Summer Brighton Craftaganza 2013 Poster and Flyer Design!

 

Applications Now Being Accepted for Summer Brighton Craftaganza!

 

The Summer Brighton Craftaganza craft market will take place at Fabrica on Sat 15th June. If you are interested in selling at the event, email us at craftaganza@gmail.com with images of your product line.

The closing date for applications will be Friday 10th May.

Craftaganza Live!: April’s Speaker, Mike Levy from Castor & Pollux

Oh my goodness, we’ve surpassed ourselves this month!!! We have the owner of fabulous Brighton based art gallery and shop Castor & Pollux live and direct and available to answer all your questions about approaching galleries and shops!!! If that’s not useful for aspiring designer-makers and artists, then I really don’t know what is!

Craftaganza Live!: March’s Speaker, Zoe Edwards

Our next FREE crafty meet up is nearly upon us! This month the speaker will be a local creative-type who is pretty close to home! Brighton Craftaganza’s very own co-creator and organiser Zoe Edwards. She will be talking about the process of setting up a craft market, its evolution and its future, as well as expanding upon the motivations behind the whole thing and how it relates to the local craft scene.

Come down to The Old Market on Weds 27th March. The doors open at 7pm and the speaker will start at 7.45pm. Grab a drink and have a natter. Hope to see you there!

The Fairy Tale Fair is Back…

If you were able to swing by our Spring Brighton Craftaganza craft market last weekend and liked what you saw, chances are you’ll also enjoy the Fairy Tale Fair in Patcham this Saturday. The Fairy Tale Fair has a whimsical take on craft fairs is most definitely fun for all the family. Launched in Summer 2012 The Fairy Tale Fair is back this Spring for it’s third fair. The debut August fair and Christmas special in November were both huge successes and have received rave reviews from local press, visitors and stall holders alike.

Saturday the 9th March 2013 (10.30am – 4.30pm) will see Patcham Methodist Church (Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton) filled with over 35 craft stalls. These will include prints, jewellery, handmade creations, a craft workshop room, vintage items, accessories, face painting, beauty and a vintage themed tearoom with lots of homemade yummy treats! The day is designed to bring the community together and as a great day out for all ages.

The Fairy Tale Fair is the creation of Claire Montgomery. Claire is a Brighton based designer and illustrator who graduated in 2011. Since then she has gone on to work full time at Republique- a design studio in Hove, create her own greeting card range and most recently has launched her own laser cut jewellery range. You can find out more about Claire’s creations on her website.

Claire will be just one of the talented stall holders at The Fairy Tale Fair with unique, handmade Mother’s day and Easter gifts. Entry is FREE so bring along the whole family and all your friends! Please see their blog for interviews, updates, location and links to social accounts. Don’t miss out- it’s going to be magical!

What are you doing this weekend?!

Meet the Seller: Katie Young

Today is the last chance to virtually-meet one of our talented sellers before the Spring Brighton Craftaganza market itself. Katie is a talented metal worker who just might have the perfect Mother’s Day gift for your mum! She’ll be selling at the market on Saturday 2nd March. 

Please introduce yourself….

I am Katie. I trained and worked as a still life photographer and have always been drawn to creative activities. I have always liked making things (hopefully beautiful!) (possibly useful) with my hands.

Describe the products you currently make to sell

I love working with metal and for the fair I am making enamelled copper bowls. I love the unpredictability of the medium – wonderful effects can be achieved, but they only appear once. If the bowl goes back in the kiln, the colours will change. Enamelling on copper bowls lets the vibrancy of fired enamels to come out.

Where and when do you design and make your products?

My designs are vague impressions of colours and textures so happen anywhere, anytime. I have commandeered a small room at home and am slowly building up my workshop.

How long have you been selling your wares and how did it begin?

I have not been selling long. I started enamelling because I love the vibrant colours and organic way the bowl develops. I began selling when friends commissioned bowls as gifts and encouraged me to do it as more than a hobby.

What drew you to the Brighton area, if you are not a ‘native’?

We fancied a change as we had lived in the country. We moved to Brighton 2 1/2 years ago because it is a lively and exciting city but also very accessible.

Any other crafty disciplines you like to practice?

I have always liked working with my hands. I have done all sorts from knitting to black smithing, from woodwork to macramé.

What inspires the things you make?

I am inspired by natural forms and colours. I love the fact that nothing in nature clashes- it always looks right.

Personal motto?

A day without wine….