Your Home and Garden

Petal to the metal

After graduating from law school, it didn’t take long for Hollie Ryan to feel the pull of creative pursuits. “I should’ve figured that out before incurring five years of student loan debt,” she jokes.

In an old Grey Lynn villa in Auckland, which she shares with her flatmates and cat Sophie, Hollie now spends her time beading bouquets of vibrant, colourful flowers. Her work is unique, ethereal and everlasting, not to mention utterly captivating. Each Hark Handmade creation sells out with every drop she does, but this is only the beginning of her bead journey. With so much success, it seems these

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