory, located at Price Street, Subiaco.
Philippa has shared her gift for watercolour painting through exhibitions and many publications. In recognition of Philippa’s contribution to the arts, she was awarded an Order of Australia in 2016 and Honorary Doctorate (UWA) in 2019.
