Category: Markets

Robyn Stewardson makes quirky, assemblage sculpture owls from found metal objects… “They are one-offs, handmade from items that I buy from op shops, trash and treasure markets, scrounge from dumpsters, pick up from around picnic tables in parks, collect from friends. I use the occasional new metal washer but my creations evolve almost 100% from other people’s rejects. My owl making manages to fulfil a number of needs that I have: a creative urge and something to do for ME (I’m a stay at home mum of two gorgeous girls) as well as providing a new lease on life for numerous metal objects that have outlived their original purpose. I LOVE saving things from landfill!” Read the rest of this entry →

October 9, 2010 to October 10, 2010

Harvest Textiles is a team of three women who share a passion for quality handmade textiles, the joy of learning, community and sustainability. They’ll be at Melbourne’s first Finders Keepers market on October 9th & 10th.
Finders Keepers support emerging designers, artists and musicians and focus on bringing new contemporary design to the forefront in Australia.

Yellowtrace interview Sarah Thornton & Brooke Johnston, the co-founders of The Finders Keepers markets. The Finders Keepers are independent design & art markets founded in Sydney, that supports new and emerging independent design. The Finders Keepers encourage and inspire others to harness their creativity and in turn educate communities to invest in handmade, locally produced independent design.
The Finders Keepers Markets are also coming to Melbourne for the first time: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th October at Docklands.

June 4, 2010 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

We have an eclectic array of stalls attending the market. There will be beautiful food, interesting stalls, live music, performances and a celebrity chef Noah Rose from My Kitchen Rules doing a cooking demonstration.

May 9, 2010

It’s in the spirit of community and sustainability that Bondi Resident, Creative and sustainability Maven, Ben Peacock is curating the Garage Sale Trail as part of the Bondi Sizzle Community Festival. Bondi residents – fashionistas, creatives, travellers and riff-raff alike – are encouraged to participate in a suburb-wide garage sale.

While the iconic Australian garage sale may seem quite humble amid all the broader talk of sustainability, it remains a highly relevant way of consuming and creating responsibly to reduce the 3.2 million tonnes of solid waste sent to landfill each year.

There will also be a special artistic component to festival where artists can put their garage art on display.

register here. Via Jess Miller

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December 12, 2009 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

collectables furniture art clothes