Jacqueline Kaytar — 'Rockpool' Mirror

Jacqueline Kaytar is a Croatian Australian artist and designer. Beginning her creative journey in textile design, she has developed a distinctive vocabulary over more than twenty years in the making of objects and space.

Kaytar’s work moves between art and design. Some pieces are pure artistic expression, while others are both sculptural and functional. Her lighting works engage with space through form and illumination, blurring the boundaries between object and atmosphere. Guided by alchemical experimentation, Kaytar transforms natural matter in ways that reveal its inner essence. Sandcast metals, plant fibres, natural dyes, minerals, and beeswax are chosen for their symbolic resonance. When shaped by human touch, this material becomes animate.

The spark of life present in their making extends to the finished works, inviting moments of sensory pleasure, memory, and contemplation.