About the Winter Edition

Huzzah for us! We survived the GFC. Not without a few war wounds mind you. Pundits say that economic disasters are shakedowns where only the strong survive. The weak are left by the way and the strong continue on with tighter offerings and sound business structures.
Small is beautiful in these unique situations. You see, the small can move quickly and make decisions autonomously. So we spent our publishing hiatus reformatting SOHI and looping together all of our lines of communication. We’re now publishing video interviews online and talking to our fans on Facebook and Twitter. We’ve begun collaborations with local and regional makers by releasing collaborative products through our new online store, The Local.
Many of our readers link with the world in a way which is very different to communicating in the city. We’re mindful that we’re publishing for savvy new-media producers like tree-changer James Roberts (p34???) but we also have readers like April, the musician wife of Mike Butcher (p44??), who prefer to pore over our printed delicacy. Regional publishing is true multi-platform media! It’s a balancing act and something the rural media barons have not yet mastered.
This, our second Winter issue, is a true community effort. Contributors are from all over the region with ‘fans’ and past residents of the Southern Highlands also chipping in. This issue shines a light on the extraordinary levels of creativity in the area. We visit Robertson artist Carlos Barrios in his studio, and showcase local and national designers and product curators in our interiors feature. We also secured uber-stylist and ex-Burrawang resident, Megan Morton, who has interpreted the work of Dr John Olsen through fashion. Creativity is everywhere and we want to MC the conversation. Talk to us on Twitter, write us an email, join our Facebook page or do something really quaint and call us! SOHI is a picture of your creative life. We’re just providing the paper.