Cut+Paste: Sustainable Craft Fest & Makers Market

Fri Sep 11 2009 - Sun Sep 13 2009

Crafting in the context of environment and economic concerns, Cut + Paste takes traditions of craft and re-use and pastes them into the here and now. The weekend festival will showcase some of the most exciting sustainable handmade goods by local artists, designers and craftmakers, amongst organic fair trade meals, treats and Devonshire teas.

Friday 11 September
6.45pm Refugee women's textiles from the Thai-Burma border: hear their story, buy their textiles and support their cause
A presentation by Sydney-based Women for Education, Freedom and Textiles about their work in support of refugee and internally displaced women on the Thai-Burma border to earn a fair living wage from their textiles. Hear about workshops that mix traditional weaving with contemporary design, meet refugees who have resettled in Sydney, and view Karen, Chin, Kachin, Lahu, Kayin and Mon textile products, including scarves, cushions, bags, children’s clothing, table runners and beautiful woven fabric featuring natural dyeing, backstrap looming, applique and culturally unique embroidery. Delicious food available. Free entry.

Saturday 12 September
12 – 8pm Makers Market
A makers market featuring some of the best local, fair, sustainable and handmade goods made locally, alongside stalls of organic groceries and treats. Free entry.

12.30 – 5.30pm Free Workshops bookings: cut.paste.craft@gmail.com

12.30-2pm Vegan No Bake demo - Eco-friendly animal free products and methods.

3-5pm Bookbinding - Make your own beautiful books and journals from gorgeous re-used materials and old book binding techniques with Artists Joanna Redestowicz and Georgia Graham (full)

3.30-5.30pm Craft my BIKE - A workshop with Bugz to take your eco-ride from drab to fab! Bring your bike and a desire for glamour and you’ll be hitting the streets in style in no time.

Sunday 13 September
10am – 3pm Makers Market continues
Featuring some of the best local, fair, sustainable and handmade goods on offer, all with an eco-focus.

10.30am – 3pm Free Workshops bookings: cut.paste.craft@gmail.com

10.30am – 12.30pm Crafty Kiddies - A special spot in the program for the crafty kids in the world. Work with artist Sian McIntyre to make a range of fun and easy eco-friendly craft projects. For children 5 – 12 years.

10.30am – 12.30pm Crafting Sustainably - The talented designer behind the label Pearl and Elspeth, Annie Werner will share her skills and knowledge for crafting sustainably. This workshop will include ideas and instruction on refashioning old clothes and new ones from unexpected cloth sources.

1 - 3pm Fresh Flower and Garden Corsage making - Extraordinary crafty florist Tonia Gatt teaches you how to craft your very own corsage from flowers you can find in your own garden (or your neighbours!).

6pm Early Spring Evening
The festival will close with a wonderful early Spring evening for the senses with short handmade stop frame animation films and fabulous costume based performance translating the tactile to the stage, complimented by an organic home-cooked vegan meal. Featuring Wife, Justin Shoulder, Feva, Fox Trott, Trash Vaudeville, Greedy Hen, Tara Tan, Maisie Cohen, the Cake Lady and more. Music by DJ Gemma.
Dinner from 6pm, shows from 7.30pm
$10 entry or $15 with dinner.

This project is supported by funding from Marrickville Council.
Cut + Paste is also funded and supported by LInc, Reverse Garbage, Alfalfa House, and The Red Rattler.

Lead up workshops

We've had a great time in the two Cut + Paste lead up workshops with Wife so far! Week before last got some handy hints to help merchandise and set up our own market stalls and online stores. and last weekend the girls made some nifty changes to their old wares.

Michelle impressed us with a new spunky stripy waistcoat, whilst Judith and the others added some beautiful designs to their pants and skirts.

This Sunday Bex Hulands and Kristen Masters introduce us to Knitting and Crochet. The workshop is pretty full, so if you haven't booked already you better get in quick!! Also, be so so great if you could bring your own knitting needles and crochet hooks, that way you can take home what you started and keep working on it, yay!

wanted - crochet hooks and knitting needles

The upcoming Yarning workshop next Sunday 6 September is filling up fast, if you have sets of crochet hooks and knitting needles you can lend or give to us for the afternoon that'd be super crafty of you! please contact cut.paste.craft@gmail.com

lotsa love xxx

Program Launch

Check out the beautiful Cut+Paste poster / flyer designed by Greedy Hen. We'd love some help getting these out n about, if you're able to distribute the program in it's printed glory send us an email cut.paste.craft@gmail.com and we'll post you a stack. old school like. much love xx

Call for Stall Holders

Crafting in the context of environment and economic concerns, Cut + Paste takes traditions of craft and re-use and pastes them into the here and now for a craftacular event at The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St. Marrickville, 11 - 13 September 2009. The weekend festival will showcase some of the most sustainable arts and crafts by local artists, designers and craftmakers, amongst organic fair trade treats and Devonshire teas.

This is a call out to artists, makers, designers, craftspeople who make handmade work within a sustainable context and would like to sell their wares at the two day makers market. Deadline for applications is 5pm Monday 24 August. Download application form here http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3k1GddOlcyZYWQ4NzBiMjEtODQzMC00M2QzLThmYzYtODMyZTRjYjdiNDM5&hl=en

Festival lead-up workshops

In the lead up to this year's Cut + Paste Festival we're holding three free workshops, supported by Reverse Garbage and Marrickville Council, at The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St. Marrickville.

3pm Sunday 23 August
Market your craft
Artist and designer-maker of Wife. sustainable products, Nicole Barakat will share her experience and knowledge on making, selling, pricing, marketing and being a professional crafter! There will also be a question and answer opportunity.

3pm Sunday 30 August
Upcycle your wardrobe
Bring a garment or two to transform into a new outfit or accessory, basic sewing skills required

3pm Sunday 6 September
Yarning – Crochet and Knitting Basics
Introductory course


Bookings via cut.paste.craft@gmail.com

first press release

Crafting in the context of environment and economic concerns, Cut +
Paste takes traditions of craft and re-use and pastes them into the
here and now.

The recently opened Red Rattler theatre will play host to a three
day craftacular with cutting edge markets, workshops and performance
amongst organic fair trade treats and Devonshire teas. This weekend
festival will showcase some of the most talented local artists,
designers and craftspeople making sustainably.

Visit the Makers Market to pick up some of the best local, fair,
sustainable and handmade goods on offer. Take part in one of the
many workshops, including fresh flower corsage making; book
binding; vegan no bake treat demo; children’s workshops and a ‘craft
my bike’ workshop that gives you the skills to turn your eco-ride
into the most glamorous in town!

The festival will close with a wonderful early Spring evening for the
senses featuring fresh organic food, short films and fabulous performance
translating the tactile to the stage.

Cut + Paste will be launched on Friday night with a special
presentation by guests from WEFT (Women for Education, Freedom and
Textiles) a non-profit organisation supporting refugee women on the
Thai-Burma border and displaced women in Burma to earn a fair living
wage from their handmade and traditionally woven textiles.