We’re told not to touch art, but Olive Gill-Hille encourages it. Indeed, the 30-year-old Perth-based artist says her timber sculptures, furniture and wall panels only become whole once they are felt.

At her Fremantle workshop, Gill-Hille sketches and then paints a watercolour of each design before she picks up her tools to begin sculpting. She works the timber into smooth, sensuous shapes evoking the human body.