A quiet practice

Boronia & Brick is an Australian publisher of editorial coloring monographs. Each volume gathers a focused subject — a genus of native plants, a vernacular of heritage building — into a folio of plates intended for slow attention.

What Boronia & Brick publishes

The catalogue is built around two strands of Australian visual heritage.

Boronia

Studies of Australian native flora. Plants endemic to this continent, presented at scale so their structural particulars hold up to long evenings: the persistent cone of a banksia, the recurved bract of a hakea, the spike of a grevillea, the radiating spokes of a telopea.

Brick

Studies of Australian architectural heritage. The vocabulary of older streets, from the cast-iron filigree of a Victorian terrace to the asymmetric weight of a Federation Queen Anne, the leadlight transoms of an Edwardian bungalow, the verandahed Italianate.

Both lines share the same intention: monastic rather than busy. Generous margins. Plates that reward time.

Subjects covered to date

Native flora

Banksia menziesii, Banksia serrata, Banksia integrifolia, Hakea laurina, Hakea petiolaris, Grevillea robusta, Grevillea juniperina, Telopea speciosissima, Eucalyptus caesia, Corymbia ficifolia.

Heritage architecture

Federation Queen Anne terraces, Italianate terraces, Edwardian Filigree, Victorian Filigree, late-Edwardian bay-window terraces with chamfered corner entrances, decorative parapet pediments, cast-iron lacework verandahs.

Each volume names the subject of every plate in its footer, by common and, where applicable, botanical name.

Format and specifications

• High-resolution PDF at 300dpi throughout.
• Plate dimensions sized for A4 folio printing or generous tablet work.
• Page count varies by volume (typically 30 to 40 plates per folio).
• Personal coloring use; not licensed for resale, reprint, or commercial distribution.
• Files do not expire — lifetime re-downloads from the personal library after purchase.

Volumes in print

• Banksia Folio Volume I — Studies of Australian native flora. 40 plates. $35 AUD.
• Federation Terraces Volume I — Studies of Australian Federation architecture. 30 plates. $35 AUD.

Further volumes are in preparation.

Delivery and payment

Purchases are processed by Paddle.com Market Limited, acting as the merchant of record. All transactions are billed in Australian dollars, with applicable tax handled by Paddle on Boronia & Brick’s behalf. Receipts arrive by email; the PDF becomes available immediately in the customer’s library on the site.

Based in Australia

Boronia & Brick operates from Australia. Language and spelling follow Australian English conventions. Subject matter, where it draws on living or built environments, is Australian unless explicitly noted otherwise.

Contact

Press, partnerships, or a hello — hello@boroniaandbrick.com.au.