Tassie's leading talent @ designed:made - Hobart - Dec 4-6 2020

designed:made - makers market

The annual design market running over 3 days - DEC 4- 6 - in Hobart's historic Town Hall will feature some of Tasmania's best emerging and established designers.

This design market is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of Tasmania's best market style events for high quality craft and design. Organised by designed:made inc. the design market includes a wide range of work including furniture, jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, prints and more, with nearly 40 designers and makers present.

The stall holders are selected to ensure a mix of both established and emerging designers and makers, so there is always new and interesting work on display.

“This makers market showcases what talent Tasmania has to offer with high quality designed objects made in a host of different mediums. The event brings together a unique range of product which often is hard to access, and meeting the maker directly, definitely adds to the experience”, stated Linda Fredheim one of the event organisers.

"2020 has been a difficult year for many of Tasmania’s designers and makers. With galleries and markets closed, and general widespread uncertainty, artists and designers have struggled financially and creatively. Everyone has had to adapt. Lots of our designers took the opportunity to completely rethink their practice, and used the time to develop new processes and perfect new techniques.”

The event launches with drinks and nibbles on Friday night at 5pm, which will provide a great opportunity to catch up with many of the exhibitors and other designers over a glass of wine and a bite to eat.

designed made inc. is a not for profit organisation formed in Tasmania in 1995 by a group of established and emerging designers and designer-makers, with a mission to represent, develop and promote excellence in the professional practice of contemporary design.

The Hobart City Council are supporting the event through their Resilient Hobart Grants program

Date/Time

Fri December 4th 5pm -8pm,

Sat December5th 9am -4pm,

Sun December6th 9am -4pm

 

For more info

https://www.designedmade.com.au/makersmarket2020

Images

Available upon request

 

A Selection Of Artist Statements

Duncan Meerding

I am a lighting and furniture Designer/Maker based in Tasmania, Australia. Much of my work is inspired by the natural environment. Concentration on overall form, rather than intense detailing, with an interest in how light performs through and around these forms and materials, is of interest to me. This light emanating from the periphery reflects the alternative sensory world in which I design, being legally blind with less than 5% vision. I try to avoid quick moving trends in my work, but instead focus on designing and making things to stand the test of time, both metaphorically and physically. This year I have had a number of larger commercial jobs go on hold or get cancelled but there have been benefits in terms of having more time to be able to create new work and showcase them at a recent open studio. There were 6 new designs on show and I was also able to work with a large amount of concentration on a local commission piece for the Hobart College foyer. I have also had local clients come forward and purchase works, partly due to wanting to support local and not being able to travel.

 

Hermie Cornelisse

Early in March my work place required I stay at home until further notice. The four months at home has reignited my desire to build a business from pot making. A concentrated time in my studio has allowed me to experiment with form and materials. Over the last three years or so, I have been more engaged with this island environment and especially the geology. I use elements of the landscape to inform the work: dolerite sands from Kettering and Maria Island, kaolin from Blue Lake. the interest I have in Tasmanian geology is slowly absorbing and influencing my pottery.

 

Natasa Milenovic

During Covid restrictions, I developed a new body of work with the help of sculpting with polymer clay and plasticine. It has been a soothing and at slightly obsessive exercise where I easily spent hours shaping the forms of my inspirations from nature, particularly the forest floor and the intertidal zone at home with my kids. For the first time, I cast elements of these in silver and bronze which I then incorporate into my pieces. This year I also applied more heavily various types of patinas which makes the pieces colourful, but also references time, change and imperfection.

As domestic violence increased during lockdown I made a limited edition of 20 SHIELDS, simple round discs patinated earrings, as a fundraiser for the Hobarts Women’s Shelter. More SHIELDS are being made due to DV not ending/ shield maiden demand for more.

 

Penny Ruthberg

Whilst Covid 19 disrupted my ability to make art on a financial and personal level my compulsion to create work remains. My art practice explores human and pet relationships and it interested me to see that during the pandemic lockdown local dog shelters were briefly emptied for the first time. Now in the position to make art again, I have continued developing ceramic dog sculptures as a new body of work. Author Helen MacDonald encapsulates my creative intentions in her article 'What Animals Taught Me About Being Human' (New York Times, 2017). Helen writes 'We use animals as ideas to amplify and enlarge aspects of ourselves, turning them into simple, safe harbours for things we feel and often cannot express'.

 

Sonya Cook

I started heading towards a more locally sourced way of making my products some time ago, but since March this year I've put my money where my mouth is and started producing my own leather by collecting roadkill wallabies -tanning the leather, feeding the dog and composting the rest of the carcass to be used later as fertilizer. Isolation pushed me towards a more sustainable practice of my craft. It has given me the chance to investigate new ways of working and allowed me to discover more about leather through the process of tanning.

 

Till Julien

Till owns and runs a small textile design business, Till Designs, from her home studio in southern Tasmania, creating printed textiles for the home décor. From her printed fabrics she then creates a range of homewares, bags, and scarves. ‘My designs start out as an idea, inspired by the forms and patterns found in the natural environment. Initial sketches and paintings are then pared down to create the artwork ready for print. Through this process Iengage with the Tasmanian landscape where my textiles become a narrative and connection to place. I reference and transform pattern, shape, and forms found in the natural world into contemporary textiles, aiming to produce work with a sense of sustainability and beauty’. The fabric is hand screen printed both by herself in her studio and from outsourced digital printers and boutique hand silk screen printing house. Natural fibres are the base to all Till Design fabrics and have been carefully selected for their quality and durability including beautiful Belgium linen organic cotton, hemp and silk. "During the Covid time my capacity to sell my work was extremely affected. However I used the time to develop my ecommerce site to bring my business on line. I also enjoyed the time to catch up on printing and production in the studio and most of all having the time to draw in my journal for potential new work."

 

For further information:

Contact Tracey@impressionsmc.com.au

0415 290023