Maker Faire

2Dy4...Revamped Vintage Jewelry Designs
Designer Dyanne Bolt creates unique and one of a kind, affordable jewelry from lovingly sought after pieces of the past.

Absolutely Small Claire Chambers
Absolutely Small is devoted to making truly odd, yet approachable plush creatures and art. We abhor straight lines. Viva Chickenpants! (that'll make sense when you visit us- table 67, Bazaar Bizarre building!)

AC Clothing and Bags Amy Cools
*lovingly designed, meticulously crafted clothing and bags for women who love comfort & beauty, artistry & quality, style & fun *timeless and edgy, flattering and playful, easy to wear and artistic pieces that are set apart by exciting details, specialty and vintage fabrics, and fresh & unexpected conjunction of elements *meticulously crafted of contemporary and original vintage yardage, buttons, & trims *all pieces are produced in limited runs; each item is a rare piece to add to your unique & adventurous style *all-original designs are designed in Oakland, California & produced in-house or locally: they're sweatshop-free!

ARCHICRAFT
As the sole designer and fabricator for Archicraft, Cindy Liu blends skills acquired during her 3 year stint in architecture school with her lifelong obsession with arts and crafts to produce a wide range of items that are a hybrid of modern design and handmade detailing with a touch of humor.

Beyond Wonderland Carolina Harris
I make quirky bags and accessories using Japanese and hand screened fabrics. Every item is carefully designed and made by hand.

Bossa Nova Baby Cathy Pitters
Cathy Pitters runs Bossa Nova Baby out of her flamingo pink craft bunker in Portland, OR. She creates one of a kind clothing and accessories using a Japanese Gocco printer, her trusty sewing machine and a little vintage inspiration.

Bread and Badger, LLC
We create home accessories for people who want crisp, bold designs with a nod toward current pop cultural trends. Our glassware is sandblasted using stencils based on our original digital and hand-drawn artwork. Our high quality new and recycled materials offer affordable, usable artwork for everyone.

Bug Under Glass Kevin Clarke
As a conservation biologist and artist, my mission is to protect, teach and display the beauty of insects. I spread, prepare and display insects into colorful and artful poses. In certain displays, insects are artistically displayed with stamps, maps, or currency of their country of origin. All of these displays are made with archival materials and built to last a lifetime and also include detailed natural history information about the specimen.

Chicks & Frogs
We lovingly hatched a whimsical line of clothing for haute chicks & future princes. Celebrate the joy and humor of raising kids.

Chikabird/randL Chika Eustace & Jean Lee
All our products are designed and handmade in small batches in our Seattle home/studio. We aim to offer you casual yet distinctive everyday necessities and wear!

Decades of Style Pattern Company
Providing beautiful vintage sewing pattern reproductions in many sizes. Sewing patterns from the teens up through the 1950s are offered.

doubleparlour
We will be bringing our prints and handmade polymer clay sculptures. We are a husband and wife team of local artists from San Francisco, CA. We make art and crafts items influenced by natural science, human emotions and architecture. DIY rocks!

Dutch Door Press
Dutch Door Press is a letterpress & design studio in San Francisco that specializes in eye-catching, bright and colorful wedding invitations, birth announcements, personal stationery, greeting cards and limited edition prints. Dutch Door Press designs blend modern design with patterns and icons inspired by the traditional folk art of northern Europe.

eleen :: good stuff * hand made Eleen Hsu
eleen.com offers a smart, fresh and playful collection of carefully constructed, limited run handbags, pouches and home accessories made of high quality designer cottons, felts and vinyls. Our products will add a skip to your step and give you a stylish way to stash -- and strut -- your stuff!

Ezme Designs Chanda Beck
Ezme Designs is based in Oakland, CA and focuses on making small runs of handmade ceramic items for yourself and your home. Chanda Beck is the Owner/Designer and has a special interest in abstract depictions of nature with a retro feel. All of our dinnerware items are microwave and dishwasher safe. We will be a part of the Bazaar Bizarre!

Foxy Monster Ashley Larson
Fully Reversible Fuzzy Bear Hoods. Instantly spreads smiles, love, and goofiness, while keeping heads and necks warm.

Go Robot! Stuart Breidenstein
Go Robot! is the creation of Oregon-based techno producer-turned designer, Stuart Breidenstein. He uses combinations of materials, from the precious to the discarded, to create one-off jewelry and odd objects. With help from his robot pals, he churns out funky stuff until the wee hours in his backyard laboratory.

Hambone and Jennicakes Jennifer Pellecchia
Aprons, eye masks, pincushions, and all matter of quilty pleasures!

HONEYLUX LETTERPRESS + PIE BIRD PRESS Marina Luz
HONEYLUX (www.honeylux.com) is an Oakland-based letterpress company, specializing in fine art prints and unusual stationery. PIE BIRD PRESS (www.wetfootpublications.com) is an Alabany-based letterpress company, specializing in colorful, vibrant greeting cards.

Jill K. in LA
Jill Kleinhans makes handmade greeting cards from her garage in Silver Lake, California. She employs the age-old technique of block printing. Starting with original designs, Jill then carves an individual block for each color. Every card is a lovingly crafted piece of art. Each card is hand-torn from large sheets of 100% cotton paper. All cards are paired with a bonus print on an eco-friendly envelope. Some cards are even embellished with a scratch-n-sniff scent!

Jim Dandy's Rebecca Gatanis
Jim Dandy's consists of vintage and old school starlet inspired handmade feather fascinators. Each item is uniquely personalized and comes fully equipped to fascinate the audiences of those who so choose to adorn their heads.

Katy Kristin Katy Kristin
Katy Kristin lives at the coast near San Francisco, and her hero is Pippi Longstocking. Even though she collects too much stuff for her own good, she is inspired to create more stuff: whimsical dolls and plushies, art, jewelry, clothes and more. Someday Katy hopes to live in a treehouse, a BIG treehouse.

Kelso Doesnt Dance - Upcycled Wallets Kelso Doesnt Dance
Kelso Doesnt Dance is focusing on a line of wallets upcycled from old papers. They are made from actual newspapers, road maps, atlases, dictionaries and old birdwatching and gardening book pages. They come in 3 sizes, 6 styles and of course, each one is unique!

Leighelena jewelry Leighelena
Leighelena jewelry is handcrafted in an ages-old process fusing metal and glass to create striking, color-infused accessories. Post-consumer and recovered materials are used in all levels of finished pieces.

Like Minded People.
Like Minded People. is an independently run shirt company whose aim is to provide folks out in the world with conscious messages and imagery as an alternative to much of the emptiness being produced today. "You are what you wear" and "Body as Billboard" are all along the lines of belief of Like Minded People. and that is why we strive to come with life inspired conscious ideas. We believe clothing should be about the clothing, how it makes you feel inside and out, not the status one might feel it brings. We let the clothes speak for themselves.

Lizard Press Hand Printed Letterpress Lizard Press
By combining vintage wood and lead typefaces with digital designs made into polymer plates, each limited edition combination is printed on an old-fashion vandercook proof press, each one pulled by hand, from a single run on the press to as many as eight. Lizard Press projects vary from rocking CD sleeves, inspiring broadsides, typographic greeting cards and intuitive artists books.

Mani Designs Amber Mahler
The seedpods, flowers, buds and twigs in my botanical series are collected from my walks in the woods near my home. They are lost wax cast silver and gold originals of the actual flowers and branches that I gathered. This commitment to "live casting" insures that I must continually forage for or grow in my garden new material to be cast.

Martin Hsu Illustrations
Martin Hsu started his self-titled business in 2006 to create a channel for his silly ideas. He enjoys making t-shirts, illustrations, self-published sketchbooks, and original paintings. When Martin is not modeling for his own t-shirts, he works in animation as a character designer. Please visit his website for more of his artwork.

Matthew Porter Art
Matthew Porter will be showcasing his paintings, prints and products all featuring his infamous monkey world illustrations. Matthew is a children's book illustator and writer. He currently has three books published with Vancouver, BC publishing house Simply Read Books. An aditional two books are in the works for release in 2009 and 2010. In addition his children's books Matthew co owns Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store in Seattle with his wife, Andrea.

Mediums to Masses
Sarah combines her love of the material glass with that of textiles to create her unique line of fused glass jewelry and table-wares. Vintage textile patterns are hand silk-screened onto each glass piece using ground up glass enamel. The multiple step process is one developed by Sarah. The resulting works give the patterns a second life while creating a juxtaposition of vintage with modern. Due to the variations in the pattern and the hand-made aspect, each piece will have a unique appearance.

Milkbomb Kids Clothing Steve O'Neil
Milkbomb is a kids clothing line featuring quirky and fun slogans and designs.

MsCraftypants
Purveyor of quality baby gear for modern families. New DIY Kits for Maker Faire: make your own blankets, robots and mobiles, oh my! And for the baby on the go, you can get changing pads that hold your diapers and wipes inside. Bright colors make them easy to find anywhere.

Muffin Castle
What is Muffin Castle? Right now, we just make sexy tees and maybe a little art here and there. Our tee shirts are printed in Mike's garage after work and on the weekends. We exclusively use American Apparel tees and hoodies. They're soft, easy to print on, and have great colors. What more can you ask for? Our goal with Muffin Castle is to make shirts that we want to wear ourselves. The clothes we make reflect our style from the shirts we print on to the colors we use and everything in between. We take pride in our shirts and our designs because they reflect who we are.

My Imaginary Boyfriend 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.

my windup bird tshirts
my windup bird tshirts is an SF-based indie tshirt company specializing in creative designs based on the whimsy found in everyday life: bacteria, abandoned shopping carts, bikes, stencils street art and everyday urban fun. my windup bird is proud to participate for the third year of Bazaar Bizarre Maker Faire.

NifNaks Nifer Fahrion
NifNaks makes hand-crafted wearable art, adorable critters, and other curiosities. From custom case mods of USB drives & Desk Pets™, to funky scarves & prosthetic mustaches, all of our cute, fuzzy creatures and accessories are made from 100% merino wool. NifNaks makes everything using wet felting and needle felting techniques.

Nous Savons Jocelyn Nguyen
Nous Savons has alternately been described as "the opus of a 114-year-old grizzled sailor back from the heart of darkness," and "If Anthropologie set up a flagship store at Grey Gardens." We always feature reconstructed clothing and jewelry, but our interests often veer off into unrelated tangents that are, somehow, quite relevant. Come delight in the latest indulgence: heirloom seedlings and all the supplies you need for an urban fire-escape garden.

Passion flower Heidi Cain
A lovely jewelry line made completely out of shrinky dink plastic. Using color, stones, strings, wire, some imagination and an oven, this plastic is transformed into magical pieces of wearable art.

Pearson-Maron
Adam Maron and Quincy Pearson are full time artists and kitsch peddlers. They make work individually and together under the name Pearson-Maron.

PenguinBot.com
PenguinBot is the creator of funky knit and sewn purses, tote bags, and housewares. Our unique designs are well-crafted, bright, bold, and 100% handmade.

PenguinBot.com
PenguinBot is the creator of funky knit and sewn purses, tote bags, and housewares. Our unique designs are well-crafted, bright, bold, and 100% handmade.

PIPEROID paper robots PIPEROID by Magnote
PIPEROID is a paper craft robot that is made from paper pipes with pre-drilled holes. All you need is a pair of scissors to cut, connect, and fold the pipes to form a cute unique robot without a need of tape or glue.

Planet Tokki Planet Tokki
Planet Tokki is bizarre world where poos come to life, tofu men hide away in purses, and carrots have bunny faces. It is home to quirky creatures with their own stories and adventures. Planet Tokki is the brainchild of Hae Eun Park, an artist living in Los Angeles.

Polly Danger Ixchel Lechuga
Polly Danger is committed to bringing cuteness to the world of utility. Her utility aprons, project totes, handbags, kits, bias tapes and luxuriously adorable stationary are just some of the cuteness to be found at Booth 34 near the Sewing Stations in Bazaar Bizarre!

Pollyannacowgirl Designs Pollyannacowgirl
Vintage plastic, Czech glass, buttons, and toys become unique wearables with that special Pollyannacowgirl touch.

prismPOP Lisa Toff
prismPOP focuses on good design while remaining kind to the environment. All prismPOP products are guaranteed to be printed on recycled paper and printed with soy inks - yet attention never strays from a clean and sharp aesthetic.

Project TransAction
Project TransAction is a one-man San Francisco based independently owned screenprinting and leatherworking shop featuring limited edition tees, hand screened accessories, and high quality, handmade leather cuffs and belts. Eco-friendly, fresh, and indie.

Recover Your Thoughts Doug MacNeil
Journals made from discarded library books.

Roxycraft
Seller of amigurumi dolls, patterns and kits.

Rx Designs & Pretty Fun Riquelle Small
Well designed jewelry made from stones - and items made using cool images on paper that are applied to wood, most items are double-sized, the are super fun and versatile. jewelry, toys and more.