Remember that little trip to Australia I took? Yeah, about that…In between jumping back into the daily routine and the craziness of getting ready for the holidays, I am still determined to share experiences from my inspiring trip Down Under with you! I’ve been back for just over a week and am {almost!} over my jetlag enough to get through all my photos. I’ve got city guides with must eat restaurants, the best shopping and even some style posts in the works. I promise they are making their way to the blog very soon!

But I can’t think of a better way to kick off my recap than by sharing a truly unique and utterly breathtaking art installation I had the good fortune of stumbling upon while in Sydney.

Inside The School, an amazing skill sharing space started by Australian stylist extraordinaire Megan Morton, I was lucky enough to view the Sea Art Exhibition, featuring extreme-knitter Jacqui Fink in collaboration with ceramist Lara Hutton. Get ready for your jaw to drop {mine certainly did!}.

So crazy cool, right?!

I was even more fortuante to get to meet the “extreme-knitter,”Jacqui Fink in person. Sweet and unassuming, she told me about how she crafts these amazing jumbo-sized knit pieces from materials she also makes. Her yarns and ropes come from raw wool {which she sources from her native Australia and some from New Zealand too} all in her living room! She must have a very patient husband.

From knit bowls, to oversized throws, knit-covered tables and yarn wrapped chairs, jumbo-wall hangings, picture frames, pillows and bowls, Jacqui constructs these jaw-dropping creations with a few simple twists and turns of her hands. She was actually in the midst of teaching a mini-knitting lesson when I was there and Jacqui gave me hope that I could actually learn the trade {I’ve tried in the past with dismal results!}.

It was such a treat to get to not only see, but discuss such an interesting and unique project with the artist herself. And I love the exhibition’s motto: “You have Sea Art to believe it.” True dat.

I feel very lucky to have discovered this work. It got me excited to explore the creativity happening at home too. So friends – what amazing art have you spied recently?! I’d love to know!

If you’d like to see more of Sea Art be sure to follow along on Instagram at #seartatthestudio. And this is only the beginning. Many more peeks into the life in Oz to come.

original photography for apartment 34 by maya vidulich (and a few from my iPhone!). Follow Maya on Instagram @pics_missmaya