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Thursday, April 10, 2008 | by Carolyn Price
Melbourne designer Shannon Lamden has been hard at work making lots of new goodies to fill her Etsy store. New fabrics, art prints, too-cute softies, and decorative fabric hoops to brighten up your walls... The colourful & light-hearted "Wanna Play" limited edition digital print is pictured above (US $12). Who wouldn't want to venture outside into this garden?
Shannon has introduced linen prints to her crafty fabric lineup. These can be mounted on canvas & hung or framed, or even sewn into a quilt as a decorative panel. "In The Garden" features a sweet & smiling, vegie lovin' couple holding hands in their vegie garden. It is available in red (above, US $22), black, blue & green and measures 22cm x 30cm.
Aunty Cookie Fabric Softies! Look how gorgeous these girls are - each clutching her three pet owls! Shannon has brought her illustrated characters to life (with the help of a little softie stuffing & ribbons). The Cookie character is hand screen printed onto cotton drill, and backed with printed fabric - some spotted, some vintage. At US $18 each and approx. 22cm in height, they are perfect for little hands to hang onto.
Shannon is well known for her limited edition hand screen printed fabrics, and pictured above is one of her new prints, "Home Sweet Home" in teal & olive on birch linen (above, US $18). This print is also available in either mustard or cherry printed onto chocolate brown linen.
An ideal way to display these funky fabrics is in a fabric hoop. The simple, round shapes look great hung in small groups & the tiny weight of each frame makes them ideal for renters & those who hesitate to put too many holes & hooks in the wall. You can purchase combinations of three fabric hoops for US $36 from www.auntycookie.etsy.com
I know I've told you where to find Aunty Cookie products before, but in case you'd like a reminder, stockists include: Patchwork on Central Park, Arthurs Circus, Cocoon, Meet me at Mikes, Duckcloth, One Small Room and of course Aunty Cookie at Etsy. For snippets of what goes on behind the scenes, & updates which are always entertaining, check out Shannon's blog at www.auntycookie.com.
new markets this weekend
Friday, June 08, 2007 | by Carolyn Price
Hope Street Markets has commenced! The first Winter markets are being held over this long weekend at 182 Campbell St, Surry Hills (Sydney). It's all indoors too, so there's no need to brave the nasty weather that has set upon Sydney over the last couple of days. The Hope Street Markets is a collaboration of young designers exhibiting clothing, accessories, jewellery, object design and artworks. Many talented labels are taking part - among them are: Brooke Johnston, who made the lovely orange-patterned fabric-covered earrings which I bought recently from Beehive Gallery, Matt Huynh (Stikman Comics), whose self-published comic books range from intimate mini-comics to full-bodied graphic novels, and Bilingual who specialises in unique, unisex rings.
Pictured above are images from Stikman Comics "Happy Birthday Anyway" (left) and "Little Sally" (right), and below are rings by Bilingual, "Harmony" (top) an interlocking ring that can be worn as one ring or two, and "Open", a limited edition design inspired by the form of a Sydney Rock Oyster shell.
In addition to giving young designers the opportunity to show off their creations in a unique market environment, Hope Street is also a non-profit organisation. They will be donating money from the markets to help support Hope Street - Urban Compassion projects which bring hope to the Sydney's homeless.
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