“When I was three years old at Montessori school, I lost a beaded coin purse,” says Camille Laddawan when asked what inspired her love of bead artistry. “It was tiny, could fit inside my palm, and it was coloured yellow with pink and green flowers — perfect for putting seeds, a marble, or a spare lolly in. I loved it and its magical feel.” Years later, this Melbourne-based artist creates beautiful, patterned tapestries woven from glass beads, paper ephemera and coloured thread. “To create her compositions, Camille translates chosen words and phrases into Tone Code, a visual alphabet she has devised, inspired by Morse Code,” reads her bio. “This visual code allows her to conceal deeply personal messages within an aesthetic language that also adds new layers of emotion and expression that can be unpacked and discerned by the viewer.”