SHE WHO EXPLORES
MADDI
Maddi, also known as She Who Explores, is a professional photographer and visual storyteller based on Tasmania’s East Coast. With a deep love for the ocean and a life shaped under the waves, Maddi’s work captures the raw beauty beneath the surface.
Maddi’s creative journey began young, evolving into a full-time pursuit that has since led her to work with leading ocean companies and brands globally.
A qualified freediver, SCUBA diver and surf instructor… as well as all-round ocean adventurer, her images are more than visuals—they’re immersive experiences, inviting viewers into the world she calls home. Unlike other professional photographers, Maddi doesn’t have a gallery, print store or showroom - the creation of prints for Raised By Salt are her way of displaying her artworks, together with purpose and functionality.
@she.who.explores
KATEMADE
KATE
After starting her van trip around Australia and falling in love with Far North Queensland, Kate found new inspiration in the rainforest, waterfalls and reef. Her work blends the calm beauty of these environments with her relaxed, intuitive painting style, resulting in pieces that feel both grounding and joyfully expressive.
Beyond her studio practice, Kate runs her own Paint and Sip classes, and creates custom commissions using both traditional techniques and digital illustration tools like Procreate. Whether she’s painting a Cairns landscape, her new favourite native animal or custom piece, Kate’s aim is always the same: to create art that feels meaningful and connected.
Kate also holds a deep connection to the ocean, shaped by years of spearfishing, diving and exploring below the surface. The reef is one of her greatest sources of inspiration. An endless goal to try and capture its unique beauty, reflecting her love for the sea and the peace she finds beneath the surface.
KateMade Art is growing into a multi-faceted creative brand, with new offerings, digital downloads, and an expanding online presence—including her Instagram, @katemade_art_.Through her art, Kate hopes to inspire others to slow down, notice the beauty around them, and explore their own creativity.
Kate’s designs can be seen in our collaboration of Mermaid Mafia stickers and merch. Her mermaid diver was drawn to pay tribute to all those mermaid girlies out there.
@Katemade_art
STICK FIGURE FISH
DR. LINDSAY MARSHALL
With a PhD in Zoology and a published shark taxonomist, Dr Lindsay Marshall grew up loving and living in the ocean off Western Australia. Her artworks have been inspired by her knowledge and her time beneath the surface. Her work can be found on @stickfigurefish and combines both taxonomic precesion with fine detail of sharks, rays, fishes and other aquatic life. Stick Figure Fish as collaborated with Raised by Salt on an Ornate cray freefive fin bag available online.
Dr Lindsay Marshall’s Major projects include:
- Rays of the World (CSIRO press)
- The tree of life project (illustrating over 1,500 species)
- A key to Australian Myctophids (CSIRO)
- Three National Stamp series (Australian Post)
@stickfigurefish
https://www.stickfigurefish.com.au
KENDALL ROSE PHOTO
KENDALL
Kendall is an underwater photographer, videographer, expedition host, and co-founder of NeuralFin Shark ID AI. She specialises in shark photography and is based between the East Coast of Australia and Fuvahmulah, Maldives, where she has spent extensive time working alongside Pelagic Divers Fuvahmulah as a shark photographer in residence.
Her passion for sharks and the ocean began around five years ago, when a snorkelling trip at her local beach led to an unforgettable and incredibly rare encounter with a tiger shark. That moment changed everything, sparking a deep fascination with the underwater world and a drive to capture its stories through photography. Looking back, the encounter felt like a turning point—one that foreshadowed the incredible opportunities that would follow.
Since then, Kendall has dedicated her work to showcasing the beauty and importance of the ocean and its most misunderstood inhabitants. Through her photography, immersive experiences, and her latest project, Shark ID AI, she aims to inspire awareness, foster connection, and support conservation—encouraging people to see the ocean not as a distant world, but as something deeply worth protecting.
@Kendallrosephoto
@odysea.encounters
@neuralfin.sharkid
Pora pottery
Ellie
Ellie holds a Masters Degree in marine biology, where she completed a thesis on coral genetics of remote west Australian reefs. After spending three years studying and travelling the coast of Western Australia she has recently returned home to northern NSW. She currently skippers a dive boat in Byron Bay, and has ongoing research projects of coral genetics in Indonesia and WA. In her spare time she hand builds and paints stoneware mugs. Aimed towards bringing awareness to ocean species and creating keepsakes of people’s ocean memories. The name Pora Pottery comes from Acropora, a foundational reef building coral. And on the bottom of every mug there is a stamp of a fossilised coral piece she found in remote WA. Each mug ends up slightly differently shaped, as she doesn’t use a wheel. This unique aspect means each mug has its own characteristics and quirks.