CRAFT HATCH @ MWF

Anita Cummins’ scarves

Brydie Dyson’s work

Nicholas Jones’ work

Wendy Junes’ work

Kearnsie brooches

PHILOS-o-FACE Brooches

Rebound Books’ work

Sneak Design cardie

Studio Hip work

Studio Sam’s Howard Mini
Screen

Vince card

Wah Wah Wears’ pendant

Dates: Sunday 23 August, 10am-4pm
Sunday 30 August, 10am-4pm
Venue: Federation Square Atrium, Melbourne

Craft Victoria is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Melbourne Writers Festival to present a special market series featuring handmade products with a literary theme.

The Craft Hatch: Melbourne Writers Festival stallholders will be:

Anita Cummins
This is a note to all those four-eyed, brogue-wearing bookworms and bibliophiles: Moth-eaten navy scarves used to be the real thing. Alas, times they are a-changing and all you informed and literary characters need something fresh, like a brand spanking new scarf with your initials embroidered on it. Emerging textile artist Anita Cummins does just that. Using soft wool and unusual colour combinations, Anita’s scarves are sure to keep you warm in the icy aisles of your local library.

Anita will be at the 30 August market.

Brydie Dyson
My work is a delicate, intricate and playful approach to one’s personal relationship with wearable art-objects.
Toying with the conflicting ideas of sustainability and deterioration, the wearable art-objects are constructed from cut and folded second-hand books.
The paper jewellery range challenges the social conventions of preserving art objects, suggesting that possessions can evolve over time, and can command their own form and aesthetics, becoming even more beautiful and well crafted by their own accord.
http://antelopeandcantaloup.blogspot.com

Brydie will be at the 30 August market.

Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones has been described as a ‘book artist, book dissector and book carver’. Based in Melbourne, Jones collects discarded books that no longer have a home. Folding, refolding, tearing, cutting and sewing their pages, he carefully and quite deliberately dissects the, creating delicate and exquisite sculptural installations. Constantly inspired by the material he works with, Jones is intrigued by the history these books tell, “as if they are explaining their lives as I slice into them”. Intrigued by their history and inspired by the idea of difference, his work is as much about process as it is about the form- “these books were conceived, born, loved, stored, discarded, found anew, studied, cut, folded and reborn”.
www.bibliopath.org

Nicholas will be at the 23 August market.

Wendy June
wendy june must have at least nine arms as all her products are currently individually made by just herself. Her drawings are detailed and quirky, simple and fresh, duck down and get some of the wendy june limited prints or simply pick up a card that has the look and feel of an original art work.
www.wendyjune.com.au

Wendy will be at the 23 August market.

Kearnsie (Lisa Kearns)
Kearnsie Manufacture and Design has been established for four years, supplying in Melbourne and interstate. Specialising in quirky, unique jewellery with a hint of comedy. Using materials ranging from precious metals to found objects, the design process is very playful. Remodelling knitting needles, sunglasses and souvenier spoons combined with memories, to produce pieces that have a story to tell.
www.kearnsie.com.au

Kearnsie will be at the 30 August market.

PHILOS-o-FACE (Prudence Rees-Lee)
Kant? Neitszche? Beckett? Sure they may be some of history’s most important writers, but could you recognize their mugs in a line up? PHILOS-o-FACE believes it’s about time to put a face to the name, with perfectly crafted, resin brooches. It’s not often that you get the chance to wax lyrical about your favorite philosopher outside the lecture hall, but when someone unwittingly asks ‘who is that weird looking dude on your jumper’, well…. let’s hope you did your reading.
www.philosoface.com

PHILOS-o-FACE will be at the 23 August market.

Rebound Books
At Rebound we make journals, sketchbooks, photo albums, diaries and bookmarks. We use unwanted, pre-loved hardcovers and fill them with blank 100% recycled paper. Our newest invention is the record cards, which are handmade greeting cards made from second hand record covers and envelopes made from second hand sheet music. Each card has a hand cut shape in the cover to write your greeting message in, and each card is packaged with an envelope in a biodegradable clear plastic bag. Each Rebound item is unique and handmade in Melbourne, Australia.
www.reboundbooks.net

Rebound Books will be at both the 23 and 30 August markets.

Sneak Design (Anika Cook)
Sneak Design is a teeny design company run by Melbourne girl Anika Cook. Its screenprinted clothing, accessories and artworks go a long way towards satisfying Anika’s urge to draw animals having strange adventures and men in top hats called Neville.
www.sneakdesign.com.au

Sneak Design will be at the 23 August market.

Studio Hip (Damien Hipwell & Jacqueline Cuijpers)
Studio Hip is a creator of contmeporary timber furniture and homewares, designing and making pieces for everyday living. All pieces are built using sustainable materials and eco-friendly finishes.
www.studiohip.com

Studio Hip will be at the 30 August market.

Studio Sam
Samantha Parsons established her design practice Studio Sam (formerly I am Samantha) in 2004, following national and international recognition for her product design and ten years working as a landscape architect and interior designer. The multidisciplinary design studio works across traditional boundaries of design to create whole environments and is currently working on a range of built environments (residential, corporate, retail, built settings, hospitality and event spaces) and the development of a diverse range of new lifestyle products (under the name Family of Sam).
www.studiosam.com.au

Studio Sam will be at both the 23 and 30 August markets.

Vince Letterpress (Meaghan Barbuto)
Created in 2008 by Meaghan Barbuto, Vince fuses traditional methods of antique letterpress coupled with modern technology and design to create unique, handcrafted cards, stationery, invitations and spectacular paper creations to house life’s most memorable moments.
http://vinceletterpress.blogspot.com/

Vince Letterpress will be at the 30 August market.

Wah Wah Wears (Zoe Churchill)
Wah-Wah Wears her thoughts out loud. Each piece is hand crafted in Melbourne from Porcelain or Sterling Silver and combines quirky quotes and comments, and kooky images. You are bound to be left with one eyebrow raised and a half smirk half smile. Bumping into someone wearing the same thing as you sucks, so Wah-Wah Wears limited editions only.

Wah Wah will be at the 23 August market.