New Date!

Nope, this aint your granny’s cross-stitch. This is hearts, skulls, owls, cherries and more. Your guidance in all things stitchy and cross will be provided by the lovely Annie Rawle of Osmosis Designs, and the coffee and tea will be served by none other than Cabin Fever queen Ruth. Its sure to be a great night, the buzz at our last event was really something special. If you want a peice of the actionhead over to our merch store for tickets and more details.

We hope to see you there!

xx MOTL

Craft Nights at the Cabin #2 - Cross-Stitch POSTPONED

EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THE 27TH OF APRIL!!!!

We had a blast on the 16th of March with our first Craft Nights @ Cabin Fever, and we’re totally stoked to be announcing the next event!

Wednesday 13th April :: Cross-Stitch

Nope, this aint your granny’s cross-stitch. This is hearts, skulls, owls, cherries and more. Your guidance in all things stitchy and cross will be provided by the lovely Annie Rawle of Osmosis Designs, and the coffee and tea will be served by none other than Cabin Fever queen Ruth. Its sure to be a great night, the buzz at our last event was really something special. If you want a peice of the action head over to our merch store for tickets and more details.

We hope to see you there!

xx MOTL

Cabin Fever: Craft Night #1

What fun! There was such a great atmosphere at Pidgeonhole's Cabin Fever at our first craft night - sipping hot drinks from vintage china, great discussion, concentration on learning new skills, new people, and yarn tags! The delightful Ruth was the ideal host - thank you Ruth!! And thank you to the wonderful crafters who came along and had fun with captain plaknit! How is your crochet coming along? We would love to see some pics of your yarn-tags :)

Here are a few pics. Maybe they will inspire you to come along to our next craft night?!

kickstART youth markets

Propel Youth Arts WA are calling out for stall holders at the kickstART youth markets - you can apply as an individual or group and you will be in the running to win a spot at the next Made on the Left market! 

We are looking for young designers and artists to show off their hand-made products and wares! If this sounds like you or if you have an idea for a stall, read the info sheet on what’s required and apply online!

smART Stall Business workshops

 Join the team from Made on the Left to find out all the do’s and don’t’s about selling your art. Not sure how to turn your art into a sellable product? Need a few tips of putting together the most impressive stall at the markets? How about the inside goss on pricing your product? Get all of your questions answered and meet some of WA’s most successful crafters. Find out more here. 

• Monday 21 March: Pricing your product & the FAQ’s of being a first time stall holder

• Wednesday 23 March: Turing your art into a product & Creating a good-looking stall

Bicycle Swap Meet

Are you a happy hooker? A keen crocheter? Here is a great opportunity: Granny Funk will be running FREE crochet workshops to funk up your bike! Sounds like fun!

16th March Cabin Fever Craft Night - Yarn Tagging

Hey All!

Come to our Craft Night at Pigeonhole's Cabin Fever Wednesday night and learn how to make a yarn tag from Lex AKA Captain Plaknit!

Buy your ticket HERE.

... "Do you want to learn how to basic crochet/knit - just enough skill to make bits of yarny goodness to wrap around the trees and poles of the CBD?

Then come to the craft night at Pigeonhole's Cabin Fever! Your teacher will be Lex of Captain Plaknit fame, so you'll be in friendly competent hands!

Want to learn more about what the heck yarn tagging (and its bigger brother yarn bombing) actually are? Have a peek at the links below;

http://www.flickr.com/groups/yarnbombingukdiy/pool/ http://maskerade.blogsome.com/ http://yarnbombing.com/

See you there! "

xx MOTL

Melville Sculpture Walk

For those of you interested in the wider arts community, you might want to pop into Kadidjiny Park in Melville throughout March. This year's Sculpture Walk presents 20 sculptures created by community, emerging and professional artists. Opening night is this Friday, 11 March.

PS - Peta and Lex from MOTL are installing a collaborative textile piece!

KickstART Youth Markets

Propel Youth Arts are looking for young artists and designers to sell their hand-made products and wares at the KickstART Youth Markets. Expressions of interests are now open – apply online now . Applications close 21st March 2011. 


ABOUT KICKSTART YOUTH MARKETS
The KickstART Youth Markets is the flagship event for Own It! National Youth Week 2011 in Western Australia. Comprised of market stalls, sculptures, live performances, interactive activities and an art trail, the KickstART Youth Markets is a great opportunity for young people to exhibit their wares to their peers and the general public. The markets themselves will be made up of stalls with young people selling products, as well as information booths by specific youth-focused organisations.

The KickstART Youth Markets will be held on Saturday 2nd April from 10am to 4pm in the Perth Cultural Centre. Large crowds are expected. The KickstART Youth Markets is proudly supported by the Western Australian Government, Youthbeyondblue, Lotterywest, EPRA, C.D Dodd Scrap Metal Recyclers and Propel Youth Arts WA.

REQUIREMENTS
To have a stall at the KickstART Youth Markets:
• You must be aged between 12-25 years of age.
• If you are under 16, you must be accompanied by a parent/guardian at all times.
• The goods must either be hand-made (by you or a group of young people) or vintage.
• Successful stall holders must provide a deposit of $30 ($20 for Propel members) which will be returned to them on the day (for further information see Fees).
Please note: Stall holders will be selected to ensure the markets has a variety of products and isn’t inundated by any particular genre of goods.

Montage Pop-up Shop

As part of the City of Fremantle’s new ‘Renew Fremantle’ initiative, a group of 12 local handmade designers have joined together to create Fremantle’s latest ‘pop-up shop’ in Adelaide Street, Fremantle called “Montage”.
The initiative sees the City of Fremantle providing vacant retail spaces, rent-free, for local artists to showcase their talents with the aim of invigorating and revitalising otherwise ‘dead retail areas’ of the city.
The shop showcases handmade designs including jewellery, art, accessories, stationery and homewares.
Montage will be open from the 8th to 25th of February at 4/64 Adelaide St, Fremantle and trading 10am – 5pm seven days a week so drop in to support local handmade!


The 12 local designers of “Montage” are as follows: 

BHO by Rebecca Fogarty

cocoapod by Renee Garabedian

eeva margita by Niina Aoki

iheartcharlie by Libby Gardiner

lorgie&me by Kamma Spring

Modern Homewares by Helen Truscott

Neddynibbles by Karen La Greca

Osier by Lauren O'Brien

Osmosis by Annie Rawle

Petrafanella by Peta Galloway

riley and fynn designs by Marisa Simeone

Tall Rabbit by Nicole Moffat

For further information, visit www.montagecollective.blogspot.com