Projects

The same energy, curiosity and care, with more colour.

Outside of product work I build spaces, stages and shows for people to immerse themselves in. It’s a similar instinct I bring to design: understand your audience and craft an end-to-end experience that is engaging, effective and full of joy.

Founder

Fem-led creative collective

Aunty Maria’s

Playful, nurturing, homely spaces that instigate play.

Aunty Maria’s is a fem-led creative collective delivering playful, nurturing, homely, conscientious and collaborative experiences and spaces. We’re wholesome, competent and skilled, and we’re here to nurture creativity and instigate play.

2026Built our second immersive space at Underland in Paradise, Victoria
BuildDesigned and built a touch-reactive LED fireplace installation
LeadLed the collaborative crochet plant wall, bringing 8 crocheters together to make one piece to drape over the fireplace

The Aunty Maria’s house: a teal facade with a scalloped lilac awning, arched pink windows, rainbow balustrades and crochet vines — The house at Underland, 2026

Jess doing the splits in front of the touch-reactive LED fireplace, draped in a crochet plant wall under a neon ‘Yay! You’re here!’ sign — LED fireplace + crochet plant wall

Inside the Aunty Maria’s tent with the lights down: purple and green draped ceiling, glowing lanterns, flower-shaped ottomans and the neon-lit fireplace at the back — Inside the space, lights down

Inside the Aunty Maria’s tent by day: pastel draped canopy, tasselled lanterns, couches, ottomans and the crochet-draped fireplace — Inside the space, daytime

The lounge corner of the Aunty Maria’s tent glowing purple, with a couch, egg chair and the fireplace under its neon sign — The lounge

Four members of the Aunty Maria’s crew posing with arms raised on the front porch — The crew on the porch

Seven crew members hanging upside down and climbing on a geodesic dome frame mid-build — Build day, dome frame up

Four crew members looking down into the camera, framed by a pink, teal and green tent canopy — Under the canopy

Jess in tie-dye with arms outstretched at the Aunty Maria’s market stall, racks of colourful clothes behind her — Underland market, 2026

Jess grinning in a selfie with the finished Aunty Maria’s house behind her in a grassy campground — Finished house, happy founder

Jess laughing in a selfie in front of the crochet-draped fireplace and its neon ‘Yay! You’re here!’ sign — The fireplace, lit up

Hoop performer
Teacher
Costume maker

Jessihoopz

Multi-hoop acts full of shapes, patterns and surprises.

As Jessihoopz I blend technical precision with playful energy and bold visual style, building shows around multi-hoop work and costumes I make myself. As an instructor I teach in a joyful, adaptive way, giving clear, descriptive guidance that helps students at every level grow in confidence and creativity.

DebutPremiered my act, Full Circle, at Glowfest 2025
PerformMushroom Valley, Earth Frequency, Rainbow Spirit, Esoteric, Tanglewood and Wild Horses, plus council events and private parties
TeachGlowfest, Spinfest and Hoop Away
Coordinate2IC Performance Coordinator, Esoteric Festival ’24 and ’25

Full Circle, debut act at Glowfest 2025

Jess in a sequinned outfit holding four pastel hoops overhead in a petal shape against a misty hillside — Four-hoop shapes, styled shoot

Jess laughing mid-act with two LED hoops in front of a row of glowing hoops and the Glowfest arch — Full Circle, Glowfest 2025

Jess holding six glowing blue hoops overhead, arranged into a flower shape — Six-hoop flower, Glowfest 2025

Two hoopers in matching sequinned bodysuits joining LED hoops into a rainbow arch over the DJ booth — Duo act, rainbow arch

Jess leaning back with arms spread as a glowing hoop rises off her neck, LED screens behind — Neck roll, club show

Jess in a rainbow and harlequin costume leaning back through a hoop on a footpath outside a cafe — Roving act, summer celebration

Jess laughing while twinning two LED hoops in front of a jungle mural at a festival stage — Festival stage set

Jess in a purple and harlequin costume swinging two green hoops on a daytime festival stage — Festival stage, daytime

Jess spinning a glowing hoop through green and purple lasers on a dance floor — Under the lasers

Jess in a purple velvet and pink ruffle costume kicking a leg high with two rainbow LED hoops in a courtyard, a drummer playing behind — Council event, handmade costume

Jess laughing and saluting on stage in a handmade galaxy-print captain costume — Handmade galaxy costume

The Glowfest 2025 performer cast posing together under the lit Glowfest arch — Glowfest 2025 cast

Long-exposure light painting: pink and blue hoop trails spiralling either side of Jess — Light painting

Jess at night holding two pairs of glowing hoops out to each side, wearing a pink tulle ruff — Four hoops after dark

Jess mid-move with an LED hoop raised against swirling projection-mapped visuals — Projection-mapped stage

Long-exposure light painting: LED hoop trails forming a huge blue and green ring around Jess — Light painting

Jess smiling in a pink and orange jester costume with blue braids, tossing a pink hoop at a daytime community event — Roving jester act

Two hoopers performing either side of the DJ on a festival main stage under an ornate lit canopy — Festival main stage

Co-founder

Arts & entertainment company

Flavius

Bass music, art and an evolving space narrative.

Flavius creates immersive experiences centred on bass music and a story that grows with every event. Our mission is to inspire collaboration and creativity through music, art and story, so that humans are free to express their true form.

DirectCo-directed our music festival, Subspace
DesignDesigned the stages for three headline events
HostBrought international artists Josh Teed, Soulacybin and Drrtywulvz to our stages

Subspace festivalCo-director

A UV-painted stage at dusk: a winged mask with glowing green eyes over the DJ booth, flanked by two spiky flower sculptures, crowd in silhouette

Jess hooping in a crochet alien outfit in front of the winged-mask stage under UV light

Systems Offline — Return to BassStage design with international artist Josh Teed

A circular portal stage with green circuit patterns and LED edging framing two DJs, lasers crossing overhead, a hoop performer out front

A performer in an LED corset firing lasers from her hands in front of the circular portal stage

Systems Offline — Into the SwampStage design with international artist Soulacybin

The DJ framed inside the gaping jaws of a giant carnivorous plant stage, lit with green projection mapping

A crowd dancing under green lasers in front of a giant carnivorous plant mouth framing the DJ, lit with projection mapping

A dancer in a pale tracksuit lit purple, the carnivorous plant stage glowing green behind her

DualityStage design with international artist Drrtywulvz

A symmetrical UV stage split into two halves, circuit shapes on one side and organic splashes on the other, under a glowing yin-yang

The Duality stage lit up in green and magenta, the DJ silhouetted beneath the yin-yang

The same energy, curiosity and care, with more colourcolour.

Aunty Maria’s

Jessihoopz

Flavius

The same energy, curiosity and care, with more colour.