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Four people reclined on soft seats looking at a large blue star map on display inside a room at the State Library.
4 Aug - 26 Feb

Handmade Universe: From Craft to Code and the Spaces Between

  • Art
  • Exhibition

Handmade Universe celebrates the rewards of making and the limitless scope it offers for invention and enquiry.

Ranging across disciplines – from craft to coding and from astronomy to botany – the works in this exhibition show how quiet and intimate self-led discovery can be a powerful way to connect with the universal themes of place, culture and identity.

Contemporary artists present newly commissioned works to sit alongside rare and remarkable items from State Library Victoria and other collections. Many of the collection items have never been on public display before and will give visitors a sense of surprise at what you would expect to encounter at a Library.

Two works of immense scale are at the centre of Handmade Universe – Mandy Nicholson’s striking textile work Dharangalk Biik I Star Country and Sarah Spencer’s epic knitted star map Stargazing.

Wheelchair accessible.

Dates and times

Date Times
Wed 17 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Thu 18 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Fri 19 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sat 20 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 21 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 22 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tue 23 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wed 24 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Thu 25 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Fri 26 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sat 27 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 28 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Mon 29 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tue 30 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wed 31 Aug
  • 10am - 6pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
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Location

Victoria Gallery
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 8664 7000
  • email address: inquiries@slv.vic.gov.au
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