Hi there! My name is Rainie Owen, & I am the sole trader of Lupy Lane, a small creative business in Newcastle, Australia. Lupy Lane is an online store where you can shop for fibre art supplies, hand-crafted ceramics & original woven artworks. You can visit my store in person & join one of our creative workshops from our sunny studio in Lambton.

I created The Unusual Pear in 2013 when I was 21 & fresh out of design school. Fast forward ten years, & it's easy to say that a lot has changed. I've got married, had two kids & one traumatic loss of a baby, wrote a book, got diagnosed with anxiety & depression, made it through 2020 AND 2021 without getting the spicy cough & have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which I have had for at least five years. Not to mention having a successful creative business has been my life's best & most challenging ride.

I have learned so much over the last ten years, & 2023 was the year to reevaluate & hone in on my core values as a business owner, as I lost my direction for several years. I'm certainly not a business whiz & I didn't come from a background in business or marketing. The Unusual Pear grew organically, bit by bit, out of a love of making & sharing my passions with the creative community online & in person. My brand became wishy-washy as I focused on pleasing absolutely everyone & needed to remember what pleased me.

So here we are! Lupy Lane is for the makers & admirers ~ for those who enjoy making beautiful things with their hands & those who enjoy owning & admiring locally made, hand-crafted ceramics & hand-woven tapestries.