March Hare Collective - 2014 Dates - Suffolk Art, Craft and Design.

Creative and original / meet the makers...

Have a very handmade Christmas and join in the 

'Small Business Saturday' - time to shop locally folks, and support all our fabulous independent businesses.

THE place to be Saturday 7th- Sunday 8th December for all your festive shopping. Our March Hare Collective Christmas Weekend is fast approaching. Handmade and truly beautiful gifts on sale; over 50 artists, designers and makers will be showing their work over the 2 days. Just to give you a taster, here are some of the delights on offer:
Vintage boxes by Tim Watson, luxury skin care by Royston and Hayes, vintage style homewares by Jumbleberry Handmade, brilliant posters by Upto20words, beautiful textiles by Anna Bird, handmade wreaths... in fact, a whole range of brilliant local art, craft and design! 

Help us spread the word- this is a unique Christmas Fair.                         Nothing mass-produced! Everything created with talent and love!

Our next March Hare guest blog is from photographer, Wendy Knipe. 

My name is Wendy Knipe and I trade under the names PhotoNameFrame and WeeKee Images (www.photonameframes.co.uk and www.weekeeimages.co.uk). 

All the work I produce is based around my photography; I have always carried a camera (my family are dedicated "snapshotters") and have recorded my travels and local nature in photographic form for as long as I can remember.

I love the architecture of East Anglia, from timber framed cottages to stately homes, village churches to magnificent cathedrals. I began to see that features of the architecture could create recognisable shapes - letters of the alphabet - and so the idea for PhotoNameFrame was born.

Having created an 'Architectural Alphabet', a commission for a different type of PhotoNameFrame led to me looking more closely at the gardens, woodland and forest of the region to find the alphabet in trees.  I love looking for 'my' letters wherever I go.

WeeKee Images (weekees is our childhood word for ears, but also links to my initials) was born out of the idea that my photographs could stand alone, not just as part of a NameFrame and so I started to produce, prints, greeting cards and lately fridge magnets and keyrings featuring a variety of my images. The greeting cards in particular are very popular, especially those, for some reason, that have "wicked" humour in their taglines!!

I do my own printing and work from my spare bedroom/ dumping room at home. My framing is done by the excellent Peter Richardson in Old Buckenham, Norfolk.

Five adjectives to sum up my ethos and work? : random, unique, organised, imaginative, humorous

March Hare Collective and the Gallery Highwaymans

Day One at The Gallery Highwaymans was great. Delicious food, mulled wine all on offer at the Festive Shop and Gallery. Cakes, soups, tasty delights, all made by the talented Juliet at The Gallery Highwaymans. Handmade gifts, workshops, children's craft area, free parking, free admission... so many reasons to head out to the Gallery Highwaymans, Risby, IP28 6QP this Sunday 10am-4pm. Help us spread the word.

March Hare Collective @theapex

Saturday 2nd November - The Apex, Charter Square, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3FD.

Next Saturday at The Apex sees a combination of the March Hare Collective and Sustainable Bury's, Green Fair at The Apex. Two fantastic events to visit in one place. 

                                           

One of our new members of the March Hare Collective has created this very wonderful March Hare Collective poster and we are delighted!

Here is some more information about upto20words as our guest blogger...

www.upto20words.co.uk

Rachel & Simon Gilles offer a personalised and completely bespoke service with their brilliant and contemporary designed posters. 

"The idea came from my day job as a freelance designer and a passion for typography on a daily basis. 

The only tools I use are me and my Apple Mac in the office at home.

The personalised posters seem particularly popular, and we've had some great feedback from customers so far.

Whenever I have an idea for a print I start scribbling related words down, and doodling any ideas for additional illustrations. We recently returned from a trip to New York, so I'm currently in the process of making this into a poster."

With a bit more time and the right facilities, I would love to start screenprinting some of my posters, which could open up a bigger variety of papers, colours and of course texture. Branching out from posters, I think possibly T-shirts, mugs and items such as tea towels could work well once we become more established.

     

Here is the other fantastic art workshops planned for the November event at https://www.facebook.com/galleryhighwaymans

Please visit www.thegalleryhighwaymans.co.uk 
or telephone 01284 810283 to make a booking.

Save the dates; Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November

Free children's craft bag (subject to availability) and Christmas prize draw. Festive treats from the cafe all day with a wonderful woodland walk around the arboretum! 

Lots of stalls that include;

Oily Rag - inventive and beautiful products made from oil cloth that include outdoor cushions, table clothes, bags and much more... Great prices on the day!

Festive Christmas Wreaths - these are one of a kind, handmade to make your Christmas really special!

Red Sparrow Crochet - amazingly intricate, wonderful colourways and contemporary designed crochet...

Kim Whittingham house portrait artist - commission a one off portrait of your home...

plus so much more local talent. 

A showcase of Suffolk artists, crafters and designers at The Gallery Highwaymans!