The B.I.G Artcard Project: Madeleine Goodwolf and her boys

Storm birds and boy
Madeleine Goodwolf

The last kiss
Madeleine Goodwolf

Madeleine Goodwolf paints what she doesn't know, scribbles poems in bright ink and tells stories of characters who are strong and lost and brave. She wonders sometimes whether making art is a good idea and knows that drawing next to her boys is wonderful without question.

 I first knew her she was imagining tales of men and giraffe's parting ways to embark on great solo journeys. More recently, she has been travelling to Alice Springs each year to make prints of hand stitched cloth dolls and landscapes, together with the Aboriginal community in town.  She changes style and medium easily and is as happy growing gardens as telling tales across a page. We are thrilled to have her on board as one of our Artcard artists and equally so to have cards illustrated by two of her boys.

Orlando age, 7

Theo age, 11

We are also excited to discover that Maddy's son Theo recently won the Young Archies (Archibold Prize for kids) award both for his age group and as the overall Kinder to Grade 6 winner for the State of Tasmania! Congratulations Theo!

Winner of the Young Archies in Tasmania
My Old Coggy by Theo Goodwolf, age 11

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And here we are: The BIG launch

Today is the official launch of BIG Kids Magazine.

The First Flight edition is the result of the work of incredible children and artists who have all  contributed so generously to this long journey to print. Our huge thanks to you all, to the BIG team, to eight year old senior editor Luca, to Karen Comer for her editing eye and to Maree Oaten for her wonderful design.

You can subscribe to BIG Kids Magazine here or head to our new stockists page to find where our BIG mags are quietly waiting to be found.

We are so thilled to finally be standing at the edge of this BIG vision.


xxx Jo and Lilly



Thank you Nadia Sunde for sharing your little boat with us in celebration of our BIG launch x

The B.I.G Artcard project: Virginie Dreyer and Tiny-us

Bravery. Imagination. Generosity. Character Artcards by Virginie Dreyer at Tiny-us for BIG Kids Magazine.

The Smart Animals

Virginie Dreyer:  We are so happy to introduce the gorgeous Virginie Dreyer from Tiny-us as one of our First Flight edition B.I.G Artcard project artists. Tiny-us is feel good giving at its best - you choose a paper doll, card or print from the website, choose the amount you wish to pay for it, receive your ready to print designs and the entire donation goes directly to the ‘Presence’ charity to help support a school in the south of France for children with developmental disabilities.  VERY cool! Her latest offering is a series of prints called 'The Smart Animals', you can see more of them and all of her designs here, and you can of course see her character cards in BIG Kids Magazine.

Paper doll card by Tiny-us

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