Buying a 100-year-old home in Moruya on the South Coast last year provided former Canberra jewellery maker Alex Freeman with the inspiration for her latest range - with her work attracting attention around Australia.
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Her Polka Luka range of resin jewellery - and now homewares - is sold in about 80 outlets across the nation, including in art galleries.
One of her biggest coups was being asked by the National Gallery of Australia to design a range of jewellery to coincide with the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition in 2009-10.
Her latest exhibition opened this week at the Front Cafe and Gallery in Lyneham.
''Next year is the fifth anniversary for the business which is great. You hear of businesses not making the five-year mark but we've been growing each year,'' she said.
Freeman works in resin because she loves the way it captures the light and its ''luminosity of colour''.
Her latest Hinterland range was inspired by the natural beauty of the South Coast.
''It's just a special part of the world, the South Coast,'' she said. ''The colours are different to the North Coast, you get those brooding greys and deep greens''.
Freeman, 35, was born in Cootamundra but grew up in Canberra. She moved to the national capital as a young child with parents Peter and Tammy, her father's work as a heritage architect drawing them to Canberra.
She attended Hughes Primary, Telopea High, Canberra Girls' Grammar and Narrabundah College before completing a combined arts and Asian studies degree at the Australian National University.
She added homewares to her range this year, saying it was another way to keep her inspired.
''I want to make products that are accessible and affordable,'' she said.
Freeman spends about four months of the year in Bali where her products are made in three workshops.
She especially feels a great responsibility to continue providing an income for the local women, saying the glossy image of Bali doesn't always match the reality.
''Bali is promoted as a paradise and it's got a lot of good qualities to it, but that promotion to tourists glosses over a lot of the social problems,'' she said.
''Tourists have a lot more money and a lot more freedom than the local people. I think it's hard for them to deal with on a daily basis and it does create a lot of internal tension.''
The Polka Luka exhibition will be at the Front Cafe & Gallery, Lyneham until December 22