Craft Roach

Rachel Burke is a practising multidisciplinary artist, designer and author based in Brisbane, Australia. Known for her vibrant, tactile wearable artworks and iconic tinsel creations, Rachel's work is inspired by a love for naive craft materials and transforming the mundane into the magical. She has worked on many creative collaborations with global brands, such as Disney, LEGO, Barbie, Airbnb, Nikon, Visa, West Elm, Pottery Barn, Frankie Magazine, Sephora, Mecca and My Little Pony. Rachel has exhibited her artwork in gallery spaces across Australia, including the Museum of Brisbane, Saint Cloche Gallery, Hamer Hall, the Australian Centre of the Moving Image, Enough Space, GAFFA and the Redlands Art Gallery. Craft Roach is her first picture book. Daniel Gray-Barnett is an illustrator and author from the Huon Valley in lutruwita/Tasmania. He likes to think of himself as someone who was put on this planet to tell a few stories before he turns into a grumpy old man. He’s worked with clients including Disney, Kiehl’s, Sydney Opera House and The New York Times and his first picture book, Grandma Z, won a Children’s Book Council of Australia award for Best New Illustrator. When he’s not in the studio, he can be found daydreaming in the garden with his husband, German pointers and chickens.