Undercurrent Market this weekend

Its that hectic yet creative time of the year again, where markets and studio sales keep popping up to ensure there's no downtime between now and Christmas...! This weekend it is the successful Undercurrent Market at the National Portrait gallery, run by The Curatoreum.

  

Last year was a fantastic buzz of selected top designers from all over Australia taking part, and this year it will be bigger and better than ever. I am looking forward to sharing some of my new seaweed inspired designs as well as the ever popular hand-dyed superfine merino socks. If you missed out on getting to my studio sale a few weekends ago, now is the last chance of buying those gorgeous stocking fillers.

FRIDAY NIGHT OPENING:  5- 8pm

SAT: 10-5pm

SUN: 10-3pm

UNDERCURRENT

Thanks to all my loyal friends and customers who visited my Open Studio last Sunday as part of DESIGN Canberra. It was a great day, perfect temperature, and I was run off my feet chatting and ringing that till! Luckily for me my friend Belinda Jessup popped in to deliver a coffee in the morning...and stayed to help behind the sales desk until 3pm.  Couldn't have done it without her!

This weekend I will be at Undercurrent Design Market at the National Portrait Gallery.  This is my debut at this market, but I have heard so many good things about it I thought I would give it a try.  However, as usual, my busy life intrudes.  I fly back from Melbourne on Friday just in time to set up my stall for the opening at 5pm. It should be a great weekend though, with so many other things happening as part of DESIGN Canberra.  Last night I attended the DesignBuzz talks which included Jessica Hemmings (I have written about her in previous posts) and Indigenous textile designer Lucy Simpson, who gave an inspiring talk about the influence that place has in design.

DESIGN Canberra will be finishing this coming weekend, so if you have the chance to attend some of the events, many of which are free, then go along! Canberra has definitely come of age and it's fantastic to see so many creative people living and working here. All kudos to Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre for initiating this wonderful festival.