Craft City Seddon :: Maribyrnong Makers Market

Happy Eco Christmas

You’ve installed the solar heating, recycled your plastics and you tip the washing water on the lawn … but what about your Christmas shopping? Make your Christmas gift giving environmentally friendly this year by visiting the Maribyrnong Makers Market.

The market has a huge range of upcycled, reinvented and repurposed items that make unique Christmas gifts. And there’s no carbon footprint: everything at the market is made in Melbourne by the stallholder.

Cosy blankets made from jumpers, bags made from real estate signs and vintage belt buckles on hats, gloves and bags are just some of the reinvented gift ideas you’ll find at the November Maribyrnong Makers Market.

This final market for 2009 will be a bumper Christmas event, offering a fabulous range of Christmas gifts and entertainment for all the family. Stalls will be located at two sites on Gamon Street; the Uniting Church Hall and Harris Reserve. Entertainment includes singers and african drumming plus FREE children’s activities in Harris Reserve.

Shop, relax, pet a pig, paint a poster or have your face painted. Who says Christmas has to be hectic?

The Maribyrnong Makers Market will be held on Saturday 14 November from 10am to 3pm at the Seddon Uniting Church Hall AND Harris Reserve, Gamon Street, Seddon.

:: Craft City Braybrook (and Maidstone!) :: Free Craft Workshops

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Jo is running some free craft workshops over the coming weeks.
You can learn to make brooches, Christmas ornaments and other cute stuff.
For further info contact Ms Jo.

Craft City Northcote - Northside Makers Market - Applications Open

Market Date :: 28th November 2009


It's market-a-rama at the moment in Melbourne....

"Northside Makers Market applications open! After a hugely successful maiden event on Saturday 10th October, Northside Makers are thrilled to announce that stallholder application for our November 28th market are open! Click here to apply now.

Northside Makers Market focuses on providing a supportive market environment for emerging craftspeople as well as those with more experience under their belts. Market day is family friendly with face painting, kids craft tables, plenty of room to navigate prams (and wheelchairs) and a gorgeous courtyard to enjoy real coffee from Cafe Koula together with Melbourne Epicure cupcakes and gingerbread. The market is right in the middle of Northcote's bustling Ruckers Hill precinct which brings in a lot of walk-in traffic. Indoor and outdoor stalls are available.

If you have any questions don't hesitate in dropping us a line...

northsidemakers@gmail.com "

Craft City Brunswick : Sister's Market Dates : Plus New St Kilda Venue

Sister's Market has released it's 2010 Brunswick dates, as well as announcing a new St Kilda venue. Here's the lowdown.

"We will continue to run our markets in Brunswick every 2nd month, starting in February.

The 2010 dates at Brunswick Town Hall are as follows:

13 February
17 April
12 June
14 August
9 October
18 December

We are now taking applications for this venue for February, April and June.
The remaining dates will be released early 2010.

Following the continued success of Sisters' Market at Brunswick Town Hall we have decided to further expand, incorporating a new venue : The St Kilda Town Hall! The St Kilda market will be promoted to St Kilda, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Albert Park, Elsternwick, Elwood and more.

The initial 2010 dates at St Kilda town Hall are as follows, with more to be announced further down the track:

6 March
11 December

Applications for the above Brunswick and St Kilda Market are online now.

:: Craft City Fitzroy :: Blackbird Summer Market...

The first Blackbird Summer Market will be held on Saturday 5th December at The Newtown Worker's Club (the former Rob Roy Hotel) - corner of Brunswick St and Gertrude St in Fitzroy.

Running monthly, Blackbird is one of the new breed of Pub Markets, combining a cute market vibe with food, music and a few icy cold bevvys. I guess it's kind of the antithesis of some of the other craft markets you might frequent, and I think it's a nice move. Craft is for everyone and cupcakes and cabbage roses are not everyones cup of tea.

Blackbird are seeking stallholders who specialise in contemporary craft, art, fashion, design or vintage. Does that sound like you? Get cracking and apply here!

:: Craft City Yarraville : Pop-Up Fabric Sale...

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Craft City Footscray :: Crafters Wanted :: The Big Knit

The Knitting Machine (2005), installation,
knitting large flag Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
2005, as installed at Mass MoCa, North Adams, MA.


THE BIG KNIT

Knit one, Purl one....

Renowned international textile artist Dave Cole is visiting Australia as part of the Big West Festival. In his first visit to our shores, Cole will be working with a team of ‘knitters’ to convert an iconic western suburbs landmark into a massive tactile, colourful installation piece. (The location is still under wraps.)

Big West is looking for a team of textile artists willing to commit approximately four days a week of their time from November 9th to 20th to work on 26 massive panels that will be pieced together and installed from 21st November. Over a period of 8 days people will be able to watch the slow transformation of this local landmark. The completion of the knitted installation will be celebrated on Saturday 28th November with a Big Knit dance-athon.

We welcome anyone with a passion for knitting and weaving, from beginners to experts. This is not regular knitting!

For all those interested in taking part, please contact -
Justine Donohue at justine@bigwest.com.au (or on 9689 4880)

The project is proudly supported by Arts Victoria, Craft Victoria, Metlink and National Wool Museum.

Craft City Collingwood :: Exhibition Focus :: For Always And Ever

Featuring the work of Dawn Tan, Caroline Banks, Shina Kim & Noriko Nakamura

For Always & Ever is a collection of works brought together through a mutual engagement with themes of femininity, domesticity and the natural world. In response to the recent return to craft culture in Melbourne and around the world, and a renewed appreciation for the delicate, natural and feminine in the face of increasing environmental concern, this group of artists have produced bodies of work combining the use of traditional art materials such as oils and acrylic, as well as fabric, thread, coloured pencils and glitter.

Opening Night: Friday 23rd October 6 - 9 pm
(PS: There's gonna be a tea party going on! Lots of yummy baked treats!)

Off The Kerb Gallery
66B Johnston St
Collingwood

Regular Gallery Opening hours: Thurs & Fri 12:30pm-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm

Craft City Northcote - Northside Makers Market - THIS Saturday

NORTHSIDE MAKERS MARKET
THIS Saturday 10th October

It's almost market day and after months of preparation, hours of stitching, painting and gluing, we are proud as punch to be presenting an awesome selection of handmade products for you this Saturday at the first and definitely not last, Northside Makers Market .

Check out all the fabulous crafters that will be displaying oodles of handmade wonder at our October market. (in alphabetical order):

Amanda O'Donnell

Blue Blue Patches
Buttonlicious
Celia Adams
Chuckles Designs
Cosmetic Cat Creations
Curlypops
Custom Culture

Daneeta Hennessey
Elmie

Ffarff Art
Finki Handmade
Flicketty Splits
Found and Bound
Hawthorne Cottage
Jenny Anderson
Jo Woodberry
Kazzalblue
Konstant Kaos
Lauren Williams
Light of the times
Little Cooties
Little Ray
Little Waltz
Luise Adams
Made by Sarah
Mecino
Mee and M'lee
Melbourne Epicure
Mrs Beckinsale
Pepperberry & Co
Piccolamia
Pivotal Xpressions
Polly Pratt
Retro Print Revival
Ros Chambers
Samantha Ramage
Selina Bayliss
Slap Cosmetics
Stitch in Time
Tinniegirl
Tirese Ballard

Vintage Sew and So
Whittaker Rose Designs

There will be scrumptious gingerbread cookies, tarts and more... made by the lovely Cathie at Melbourne Epicure, delightful coffee and eats from Cafe Koula and a sausage sizzle to raise funds for the local Girl Guides.

And don't worry we haven't forgotten the kids....there'll be a face painter around from 10.30 - 2.30, free craft table activities and balloons all set up in the courtyard so you can sit and relax with your coffee and cakes whilst the kids are entertained.

The stage is set, the weather forecast is sunny.....the stallholders are preparing a feast for the eyes.....all we need is you.

Blog about it, Facebook it, tweet it, text it....whatever your method is just make sure to tell all your friends to come support your local crafters this Saturday.

See you there
Jennie, Jay and Margaret
www.northsidemakers.com
xx

Craft City Melbourne - Vintage Shops Selling Crafty Supplies

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:: Lost and Found Market: Collingwood - by the roll wallpaper, fabric, sewing patterns, knitting needles
:: Chapel Street Bazaar : Prahran - by the roll wallpaper, buttons, fabric, general haberdashery, sewing patterns and more
:: Industria : Fitzroy - all sorts of stuff that might be good to repurpose and other random ephemera
:: Flashback : Northcote -specializing in vintage fabric and wallpaper (some by the metre)
:: Fat Helen's : Windsor - vintage fabric and other random craftiness
:: Moustache : Fitzroy - some vintage craft books
:: Meet Me at Mike's : Fitzroy - vintage craft books, sewing patterns, fabric too

Do add your favourites in the comments!

Craft City Northcote - Catherine Campbell Solo Exhibition

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The wonderful Ms Campbell's exhibition opens THIS Friday night - 7pm - Kick Gallery in Northcote. Why don't you take yourself along?

Craft City CBD - Melbourne Open House 2009

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The Melbourne Open House 2009 will run again soon (on July 19th). Lots of amazing places will be open to the public for a one-day only poke about. If you want an extra good peek at places like the Mission for Seafarers, Fifteen Restaurant's Kitchen, Donkey Wheel House, The Manchester Unity Building, The Capitol Theatre or back of house at Fed Square this is your lucky day.

And if you have an eye for design, architecture or shuffling people about peacefully, well, you might like to become an Open House 2009 volunteer on said lucky day. Sounds like a good idea, right? So off you go... volunteer. You know you want to. Don't you?

xx Pip

Candystripers Installation - Bus Gallery - Melbourne CBD

The Candystripers Stripe Again!


The Candystripers is a collaboration between two Melbourne artists: pop-artist Gemma Jones and installation artist Lauren Brown. Their latest project is in the entrance to Bus Gallery, an artist-run space in the heart of Melbourne, and is the third in a series of projects based in Melbourne.

Seeking to create hyper-real spaces that walk the line between exterior and interior experiences, The Candystripers project at Bus transforms the foyer into a cross between Victorian wallpaper, an over sized minimalist painting and a helicopter landing pad.



What : A Candystripers Project: Bus Gallery
Where: Bus Gallery, Melbourne
When: 9 June - 26 June
Opening: Tuesday 9 June, 6 - 8pm

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Bus Gallery
Level 1, 117 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne
Opening Hours :: Wednesday to Saturday 12pm - 6pm

Letterpress Printing Workshops - CBD

Letterpress workshops at Idlewild Press
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Learn how to set and print metal type on both a cylinder proof press and a hand-fed platen press. We'll cover the minutiae of handsetting, locking up and makeready. You'll leave knowing how to recognise a tight tympan, how to check roller height and all about the finer points of good inking. You'll learn how to feed the press, maintain ink levels, avoid offset and maintain registration. You'll learn how to make a good impression.


Dates:
June 13 & 14, 2009


August 22 & 23, 2009
October 24 & 25, 2009


Time: 10am – 5pm.


Location: Sixth floor, Room 10
Nicholas Building
37 Swanston Street
Melbourne 3000.


Instructor: Carolyn Fraser. Press maven since 1996. Shipped a 20-foot container of equipment from the US in 2005 before settling in the Nicholas Building, breaking the freight elevator in the process. Her books are collected by national and international institutions including the State Library of Victoria and the New York Public Library. She has taught letterpress and bookmaking at the San Francisco Center for the Book, the Cleveland Institute of Art and Monash University.



Cost: $400. Includes all materials.


Maximum four students per workshop.


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Idlewild Press
in the Nicholas Building
0401 409 325
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SAVE THE Melbourne Museum Of Printing - Fundraiser - This Sunday

Let me preface this post with the plea that you GO TO THIS! It's an amazing place - and must be seen to be believed.

THIS Sunday May 17

Fundraising Event

From 2pm and 6pm

All Welcome

Melbourne Museum of Printing

36 Moreland St

Footscray

Live music by The Primitive Calculators,

letterpress and typesetting demonstrations and

a print exhibition and fundraiser –with works created by some of Melbourne leading contemporary artists and design studios

Melbourne Museum of Printing (MMOP) is a working museum of typography and printing. Since 1993 the museums focus has been on the retention of traditional printing methods and equipment. Initially established as the Australian Type Company – containing a comprehensive collection of printing presses, typesetting machines, types and other print-related artefacts in addition to its Monotype-based typecasting machines and matrix collection. In due course, it became the last remaining typefoundry in Australia and should, by commercial norms, have closed in the early 1990’s when proprietor Michael Isaachsen turned the whole collection into a non-profit museum.



The museum has hosted numerous workshops, tours and events including studio visits for hundreds of students of Visual Communication from Swinburne, RMIT and Monash universities. High profiled designers such as Tobias Frere-Jones and Patrick Thomas have visited the museum.


Over the past 2 years the MMOP has come under increased financial pressure and at this point is in a perilous position. Consequently a volunteer committee of artists and designers has been formed to undertake an extensive campaign to try and save the museum, and thus increase patronage and use of the museums print workshop facilities by artists and students. The committee is made up of designers, artists, students and print enthusiasts.





PRINTS / EDITION OF 20, $200 EACH OR $3000 FOR A BOX OF ALL 22

Artists:: Jon Campbell, Anna Ephraim, Emily Floyd, Greg Fullerton, Matthew Griffin, Lucas Ilhein, Susan Jacobs, Callum Morton, Rose Nolan, Alex Selenitsch, Richard Tipping, Ronnie van Hout

Designers / Studios ::3 Deep Design, Alte,r Chase & Galley, Fabio Ongarato Design, Hofstede Design, Studio Pip & C, Studio Round, The Narrows, John Warwicker, Yanni Florence


More images of the Museum here and here