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I have installed a Christmas display for City of Ballarat, called Santa’s Post Office. You can find it on the corner of Albert St and Sturt St in Ballarat Central, next to Grill’d Burger. It has motion activated moving parts, a swirling cyclone of letters......

A new art exhibition by Nick Carpenter will be on show at the Guildford Hotel Music Hall. Opening night is 9th September from 6pm. It will then be open on Saturdays, the same opening hours of the pub. Come on down and check out the......

I am now making hand painted artworks to be printed on a range of products, like t-shirts, mugs, cushions, phone covers, and so much more. My cartoon like art is based around the theme of music (naturally!) and try to capture the funny, lighter side......

The Wildwood Art Gallery is now open by appointment. You can give me a call or text on 0416188950 to arrange a time for a visit. You can plan ahead or try your luck on the day and if I am available I will happily......

I am off on a trip to Europe to celebrate my 50th birthday, so Wildwood Instruments will be closed until late June. You can still book in for the Electric Guitar Making Courses and Cigar Box Guitar/Ukulele Making Courses through the website, which will recommence......

We will be at the Melbourne Guitar Show on 4th and 5th March. Come down and check out all that Melbourne has to offer with respect to guitars! We will be at stall 2B on the ground floor. See the guitars you can build in......

The new art exhibition is now available online to view and make a purchase if you wish. Head over to https://wildwoodinstruments.com.au/repercussion/ to see it. However, it does look much better as a whole exhibition IRL. You can attend the exhibition at Wildwood Instruments Art Gallery......

Nick’s new art exhibition is set for 21-29 January at the Wildwood Instruments Art Gallery. This exhibition is all about percussion instruments, the beating heart of music. The beauty in form and function is prevalent in this collection of works with steam bent timber percussion......

You can design your own custom electric guitar and have a professional luthier create it for you (that’s me!). The kit guitars that are available in our building courses are now available as finished instruments, where you get to choose all the features you would......

I have an art installation called Saint Nick’s Musical Workshop up and running in Ballarat for the festive season. It is a Christmas in Ballarat display sponsored by the City of Ballarat. I went with the theme of Santa’s workshop but with musical instruments. There......