The studio
A workshop that designs.
Salt and Wattle Studio is the maker brand of Artico, an Australian giftware company. We design in-house and cut, engrave, finish and pack in our own workshop at Smeaton Grange, NSW. That's why we can run fifty of something as easily as five thousand.
What we're built for
The brief that doesn't fit a container: a custom shape, a smaller quantity, a date that rules out importing. The same team and the same machines make a retail range for a national chain, a branded run for a promo distributor and a hundred wedding favours. Nothing is off the shelf; everything starts as a brief.
50+
Pieces per design is where we start.
In-house
Design, cutting, finishing and packing under one roof.
NSW
Made at Smeaton Grange from sustainably sourced timber.
Artico
Our Retail Ready range is distributed through Artico's rep network.
Three ways to work with us
Stock the range
Retail Ready is wholesaled by Artico. Retailers order through their Artico rep or the Artico trade portal. New to the range? Tell us about your store and the rep for your area will get in touch.
Brief the studio
Custom work goes direct to us. A retail range for your store, a promo job, an event. Send a brief and a designer comes back with a mockup. No account needed.
Open a trade account
Distributors and agencies briefing us regularly on behalf of their clients get net pricing, live job status, protected client records and one-click reorders.
We supply behind you.
The client you introduce is recorded as yours, we communicate through you unless you tell us otherwise, and neutral packaging means nothing we ship has to mention us at all. Promo mockups and approval pages are unbranded by default.