Farewell, thanks for everything and see you in 2011 (on Monday 10 Jan!)

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It's our last day of trading for 2011 and all of us at Craft Victoria would like to extend a warm thanks to everyone who visited us, joined our membership program, supported our local artists, attended events, took part in Craft hatch, read the blog, befriended us on Facebook... the list goes on!

2010 has been a very good year for us (understatement alert!) and we look forward to seeing what 2011 will hold. Expect a few changes - of the good sort of course - as we continuously look for ways in which we can better your experience and your engagement with us.

In the meantime, here are three opportunities for you to mull over during the holiday season in between prawn cocktails and eggnog:

1. Applications to participate in Craft Hatch in Feb, March and April > due Mon 10 Jan

2. NGV 150th Anniversary Product Brief >> due Tue 25 Jan

3. ACMI Store Retail Product Brief >> due Tue 8 Feb


See you on Monday 10 January!

Congratulations to all of our Fresh! artists!

Our last exhibition for the year, Fresh! is our annual survey of some of Victoria's brighest graduating students. This year, 12 artists were selected by a committee comprising of Jennifer Bartholomew, Anna Davern, Stephen Gallagher, Kate Hannaford, Melanie Katsalidis, MATERIALBYPRODUCT, Ben Landau, Christine Ledwich, Melissa Loughnan, Dani Maugeri, Stuart McFarlane, Elaine Miles, Sophie Milne, Ellie Mücke, Brenda Page, Malcolm Thomas, and of course Craft Victoria staff. Phew what a list!

A big congratulations to Thomas Llewellyn for taking home not one but two great prizes including the Fresh! award. Hooray for Tom!

More information about Fresh! can be found here, and here's a selection of images from the exhibition (which ends today!)

Esther Stewart Faculty of the VCA and Music, Bachelor of Fine Art – Honours Sculpture



Isabel Holloway Monash University, Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture)

Winner of the Screaming Pixel Professional Photography Portfolio Award: Professional photography of body of work.

Thomas Llewellyn RMIT, Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)

Winner of the Craft Victoria Fresh! Award: $2000 cash prize plus free professional development with Craft Victoria. Selected by Craft Victoria CEO & Artistic Director Joe Pascoe. (This award is supported by TAIT and the Craft Supporters Program.) and the Green Magazine Sustainable Practice Award: Full page feature in Green Magazine.

Elise Pollard RMIT, Bachelor of Design (Interior Design)

Laura Wade RMIT, Bachelor of Design (Fashion)



Simone Steel RMIT, Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)

Inari Kiuru RMIT, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art – Gold and Silversmithing)

Winner of the TAIT Design Mentorship Award: Mentoring program with Gordon Tait and the Studio Round Brand Development Award: Identity, logo or packaging concept design.

Stephanie Craig Monash University, Bachelor of Visual Art (Sculpture)







Ben Taranto Faculty of the VCA and Music, Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture and Spatial Practice)



Robyn Hosking RMIT, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art – Ceramics)

Winner of the Northcote Pottery Supplies Award: Exhibition and launch event at Pan Gallery.
Winner of the Sofitel Melbourne Exhibition in a Public Space Award: Exhibition and launch event at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.

Justine Rouse Monash University, Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) Honours

Boe-Lin Bastian RMIT, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art – Drawing) Honours

Winner of the Artichoke Magazine Award: Two year Artichoke subscription and editorial coverage.

Click here to view all photos!



Photography credit: the always awesome Lily Feng

Fresh! opening night

To view all photos from the night, click here.

Photography: Lily Feng

Become a (Facebook) fan of Craft Victoria!

As our Facebook 'friend' count teeters closer and closer to the maximum limit of 5,000, Craft Victoria will be spreading our wings and migrating to a 'fanpage' where we can have friends to infinityyyyy (and beyond).

Anyhow, to keep following us for all the latest news etc. etc. please click to become a fan.

Thanks everyone!

PS. Click here to become a fan!

Craft Hatch: see you in 2011!

Our last Craft Hatch market for 2010 took place last Saturday - thanks to everyone who came, said hello, bought stuff, hung out and just generally contributed to the good vibes that day!

We'll be taking a little break in January, but we'll be back and ready to go on Saturday 12 February at the City Library!

Here's a look at how the day went:

Cat-Rabbit



Aldis Kossdottir



Rose Megirian



FUNKYWOMBAT textiles



L-R: Rebecca Martin, Curious Girl Design



Pin Handmade



Genna Campton



Goldenink



Finki



Gwendoline Page



handmadelife



ellka



Urthly Organics

As usual, more photos can be viewed here.

See you in 2011!

Photography: Kim Brockett

The Small Scale

As part of their exhibition Scale Practice which ended not to long ago, artists Meredith Turnbull and Bridie Lunney were invited by Craft Victoria to host a workshop at ArtPlay. The Small Scale gave ten young budding jewellers the opportunity to sculpt a small keepsake from wax, have it cast in silver thanks to Meredith and Bridie, and then sand and polish it to perfection.

The Small Scale was held over two Saturday's - 20 November and 4 December. Here are some photos from the day!

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This was our last ArtPlay x Craft Victoria workshop for 2010, so thank you to all who participated and thank you to ArtPlay as well!


Photography: Kim Brockett