Oscar the Octopus is coming

Yabbie and Tortoise

Crafted was commissioned to build an entwining 50m long eel.

Wallace Avenue was a great team effort lead by Judy Vradenburg. Locals and Bass Coast shire helped to get this park up and running. We built a Koolasuchus sculpture inspired by locals Lesley Kool and Mike Cleeland's discovery of fossils in the area.

CLIENT: PARKS VICTORIA Crafted was commissioned by playground designer Ric McConaghy to create a concrete platypus and seven pebble mosaics as part of a maze. It was a top team effort by all involved.

Crafted Landscapes was commissioned to construct the featured concrete blue tongue lizard.

CLIENT: RIC MCCONAGHY AND THE BOROUGH OF QUEENSCLIFFE. PROJECT: ALL-ABILITIES PLAYSPACE. This playspace on the Queenscliffe foreshore was designed by Ric McConaghy as a journey through nautical and marine-themed spaces and play equipment. It features a ‘Rip vortex’ maze with pebble mosaics by local children and Crafted, a southern cross with chainsaw–art bollards and a giant calamari sculpture designed by Crafted Landscapes.

CLIENT: CITY OF MANNINGHAM. PROJECT: PAVING FINISHES, SANDPIT AND AMPHITHEATRE. Wombat Bend playspace was developed by Manningham City Council and the local community and was designed by Ric McConaghy. Situated beside the Yarra River in Lower Templestowe it is designed for children of all abilities and is fully wheelchair accessible. All the concrete finishes and stone work were built by Crafted Landscapes, as were the special needs raised sandpit and the amphitheatre – which was a community art project coordinated by Anne Riggs and Jeanette Jennings.

Another great project designed by Ric McConaghy! Crafted was responsible for creating a dragon sculpture complete with wings, tail and flaring nostrils. It was a nice change from lizards and snakes! A maze is planned for the central ground-level space of the dragon.

Philip has been working with clients Peter and Suzie Williams for over ten years at their home, olive grove and vineyard, Redesdale Estate. Here, Crafted has constructed a number of whimsical spaces for wine-tastings and enjoying the views. The Redesdale is a regional pub par excellence. Crafted Landscapes has landscaped the grounds around the historic bluestone buildings creating a pentanque court, kitchen garden, beer garden area under a funky timber and steel pergola and a formal garden with lawn and pond.

CLIENT: CITY OF MANNINGHAM PROJECT: LIZARD SCULPTURE AND LANDSCAPING Designed by Gary Lantzsch and the City of Manningham and built by Crafted Landscapes. Three lizards and steps and ramps form both the entry and an amphitheatre and resolve the difficult changes in level at the entry to this park.

CLIENT: CITY OF YARRA AND THE ALPHINGTON BOWLS CLUB. PROJECT: NEW BOWLS GREEN AND OUTDOOR EATING AREA. Alphington is the proud owner of an innovative style of subterranean-irrigated turf green – one of only four in Victoria! This initiative has saved the club over a megalitre of water a year! Crafted Landscapes has also built an eating area, an outdoor kitchen, and a three-dimensional bowl as seating. A new addition is laser-cut roof panels for the pergola which feature 'lawn bowls vernacular sayings'!

CLIENT: CITY OF MANNINGHAM. PROJECT: SCULPTURE FOR PUBLIC RESERVE. A formed concrete lizard seat and pebbled circle with dragonfly design fits seamlessly into this well-used park beside the Yarra River.