Made On The Left

OUR mission statement

MADE ON THE LEFT was founded in 2008 by independent designers to support Western Australian creative talent. We hold bi-annual handmade craft markets to showcase local designers.

Being on the left hand side of Australia no longer

means you'll be at a disadvantage.

Our aim is to support all creative designers and events showcasing independent labels. MOTL is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation. You may wonder why we promote other markets besides MOTL; it’s because it’s not about us, its about you; the buyers and sellers of indie wares. Here at the blog, you’ll discover up to date information about our latest market, the low-down on some of Perth’s emerging talents, other opportunities for artists and designers and a little bit of fun stuff too. It’s all right here… welcome!

Thursday, December 24

Happy Holidays!

image via Craftapalooza.

Hope you all have a wonderful Handmade Christmas!

Wednesday, December 23

Vale Market Day Expressions Of Interest

Tuesday, December 15

Tuesday Ten :: 15 Dec 09

All handmade. All from WA.

Enjoy!

LINKS

1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 :: 5 :: 6 :: 7 :: 8 :: 9 :: 10

*If you'd like to be featured in a Tuesday Ten forward a link and a pic to Lauren, or comment on this blog post with a link and a picture link.

One Month Later...

Hello All,

As a mark of one month since our Christmas market, we've put together a little slideshow of shots from the market as a reminder of how awesome it was!!!

Well, until next time, check out upcoming markets in WA in the run-up to Christmas! Are you finished your gift-buying yet?

Friday, December 11

The Markets @ Borders - Stallholder Callout

Tuesday, December 1

Tuesday Ten :: 1 Dec 09

Hi All, and welcome to one of many new "segments" we will be running on the MOTL blog!

If you'd like to be featured in a Tuesday Ten forward a link and a pic to Lauren, or comment on this blog post with a link and a picture link.

All handmade. All from WA.

Enjoy!

LINKS

1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 :: 5 :: 6 :: 7 :: 8 :: 9 :: 10

CORRECTION: It appears I made a boo-boo, sorry! "two" is actually by an artist who works over east and in new zealand. Won't happen again :)

Thursday, November 26

GiftWrapt by The George St Artists Group

Marlene joined us at the last Made on the Left market selling her hand dyed silks and just emailed this invite to view and buy her work and that of many others next week. Just in time for that special Christmas gift!

Dec 5-13

11am - 6pm

Memorial Hall Exhibition Centre

Hamilton Hill

Contact Marlene on 0409 835 506

Monday, November 23

Artist Opportunity - Vendoring Site

Head on over to ETHIKL for a great online marketplace open to anyone who produces or wants to shop for:

Handmade items

Organic products

Natural products

Products made using recycled material

Ethical & Fair Trade products

Sounds cool eh? It's an Australian based website too!

Head on over here to have a look: ethikl.com.au

Friday, November 20

TAFE Photo Grad Show 2009

If you love supporting up-and-coming WA student-artists, and have a real hankering for photography, make sure you head on down to Central TAFE for their Grad show this year, its sure to be a ripper!

Thursday, November 19

What to do this Weekend

One of the oldest and biggest traditional Arts&Crafts Fair is on this weekend; The Treasured Craft Creations Fair at Claremont Showgrounds. It also has a great mix of vintage and antique goodies thrown in, and would be a fantastic place to get a Christmas gift for a Mum or a Grandma, and you might be lucky and find something for yourself too, with "cool-crafts" beginning to invade the pavillions, slowly but surely!

Visit their website for more details: www.treasuredcraftcreations.com.au