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Photo of the Day – October 4, 2010: Darin R. Gehrke Ceramics

Celadon Tea Set by Darin R. Gehrke Ceramic at the Ceramics in Brooklyn Autumnware Show

Sunday’s Autumnware Show, curated by Ceramics in Brooklyn for the Minds over Matter series at the Old American Factory (Makers) Market, featured many talented and unique ceramic artists. The celadon green of this teapot drew me to the wooden table of Darin R. Gehrke of DRG Ceramics. Gehrke’s work has a distinctly Asian sensibility in the colors, decorative details, and the objects themselves. His style combines the “looseness” of the Japanese style with the structure of the traditional Chinese traditional. This combination of great ceramic traditions is not something you see every day. From his artisic standpoint, Gehrke has the benefit of seeing the beauty and value in each of these styles and combining them to come up with designs featuring the most beautiful, and often practical, aspects of both.

Gherke is a studio potter with the TriBeCa Potters and teaches advanced adult ceramic classes at the Educational Alliance Art School.

Darin R. Gehrke Ceramics

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Minds over Matter, The (Makers Market) at the Old American Can Factory

Market Events This Weekend – Never Mind The Weather!

Chicken Biscuit from Pies-n-Thighs at the Madison Square Market

Don’t let the inclement weather prevent you from going to the markets this weekend! Put on your wellies, grab an umbrella, and go! In addition to the fantastic weekly artisan, farmer, food, and flea markets around the city, there are several special events taking place. Most of them are indoors too!

Tonight, October 1, 2010:

First Friday at the Loom: First Fridays are back! Meet and mingle at The Shops at The Loom in Bushwick. See the works from local designers at the Better than Jam Coop, many of whom sell at the artisan markets. The Bushwick Print Lab (and special guests) will be making silkscreen prints LIVE in water-based textile inks. If you bring a garment, they’ll print right on it for you! Check here for details.

Greenpoint Open Studios: This weekend event opens Friday night and runs through Sunday evening. It features “open studios for over 150 artists collaborating with many local galleries and businesses to exhibit shows and performances throughout the weekend.”

Madison Square Market: This market features handmade artisans selling everything from clothing and jewelry to toys and artwork So many great things to look at, and don’t hesitate to ask the sellers about their products! Plus, the food vendors are fantastic (like the chicken biscuit in the photo from Pies-n-Thighs)! This market runs 7 days a week through October 23.

Saturday, October 2, 2010:

Crafts on Columbus: This pillar of the craft fairs opens this weekend. Stroll through the booths select from the high quality crafts. It runs for three weekends through October 17.

Jersey City Craft Mafia and Art House Productions: This event features 20 artists with wonderful handmade wares, plus loads more activities, including craft demos, and a showcase of the work by Kayt Hester’s surreal work using hand-ripped masking tape. It goes Saturday and Sunday, 12PM – 6PM. Free admission.

Greenpoint Open Studios

Madison Square Market

If you are in Washington, DC this weekend, many New York artisans are participating in Crafty Bastards!

Sunday, October 3

Ceramics in Brooklyn: I’m very excited about this event, a one-day sale of contemporary ceramics made by Brooklyn artists. It is the second event of its type, and part of Minds over Matter at the (Makers) Market, a series of ten weekly shows of handmade products made of a different material each week.

Crafts on Columbus

Greenpoint Open Studios

Jersey City Craft Mafia and Art House Productions

Madison Square Market

See You at the Markets!

Photo of the Day – July 6, 2010: Ceramics by Michiko Shimada

Humpty Dumpty Sat On Your Bookshelf - Ceramics Designs by Michiko Shimada

This Sunday is Summerware: Ceramics in Brooklyn! This inaugural event “brings together the New York community of clay artist, potters and progressive ceramic designers.” Some of my favorite ceramics artists will be there, including Michiko Shimada, who creates fine, lovely, and unusual pieces in her Brooklyn studio. I first saw her distinct designs at a Homemade Brooklyn pop-up shop, and then again at the Renegade Craft Fair in McCarran Park. This Sunday, you can find her at the Makers Market at the Old American Can Factory.

Michiko’s tiny stump card holder is a sweet conversation piece, and this Humpty Dumpty is the perfect adornment for every bookshelf. Her Vita collection of vases is more abstract, representing both the curves of the body and its internal forms. Michiko will be on hand to talk with you about her work this Sunday. For a preview, visit her lovely Etsy shop.

Summerware: Ceramics in Brooklyn at the Makers Market at the Old American Can Factory, Sunday July 11, 11AM – 5PM

Events of Note at the Markets this Weekend!

Take a Free Pedicab Ride to the Makers Market at the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus!

There are some wonderful, creative, and tasty events going on this weekend in the Markets of New York City!

Friday, June 11: The Inaugural Pushcart Market, sponsored by The Pushcart Project

The first ever Pushcart Market [Friday, June 11, 10AM - 6PM on Park Place between Broadway and Church Street] brings some of NYC’s best street vendors together on Park Place. Shop for jewelry, gifts, crafts, clothes and more from boutique vendor carts and enjoy a panoply of appetizers, entrees, nibbles, and sweets including:
* Jamaican jerk chicken and grilled fish by Vendy Awards finalist Fauzia Abdur-Rahman from the Bronx’s foodcart “Heavenly Delights”
* Indian/Mediterranean biryani by Vendy Awards Finalist and People’s Choice Award Winner Bangladesh native Meru Sikder from “Biriyani Cart”
* Seasonal vegan/vegetarian delights and desserts by vendor star Cinnamon Snail
* Handcrafted ice cream by vendor rookie Guerrilla Ice Cream, and more!!

Saturday, June 12: Handmade Hearth and Home

Presented by The {NewNew} at the Brooklyn Indie Market [Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Rain or Shine.
at the Brooklyn Indie Market, the red and white striped tent on Smith and Union Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn]

This weekend marks the first in a series of special shopping events sponsored by the Brooklyn Indie Market and The {NewNew}: Keep it Local, Handmade, and Sustainable: Mindful Shopping Made Easy. It is a series of curated market events, starting with handmade homewares and home decor! The next event is “Kidding Around,” featuring handmade clothing and toys for children, on June 17. The third event of the series on September 18, will be “A La Mode,” which will bring together some of the most creative independent fashion and accessories designers in New York City.

All of the items in this series are handmade locally. And if you cannot make it out to the Brooklyn Indie Market, you can purchase every item featured, and much more on Etsy.com.

Sunday, June 11: Pedicabs at the Makers Market at the Old American Can Factory

[Sunday, June 11, 11AM - 5PM: 232 Third Street at Third Avenue, Gowanus, Brooklyn]

The Makers Market will have two Pedicabs to carry you to between the Farmers Market on 5^th Avenue and the Makers Market!

And next week:

Tuesday, June 15 Tenement Talks: Panel on the Resurgence of Markets in New York City with Kimm Alfonso, Anne Saxelby and Karen Seiger

New York Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard Street, 6:30 PM

I will be hosting a panel featuring Cheesemonger Anne Saxelby and Silk Screen Artist Kimm Alfonso. We will be discussing the resurgence of markets in New York City in recent years. Refreshments will include artisanal American cheeses from Saxelby Cheesemongers and handmade beef jerky from New Jerk City!

Have a great time and let us know what you find!