Posts Tagged ‘market’

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.

 

 

OPEN STUDIOS: Abbotsford Convent


Katheryn Leopoldseder in her studio. Photography: Cindy Schulz


Philip Stokes, Studio Glass. Photography: Cindy Schulz

Date: Sunday 16 August, 10am-4pm
Venue: Ground Floor & Second Floor, Main Convent Building and the Mercator Building, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford

To coincide with the August Makers’ Market and the Shirt and Skirt Market, a diverse selection of arts practitioners will open their studios. Come enjoy the markets at the Abbotsford Convent and see practitioners working in hot glass, jewellery, painting, instrument making and more!

Participants include:

GROUND FLOOR, MAIN CONVENT BUILDING
Arts Music luthier

SECOND FLOOR, MAIN CONVENT BUILDING
Annie Campbell soapmaker
Pip Davey painter
Wendy Golden fibre artist
Sari Harris jeweller and object maker
Rick Matear painter
Evonne Patton painter
Matthew Quick painter
Joanne Saunders recorder maker
Charlie Sublet photographer

THE MERCATOR BUILDING
Philip Stokes Studio Glass

 

OPEN STUDIOS: Gasworks Arts Park


Work by Kris Coad


Work by Liz Low

Date: Saturday 15 August, 10am-1pm
Venue: Ceramics Studio, Gasworks Art Park, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park

To coincide with the August Farmers’ Market, the Ceramics Studio will open to the public. Speak with the practitioners and watch them work, peruse the seasonal produce at the market and enjoy the lovely grounds of the Gasworks Art Park.

Participants include ceramicists Kris Coad, Ursula Dutkiewicz, Kay Goldfinch, Liz Low

 

CRAFT HATCH MARKETS


CatRabbit’s stall at Craft Hatch

CRAFT HATCH @ CITY LIBRARY
Date: Saturday 8 August, 11am-4pm
Venue: City Library, Level 1, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Showcasing products from the best and brightest emerging designers, the August market features works with the theme CITY|COUNTRY.

See the Craft Hatch: City Library stallholders here

Special event: Brittany Veitch and Ben Landau, exhibitors of Bio-Accessories will present an artists talk in the City Library Seminar Room at 2pm.

CRAFT HATCH @ MWF: Where Stories Meet Craft
Dates: Sundays 23 and 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.

See the Craft Hatch: Melbourne Writers Festival stallholders here

 

CRAFT HATCH @ CITY LIBRARY


Jennie Barnes’ tram cushions


Alexandra Bletsas’ work


Kate Brereton’s creatures


Sarah Hinds’ elephants


Cat McInnes’ badges


Matt Nicholls’ pendant


Gemma Patford’s Hot Dog
Necklace


Work by Charles Wyatt from RMIT


Chloe Vallance’s work

Date: Saturday 8 August, 11am-4pm
Venue: City Library, Level 1, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Craft Victoria is pleased to be partnering with the City of Melbourne’s, City Library to hold Craft Hatch – an incubator market that showcases the work of student and emerging designers. Craft Hatch is a rare opportunity for you to purchase the freshest, hand-made products direct from the designer; including homewares, jewellery, clothing, accessories, stationery and more.

Showcasing products from the best and brightest emerging designers, the August market features works with the theme CITY|COUNTRY.

There will also be a special event: Brittany Veitch and Ben Landau, exhibitors of Bio-Accessories will present
an artists talk in the City Library Seminar Room at 2pm.

 

 

August’s Craft Hatch stallholders will be:

Jennie Barnes
Trams are a shorthand symbol for life in Melbourne, and the W Class is a design classic. W Class Cushions are a recollection of who we used to be, capturing Melburnians’ nostalgia for the days of conductors, hole-punched tickets and state-owned public transport. A W Class Cushion is a statement of urban pride for your couch; a memento of home for an expatriate; and a local history lesson for a child.

Alexandra Bletsas
Influenced by industrial objects, street culture and natural objects, Alex has used geometric shapes for my work and have also used cicada wing designs in her work to reflect the theme CITY|COUNTRY.

Kate Brereton & Charlotte Tizzard
Charlotte Tizzard of Cserpent Art and Kate Brereton of Betty and Hamish will each take an element of the festival theme CITY|COUNTRY and make it their own. To address the CITY, Charlotte will display her brooches in a dolls house, complete with the trappings of city life. To complement this, the Betty and Hamish display will address COUNTRY with a collection of animals set amongst grass, trees and fluffy clouds.

Sarah Hinds
The theme behind the project was the city of Melbourne and exploring the idea of Melbourne’s meeting places, for example local icons like the steps at Flinders Street Station or the Arts Centre spire. The prints feature Melways maps of places Sarah has lived, illustrations of Flinders Street station, trams and the Arts Centre spire. In terms of the theme of CITY|COUNTRY, Sarah’s work relates to the idea of appreciating the city you live, in its vibrancy and dullness. Because its home.

Cat MacInnes
Cat has dissected the theme to present two complementary sets of products – a CITY range and a COUNTRY range. Ranging from rubber stamps, mobiles, badges and posters, the COUNTRY products will see a return to nature with the recurring motif of animals chasing each other, whereas the CITY products will take to this theme the streets and see this motif replaced by vehicles like scooters, bikes and cars.

Matt Nicholls
To address the theme CITY|COUNTRY, Matt Nicholls will be developing themes from his previous work that deal with the way that nature fits into an urban environment. These take the form of representations of miniature gardens – in particular the idea of changing the scale of the garden to make it something miniature and personal.

Gemma Patford
Gemma Patford and her label NotToday launch into winter with a new range of Victorian Style Aprons, home made felt jams and other tasty creations. Inspired by Craft Hatch’s CITY|COUNTRY theme, Gemma mixes ye olde country and Victorian patterns with loud and colourful 1980s fabrics.

RMIT Gold & Silversmithing
University is a concentrated microcosm of ideas, born of a vast collection of sensibilities.
The works explore the visceral encounters of an ever-changing set of geographic conditions. Ideas are displaced calibrated and appropriated to reveal new directions and truths from seemingly opposite forces.

Chloe Vallance
The idea of sequencing imagery to suggest an underlying notion of narration is a recurring theme in Chloe’s art making. This project, A Moment at a Time, is a consideration of the tension between figures and their environmental context. The ideas for Chloe’s images stem from observations of people, close friends and family. The artist is interested in the placement of small scale figures, together and alone, within diverse landscapes to convey ideas about certain environments.