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Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Bazaar Bizarre
| Location: Craft Zone |
72 Crafters! A smorgasbord of handmade items, many cleverly made with recycled materials. Something for everyone—jewelry, toys, lotions, art, glass, fiber arts, ceramics, handbags, baby items, even crafting supplies.
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Tags: crafts
About the Maker(s)
Cathy Callahan
Cathy is a crafter and window dresser. Raised in Southern California by a super crafty mom, Cathy's projects are based on the crafts she made as a little girl, and on her collection of vintage publications. She blogs at cathyofcalifornia.typepad.com and is a contributor to Craft: Magazine.
My crafts are inspired by projects I find in vintage craft books and magazines. I have also recently created kits made from vintage craft supplies. Here's a Flickr set that should give you an overview: http://www.flickr.com/photos/91644269@N00/sets/72157603937203743/
http://www.cathyofcalifornia.com/
Jamie Chan
MaryJane_s Attic is a store in San Francisco that sells handmade and commercial art and craft supplies. Our focus is on products and supplies for the fiber artist and enthusiast, such as needle felting kits, hand spinning tools, hand painted fiber, knitting accessories, and everything in between! We also sell screen printed paper goods, pet toys, and finished fiber art.
http://www.maryjanesattic.net/
Adjowah Brodie
From floating shift to margin release, Bay Area designer Adjowah Brodie creates handmade recycled vintage jewelry using keys from discarded tyepwriters, Scrabble tiles, vintage buttons, and bottlecaps. Classic, understated design with a slightly punky edge best characterizes these one-of-a-kind pendants, rings, bracelets and cufflinks.
http://www.theweekendstore.com
Alison Simonian
An assortment of handmade vinyl bags, belts, and accessories!
http://www.missalison.com
Alyssa Thralls
Tara and Alyssa Thralls live near the ocean in Marin County and make unique, sustainable products for Mock The Rock, including their popular blank books made from actual vinyl record album covers! Blank Books are 8.5 x 11\" with 100% recycled paper and backing; covers made from actual vinyl record album sleeves.
http://mocktherock.etsy.com
Amy Cluck
The Sacramento Craft Mafia is an organization of indie business owners who have come together to promote, support and encourage each other and put Sacramento on the map as the capital of Crafts. Crocheted and knitted items, handmade cards, sewn items (purses, clothing, belts), silk screened clothing, jewelry, hair accessories, stuffies/softies, pet toys, and accessories--a little bit of everything!
http://www.sacramentocraftmafia.com
Cara Counter
Cara Lyndon is a woman who believes in expressing ones unique style, beauty, and vibrance. She lives in the San francisco Bay Area where she has access to a variety of inspirations and mediums that attract her attention and inspire her vintage re-crafted jewelry. Some of her favorites include vintage celluloid, vintage glass, and vintage enamel.
http://www.caralyndon.com
Carolina Harris
Carolina is a full-time mom who loves to knit, paint, and sew. She is the owner of Beyond Wonderland and specializes in unique handmade bags and accessories
http://beyondwonderland.etsy.com
Casey Erlenheim
Hand poured and lusciously scented natural soybean wax candles in contemporary jars, tins, and tumblers; colorful vegetable glycerin soap loaf slices; travel soaps; lip balms; and bath salts. If we can melt it, stir it, and SCENT it, we're all about it! Our soy candles not only smell scrumptious, but they're environmentally friendly too!
http://www.imeltwithyou.com
Cathy Pitters
Cathy Pitters is a mom, artist + seamstress who creates one-of-a-kind clothing, art + oddities out of her flamingo pink craft bunker in her basement. Skirts made with vintage fabric, some with Gocco screen printing; re-purposed sweaters with Gocco screen printing + embellished stitching; Gocco print iron-on patches; found-object shrine ornaments; resin filled belt buckles + accessories.
http://www.bossanovababy.etsy.com
Catia Chien
Crafting handmade books, unique paintings, drawings, cards, and more. Visit Catia at www.catiachien.com.
http://www.catiachien.com/index.php?sitepage=shop
Celeste Mink
Celeste Mink created Orange Slice products as a way to combine her illustration background with her love of textiles. Her work demonstrates a unique color palette, a love of texture, and a delightfully quirky sense of humor. Her products range from creatures to clutches, wallets to wraps, shrugs to scarves, plush creatures, laser-cut wooden jewelry, and paper goods.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5106856
Chanda Beck
Ezme Designs focuses on making small runs of handmade ceramic items for you and your home. Artist Chanda Beck has a special interest in nature and abstract depictions of flowers and seed pods. All of the functional ceramics--plates, cups, bowls, vases, planters and necklaces--are inspired by nature and botanical themes. Dinnerware items are microwave and dishwasher safe.
http://www.ezmedesigns.com
Christine Brandt
Flora and Fauna Press is a small letterpress studio located in downtown Los Angeles. Christine Brandt, owner and printer, founded the press in 2006, and uses a rescued and restored Vandercook Press that spent 23 years in the Nevada desert. Letterpress stationery, greeting cards, and journals.
http://www.floraandfaunapress.com
Claire Chambers
Original alternative plush toys--all handmade and one of a kind, of course! Chickenpants will be most definitely included. I also have prints of my original paintings as well as Chickenpants Limited prints.Claire Chambers is the creator of Absolutely Small. She makes creatures all the live long day.
http://absolutelysmall.com
Claudia Reyes
B Green is a collective of designers banding together to create products based on what they give back, not what they take. Eco-friendly, tree-inspired silkscreened wall art, boxes, tote bags, kid and grown-up T-shirts. Purchase one of our uniquely designed products and we'll plant 50 trees.
http://bgreendesign.com
Courtney Regli
Bored Inc is a mother and daughter business based in Los Angeles. Our goal is to create products that make your day a little cuter! Appliqued handbags, vinyl wall decals, baby / kid's clothing, printed vinyl belts, coin purses, wallets, and enamel metal pins.
http://www.boredinc.net
Dawn Huntington
After becoming a mom, Dawn found herself drawing and painting the whimsical friends that became the creatures of the \"Buzzing Bog.\" These winged critters take flight on everything from baby bibs to hand-sewn pillows. Dawn continues to experiment with different crafts, media and techniques in pursuit of creating products that will inspire both children and grown-ups alike to live their own lives out of the box. The \"Buzzing Bog\" collection includes baby bibs, onesies, pillows, fabric, iron-on patches, wall hangings, notecards, and felt baby shoes she demonstrated how to make on The Martha Stewart Show.
http://www.outoftheboxcalifornia.com
Doug MacNeil
Doug MacNeil, overwhelmed by the piles of books discarded by the library, has created usable journals from the covers of these books and unwanted paper.
http://www.recoveryourthoughts.com
Erika Kern
My Imaginary Boyfriend is equal parts felt, cotton, and embroidery with a few dashes of silly, vintage, and sophistication thrown in for good measure. All items are made by Erika Kern with a focus on hand embroidery, painting, and applique. Pillows, knick-knacks, purses, bags, and ties.
http://www.myimaginaryboyfriend.com
Gabriel Colaluca
All of Gabriel's one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted jewelry are made from reclaimed, salvaged, recycled materials such as old flatware, watch parts, typewriters, and thrifted cashmere.
http://www.thebrownbanana.com
Hae Eun Park
Hae Eun Park, artist/owner of Planet Tokki, designs plush animals that have names and a background story sure to delight even the most cynical of minds. Mostly known for her cute plush squeaky poos, Park also has over 50 different plush designs that she sells on a rotating basis, as well as fabric computer accessories.
http://www.planettokki.com
Hannah Berman
Pie Bird Press is a little company with a lot of heart. We produce a variety of beautifully printed greeting cards for every occasion. The letterpress printing process and its rich history are intrinsic to our approach. We do all our printing by hand and take pride in bold, saturated designs that draw from years of flea market hunting and collecting.
http://www.wetfootpublications.com
Helen Fawcett
From vintage to reproduction fabrics, I am most inspired by the rich colors and varying textures textiles seemed to offer. From headbands to handbags, wallets and belts, canvas laptop cases and cosmetic bags, I have dedicated the last 8 years to bringing fun, useful, and affordable accessories to the general public.
http://www.cookieandthedude.com
Jaime Zollars
Jaime Zollars creates whimsical images for galleries and books. Original screenprints, giclee prints, cards, and vintage soft T-shirts are some of the things you'll find that make great and unique gifts for your friends or yourself!
http://www.jaimezollars.com/shop
Jamie Chan
MaryJane_s Attic is a store in San Francisco that sells handmade and commercial art and craft supplies. Our focus is on products and supplies for the fiber artist and enthusiast, such as needle felting kits, hand spinning tools, hand painted fiber, knitting accessories, and everything in between! We also sell screen printed paper goods, pet toys, and finished fiber art.
http://www.maryjanesattic.net/
Jason Ponggasam
Inspired by their lovable, fat bunny Babee, designers Jason Ponggasam and Patty Variboa molded their passion for design and curiosity for silk screening to make a mark in this lifetime. Hand screen-printed designer apparel, art prints, and accessories.
http://fatrabbitfarm.com
Jennifer Cooke
Raeburn Ink is an ongoing exploration of pattern and color in the form of printed clothing, accessories, and home products. Designer Jennifer Cooke creates thematic collections inspired by everything from topographic maps to security envelopes, which she reworks to create beautiful abstract patterns.
http://www.raeburnink.com
Jennifer Hardaway
Klean Bath & Body brings a high-end spa experience in your own home. Our products are made with the finest butters, oils, and fragrances, combined into products that pamper the body and soothe the soul. Utilizing natural and pure ingredients such as cocoa butter, toasted coconut, shea butter, macadamia nut oil, and green tea powder, Klean products are skin-loving, decadent, and a true treat for the senses.
http://www.kleanbathandbody.com
Jennifer Pellecchia
Jennicakes, with her talented husband Hambone by her side, is a maker of many things including quilts, eye masks, aprons, pillows, quilts, wisecracks, and an excellent martini.
http://www.jennicakes.com
Jennifer Syfu
For 7 years, Jennifer Syfu has been making lampworked pieces out of her home. Inspired by handmade marbles and glassblowing artists, she taught herself how to use a blowtorch to create glass beads, buttons and marbles. Look for her glass and stone/precious metal jewelry.
http://www.starvingartistbazaar.com
Jill Harrell
All items are made by Jill Harrell in San Francisco with her trusty 1958 Singer slant-o-matic machine. Together they create one-of-a-kind sewn art pieces: one-of-a-kind handmade bags, purses, wallets, and soft jewelry, mostly in canvas, denim, and leather. She strives to be environmentally conscious in her designs and creates only \"precious\" items you would never dream of throwing away. By purchasing a Scabby Robot Design, you are supporting the creation of useful, well-made objects, with long lives.
http://scabbyrobot.etsy.com
Joanna Petrone
Joanna, a natural-born bricoleur, makes jewelry from metal, plastic, and found objects, often combining traditional metalsmithing skills with experimentations. Some recurring themes include animals, a casual/ tomboyish look, movies, and the past. Her S.F.-based jewelry line, Ach Ach Liebling, launched in 2006.
http://achachliebling.com
Jodie Cruz
Petals makes purses, pins, wallets and other fun goodies for you to enjoy. All items are one of a kind and created from vintage or recycled fabrics and trim with some bits and pieces of new. With a vintage feel and fresh new style Petals is bound to make you smile and bring on the warm fuzzy feelings.
http://petals.etsy.com
kate durkin
Kate Durkin is a San Francisco-based artist and craftsperson with a love for the handmade and unique. She splits her time between painting and crafting, putting special care into everything that she makes including screenprinted and embroidered bags, screen prints, mini paintings, stuffed owls, sailboats, and pillows.
http://www.katedurkin.com
Kate Frankel
Kate has always done handwork that evolved into designing and sewing up felt adornments from tooth fairy pouches to tea cozies. Her popular pomegranate key chains have been commissioned by a Japanese client. Felt accessories, made from European wool felt, including tea cozies, zipper pouches, children's wallets, hair clips and brooches, ornamental key chains, flower arrangements, and tooth fairy pouches.
Katie Martin
It's not a standard day at Barry's Farm if the floor isn't covered in mounds of blue fur and felt snippets! Barry, graphic designer, and Katie, girlfriend and super seamstress, create fun and functional products in the confines of their apartment in central Illinois. Quirky laptop sleeves, purses, wallets, T-shirts, and other fabulous handmade accessories.
http://www.barrysfarm.net
Katie Reeves
Established in 2006, Kaytea specialized in appliqu‚d onesies and has expanded into knitted booties, receiving blankets, pacifier leashes, and other various accessories.
http://kaytea.etsy.com
Kevin Clarke
As a conservation biologist and artist, Kevin's mission is to protect, educate, and exhibit aspects of the insect world. His one-of-a-kind framed displays include ecologically farmed butterflies and beetles worked into artistic and sometimes human situations with natural history information.
http://www.bugunderglass.com
Kristine Vejar
A Verb for Keeping Warm and Tactile offers spinning and felting fibers and yarn hand-dyed with high quality natural dyes. While the natural dyeing process is more labor intensive, it provides an important connection to the past and produces results that cannot be replicated with synthetic dyes. Each dye is a reflection of its environment and the climate in which it was grown.
http://store.averbforkeepingwarm.com/
Kurt van Maarth
Always experimenting with materials, Kurt van Maarth's current work is resin and enamel inlay in precious and non-precious metals. Kurt's influences are color, pattern in nature, architecture, and objects sometimes overlooked.
http://www.swearjardesign.com
Lauren Fleischer
Lauren Fleischer comes from a long line of butchers on both sides of her family so it is no surprise she named her company Sweet Meats and makes plush toys and pillows that look like meat, along with meaty tees, buttons, charms, etc.
http://www.sweet-meats.com
Loretta Nguyen
Loretta Nguyen and James Dawson design and produce screen-printed and stenciled T-shirts and appliqued hoodies. Their inspiration is drawn from an urban aesthetic where multiculturalism and pop culture merge with inner city decay, graffiti, and a lo-tech DIY sensibility. All materials used are eco-friendly.
http://www.fiftyseven-thirtythree.com
Lynn Li
Red Sheep is the brain child of Lynn Li, the head ewe. She is an experienced knitter, crocheter, weaver, and a seriously addicted spinner. Hand-spun yarn, hand-painted yarns, spinning batts, and knitting patterns.
http://www.redsheepcrafts.com
Marcia Copeland
Marcia Copeland, owner of Swizzlestix, designs kitchen towels, placemats, coasters, aprons, decorative pillows, and greeting cards, all with a retro modern feel. These products are bright colored, funky, cutesy and fun.
http://www.swizzlestix.net
Martin Hsu
Martin Hsu likes to make silly T-shirts and doodles. When he's not day dreaming about flying through China, he works as a character designer at Nickelodeon animation studios. He will be selling T-shirts, self-published sketchbooks, art prints, and original paintings.
http://www.martinhsu.com
Melissa Kaup-Augustine
Melissa is a graphic designer and has been teaching typography, graphic design, and book design for nearly a decade. Recently rediscovering the beauty of tones and textures of the letterpress, she opened Lizard Press Letterpress in San Francisco to indulge in her passion. Limited edition hand-pulled letterpress prints of broadsides/posters, artists books, greeting cards, CD envelopes, calendars, and other hand-printed ephemera.
http://lizardpress.com/letterpress
Michelle Ott
Michelle Ott works on projects about places far and near. The postcard machine is one of her projects to promote excellent imagery, laughing and, of course, sending postcards.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TB7T3BWYBR0
miriam dema mcdaniel
Miriam Dema creates limited-edition screen prints, tote bags, buttons and small paintings inspired by vintage imagery and her own whimsical drawings--all at very affordable prices.
http://www.miriamdema.com/
Missy Ballance
Missy Ballance loves to make things with big heads and little bodies! Her creations are sure to please young and old alike: mohair bears with vintage accessories, tooth fairy pillows, pocket animals, journals, etc.
http://craftycarnival.com
Mona Harris
Tinymeat is a vinyl accessories company based in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon. Mikey and Mona hand-make graphic-based vinyl wallets, passport cases, and ipod cases, and use sustainable business practices.
http://tinymeat.etsy.com
Narumi Ogawa
Mr. Funky blossomed in 2003 when designer Narumi Ogawa turned crocheting from hobby to magic. Her clothing artistry combines retro 1920s to 1970s styling with with a contemporary flair, incorporating utilitarianism with whimsy. High-quality funky crochet stuffed animals and knit wear appeal to artists, teenagers, funky sophisticates, and mature shoppers looking for a crafty kind of style.
http://misterfunky.com
Natalie Davis
Miss Natalie is the studio of Natalie Davis, a multidisciplinary designer who crafts whimsical home linens and baby goods to brighten up your home--for the modernist who loves texture, pattern, and the perfect pop of color. Hand-printed and embroidered onesies, crib quilts, hankies, tea towels, children's growth charts, and reclaimed paper goods.
http://missnatalie.etsy.com
Nicole Vasbinder
Queen Puff Puff was launched in 2003 by Nicole Vasbinder, specializing in handbags, headbands and makeup bags.
http://www.queenpuffpuff.com
Nifer Fahrion
Nifer Fahrion is crafter, fiber artist, and creative mastermind behind NifNaks, where she sells hand-crafted wearable art, critters, and other curiosities. From custom case mods of USB drives and Desk Pets, to funky scarves and cool brooches, all of the cute, fuzzy creatures and accessories are made from 100% merino wool.
http://NifNaks.com
Quenna Lee
Blissful, specializing in fabric accessories, is the San Francisco-based business of Quenna. She sells fabric accessories such as wallets, gadget pouches, and wristlets. http://blissful.etsy.com. Curbside Treasure is mixed media collage art by self-taught artist Annie Yu, including originals and prints of mixed media collage art, paper goods, and zines. http://curbsidetreasure.etsy.com
http://blissful.etsy.com
Rachael Adams
Rachael Victoria Adams has a passion for the past and love for the present. Her work has a vintage feel to it, focusing on risque pinups, circus performers, and silent film stars spanning from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Check out her handmade jewelry, buttons, bottle openers, bath and beauty products, lavender pillows, clockwork items, vintage pinup themed jewelry, photographs.
http://NouveauMotley.Etsy.com
Sarah Hirneisen
Sarah Hirneisen fell in love with the medium glass over 12 years ago while attending Rhode Island School of Design. She combines her love of glass with vintage fabric to create her line of fused glass jewelry and table-wares.
http://www.mediumstomasses.com
Scott Brown
Spicy Brown started cookin' in 2003. We started from scratch with a love for food and all things cute, mixed in some appetizing artists, folded in friends and family, and let 'em simmer. Original japanese characters such as Tofu Robot, Kokeshi Ink, and Sushi Neko all hand silk-screened on men's and women's tees.
http://www.spicybrown.com
sean devereaux
Social Studies Design came to be after Aldo and Sean attended the first Bazaar Bizzare in Los Angeles four years ago. They became possessed with the craft spirit and hurled ourselves into a frenzy of making stuff... Sean taught himself to knot and invented the recycled T-shirt scarf. Aldo bought tons of silkscreening tools and started putting images on anything that sat still long enough. Silk-screened hand-made totes, men's and women's silk-screened tops, plush monsters, T-shirt scarves, knitted scarves, and a myriad of small crafty items.
http://socialstudiesdesign.com
Stuart Breidenstein
Stuart Breidenstein has been involved in art and music projects as long as he can remember. After a career in techno rave music production in the 1990s, he turned his team of funky robots on metal and resin and began making stylized, modern jewelry. Jewelry is made from resin, wood, mixed metals, mixed plastics, found and surplus materials.
http://www.smashingdarling.com/store/go-robot
Tamie Snow
Tamie Snow of Roxycraft.com sells crochet patterns and dolls from her home in Northern California. In August 2008 her first book, \"Tiny Yarn Animals\" will be released to all major booksellers.
http://www.roxycraft.com
Tara Chabot
Combustion Glassworks is a Bay Area-based company owned by Tara Chabot, a Louisiana transplant who brings a little bit of funk to the world of glass. Tara specialize in kiln-formed art glass and dichroic jewelry; glass plates, decor and winestoppers, and handmade glass supplies!
http://CombustionGlassworks.etsy.com
Tina Pham
Joie Studio combines old-world style with modern flair to create stylish and elegant letterpress stationery and paper goods, including cards, gift enclosures, coasters, and calendars. We use two antique platen presses dating back to 1909 to produce our paper goods. All of Joie Studio's products are made in limited runs and handfed one at a time into the press using hand-mixed ink, giving each piece a truly personal touch and distinct artisan feel.
http://www.joiestudio.com
trinity cross
Trinity is striving to change the \"fash-shun\" industry by creating a line of completely conscious clothing. All designs are season-themed and bring nature and childhood together. Designs are made from 70% bamboo and 30% organic cotton, hand-printed patches on recycled fabric, hand-printed vintage ties, and one-of-a-kind recycled wears.
http://www.fielddaywearables.com
val rousseau
Val Rousseau is a web designer and full-time mom. Hre passion is making plushies. Plushies that are reminiscent of Japanese amigurumi but made from fabric. The fiber fill is eco friendly and some plushies are made from 100% organic cotton.
http://www.lolabee.biz
Wendy Allegree
My inspirations gravitate toward sources of life like plants and animals. I love creating hybrid human and animal pieces. They are never boring and sometimes the resulting creations are downright silly and make me laugh. Available are buttons, postcards, and prints of my artwork. I will also have a handful of originals available.
http://www.orangewillow.etsy.com
Wendy Fong
My Windup Bird started in 2004 in San Francisco. Each design is lovingly inspired by international cities, nature, and the whimsy found in everyday life. A percentage of sales is donated to non-profit organizations such as Global Exchange and the San Francisco Food Bank. Limited edition, hand-screened T-shirts and apparel for women, men, and baby.
http://www.mywindupbird.com
Willo O'Brien
WilloToons is one designer's mission to take her love for the Web, rock 'n roll, and cartoon illustration, and turn it into a unique line of products for other geekyfantastic music lovers. Check out the high-quality tees for guys and girls, super cute onesies and bibs for baby, fun jewelry, and more!
http://willotoons.myshopify.com/
Woody Miller
Inspired by the exotic ancient days of Egypt, Persia, and Morocco, to the swingin', hip, relaxed jazz of the 50s and 60s, original artwork, prints, handmade mini-books, magnets, and cards.
http://www.woodymillerart.com
