Coming soon...

A visit to ceramicist Sophie Milne's studio in Brunswick East!

Emily Green 'Polygramatic' - ends this Saturday!

On until Saturday in our enCOUNTER window space is Emily Green's hyper colourful Polygramatic exhibition. The installation features large-scale collages modelled upon Emily's signature brooches and are very (very) reasonally priced at $110 each!

Polygramatic is an installation of large-scale clashing and colourful collaged geometric forms. The series of wall pieces are explorations of colour, organic texture and pattern contained within fractured geometric forms. A limited edition wearable range of these pieces will accompany the installation in the Craft Victoria shop.

Through observations of organic textures and forms and congruous colour palettes, Emily Green's jewellery designs reflect her love of colour and the aesthetic of Melbourne's inner north. Emily is originally from Perth and studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts at The University of Western Australia. She is currently studying Textile Design part-time at RMIT. Emily's current range includes geometric brooches and pendants as well as colourful organic polymer clay necklaces.

PS, have you noticed our new addition to the window? Just in case you didn't know what we do...

enCOUNTER is our 24/7 street level window. For more information about Polygramatic including a list of works, please click here.

Emily Green's pretty fimo necklaces are also available on our online shop! Click here to browse/buy.

For more photos, visit our Facebook album (and don't forget to like us...)


Photography: Kim Brockett

Craft Victoria at Design:Made:Trade

Craft Victoria at Design Made Trade Melbourne 2011 from Craft Victoria on Vimeo.

In July 2011 Craft Victoria selected 12 of it Members to exhibit trade stands at the State of Design's Design:Made:Trade event, and another 12 to create temporary studios onsite at the Royal Exhibition Building.

Featuring a group of craft makers and designers who represents the spirit, creativity and diversity of contemporary craft and design in Victoria, this year's selection of makers showcased working across ceramics, textiles, accessories, jewellery, glass and lighting.

This interactive and engaging space was a major feature of the State of Design cultural program and presented the diverse practice's that make up Victoria's craftspeople, designers and artists.

We hope you'll take the time to view this wonderful video by the very talented Tom Broadhurst of Bandit Films. Thanks very much Tom!

Hands on Heads workshop: CHAIR

'Hello from Doncaster circa 1990'

The second workshop CHAIR in the Hands on Heads series happened on Saturday. Featuring Caz Guiney, Stephen Gallagher and Liam Revell, CHAIR had quite the all star line up!


The first half of the workshop consisted of several 'warm up' exercises (see evidence below), after which Caz, Stephen and Liam got down to making their Chair-Heads.

To view more photos from the day, click here visit our Facebook page!


Human chairs:

 

Musical chairs:

Chair obstacle course:

Trust fall:

Chairs on heads:

Hairdressers:

To view more photos from the day, click here visit our Facebook page!

 Photography: Kim Brockett

Last days of BLESS...

Photo: Lily Feng

N° 38 Windowgarden ends this Saturday 30 July!

Want to take a piece of BLESS home with you? Click here to view the first , second, third and fourth installments of BLESS products currently available at our shop. We also have a few issues of SLAVE 1 and SLAVE 3 magazines left ($10 each!) which feature BLESS!

Don't miss it....

Hands on Heads workshop: JUMPER

 The first Hands on Heads workshop happened on Wednesday - it was really fun! Here are some images from the day :-)

Workshop exercise: Human Jumper

Workshop exercise: Biggest Jumper

Group effort: Jumper Head

 

The next workshop is CHAIR, which happens tomorrow from 12-4pm. So if you've realised how much crazy-bananas-fun the Jumper workshop was and you'd REALLY like to attend the Chair workshop, just give us a call on 9650 7775 so that we get a 'heads' up.

Otherwise the next two workshops after that are PEN on Wednesday and BREAD on Thursday. These workshops are free and run from 12-4pm at Craft Victoria. Call us on 9650 7775 to make a booking for yourself (and maybe for a friend or two!) If you get our answering machine, please make sure you leave either your number of email address so that we can get in touch with you on Monday.

Click here to view more happy snaps from the day.


Photography: Kim Brockett

Design:Made:Trade at State of Design

Image credit: State of Design

We had a blast last night at the State of Design opening at the Royal Exhibition Building -  good people, good drinks + snacks, good design = good times!

We spent a major part of the evening hanging out with Open Studio and Trade Stand participants like Elizabeth Yong of Primoeza, Nicholas Jones, Leah Jackson, Gaye Naismith of Gaye Abandon, Kirsten Perry, our Retail Manager Milly Flemming, Steph & Kyle de Kuijer and so many more! Click here for the full list of Open Studio artists, and here for the Trade Studio artists.

Our contribution to Design:Made:Trade is looking super hot, so make sure you pick up a free double pass from Craft Victoria (entry is usually $10) when you make your way there this weekend.

Nicholas Jones in 'Book Art'

Melbourne 'dapper dude' Nicholas Jones has been included in the publication Book Art, a collection documenting the work of artists who use books in their work.

For centuries books have contained and presented the written words that have allowed humankind to study and interpret the world. As texts have become readily available through different media, contemporary artists have been increasingly exploring the interplay between the function, structure, and format of books. Book Art is a stunning documentation of current art, installation, and design created with and from books. The fascinating range of examples, which is as diverse as books themselves, offers eloquent proof that—despite or because of digital media’s inroads as sources of text information—the book’s legacy as a carrier of ideas and communication is being expanded today.

Here are some scans from the book... what lovely work you've made Mr Jones!

 

To watch Nicholas in action, make sure you visit our Open Studios stand at Design Made Trade this weekend where Nicholas will be busy working away.  

Click here to read more about our Open Studios program (which features other artists/designers like PRIMOEZA, Odds&endS, Leah Jackson, Emily Green, Kirsten Perry and more!)

Tickets to DMT are $10, but if you drop by Craft Victoria we'll give you a pass for free :-)

PS, Nicholas was also featured in last night's Made by Hand, click here to view his segment.

SOLIDARITY THING

To coincide with the BLESS exhibition, we've programmed a series of exhibitions and events. SOLIDARITY THING was first in line, running from 17 June - 2 July in Gallery 3.

An evolving installation, made up of material objects designed by Antuong Nguyen, in collaboration with fashion designers, PAGEANT.

Throughout the duration of the exhibition, artist Masato Takasaka and SIBLING were invited to configure and arrange the work freely.

Here's a look at what they come up with!

Installation 1: Antuong Nguyen

Installation 2: Masato Takasaka

Installation 3: SIBLING

All images by Antuong Nguyen.

Visit his website to view more!