Beautiful Things at Mart

Mart in Brisbane has beautiful items hand-crafted by some of Australia's best artisans. I hadn't visited for a while so was eager to personally drop off new stock on Thursday. It was lovely to meet the new retail managers Caitlin and Jenny (thanks ladies).

The following is a selection of some of the things that I wouldn't mind getting for Mother's Day.

Ceramics by Murray Topham.

Glass Vessels by Joanne Bone.

You can view a video on how Joannes crafts her work here.

Sweet ceramics by Virginia Jones.

Coral sculptures by Douglas McManus.

It was lovely to see some Thea & Sami textiles in the Easter window display.

We are now longer making the Fretwork hemp/organic cotton tea-towels but you can get them at Artisan Mart in the Valley or Southbank or at Shelley Panton in Melbourne, while stocks last. I will also have a few for sale at our Studio Shop opening.

The Fretwork fabric is available for purchase here for you to sew your own goodies. I may be packing some today for the fabric scrap packs I'm putting together for the ABCD meet up in Brisbane tonight. Hope to see you there.

Cherish

Cherish is an annual event held at Brisbane's (m)art at Artisan and features new hand-made products, chosen from Australia's best emerging and established designers and makers especially for the Christmas shopping season.

Above image is Paper Sculptures by Richie Ares Dona.

The opening for Cherish 2009 is Thursday, 12th November from 6.00 - 8.00 pm and is to be opened by David Clark, Editor of Vogue Living.

If you are in town, come along to see the beautiful gift ideas, enjoy an evening of networking and free wine & nibbles :)

The location is:
(m)art at artisan
381 Brunswick Street,
Fortitude Valley
Ph: (07) 3215 0800

Selected Thea & Sami items are included in the show so Curlyhead and I will be there. Say hello! Don't worry if you can't make it, the lovely products will be on show (while stocks last) until Christmas Eve.

Above images are as follows:

L-R (from top) Symbiosis by Katrina Tyler; Necklace by Jane Pollard, Electirc Mavis, Pink by Gregory Bonasera; Cobalt Striped Vessels y Sandra Bowkett, Rings by Meghan O'Rourke; Coloured leather cuffs by Rooband; Laptop bag by Ernesh Mode and Stackable Stools by Jason Bird.

And don't forget about our Open Studio Day. Thank you to all have emailed or commented that they are attending. You can rsvp here.