Comrades In Craft

Thank you!

Who: 

Comrades in Craft

What: 

Thanks you for coming out to our second show!

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See you somewhere next spring ...

We wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to the second Comrades in Craft show last Saturday, October 17th.

The vendors were amazing – thank you so much for your participation – we couldn’t have pulled it off without you.

We’re going to take the winter to reflect, relax, craft and prepare for our next [...]

Artist Profile: Becky Johnson

Who: 

Becky Johnson - Sweetie Pie Press

What: 

ARTIST BUTTON SETS

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Becky Johnson is the proprietress of the Sweetie Pie Press, a Parkdale-based craft outfit that makes 1″ buttons, buttons sets, mysterious envelopes, crocheted miscellany, the odd printed materials and other things. Since 2006, she has also been working with talented artists the world over to develop limited edition sets on the world’s smallest canvases – [...]

Artist Profile: DeeDee Moscoe

Who: 

DeeDee Moscoe

What: 

CROCHETED WIRE JEWELRY

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

New to the Jewelry business, I have tried to combine my love for crocheting and beading into one. The results are these wired, beaded bracelets.
They’re quite unique and I really started making them for friends and family as birthday presents. Every one who received one went crazy and loved them.
So now they are [...]

Artist Profile: Catherine Wood

Who: 

Kiwi Punch Designs

What: 

HAND-EMBROIDERED CARDS & DECOR

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Catherine Wood is a Toronto-based crafter who creates fun greeting cards and home decor items featuring hand-embroidery. More information and pictures can be found at www.KiwiPunchDesigns.com

Artist Profile: Melissa Hamel-Smith

Who: 

Melissa Hamel-Smith

What: 

VOODOO DOLLS & CARDS

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

~ A Random Assortment of Artistic Delicacies ~
Kaotic Ekko’s Curiosities runs on weird. It is owned by an Insane Artist who will try any medium, the messier the better! Here you will find everything from sarcastic greeting cards to creepy plush to fine art to anything else her strange brain can conjure. You want bizarre? [...]

Artist Profile: Drew Sauveur

Who: 

Drew Sauveur

What: 

SILKSCREENED T-SHIRTS

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

MMA Inspired Athletic and Urban wear.
High quality 100% Woven Cotton and hand printed.
“A Fearless heart, a Willing combatant”

Artist Profile: Debi Brennen

Who: 

Debi Brennen

What: 

HANDBAGS, CLUTCHES & JEWELRY

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Debi Brennen hails from Hamilton, ON, but now resides in Toronto, ON where she focuses both on living the 9-5 while trying to realize her dream of making truly awesome things out of many different mediums. She’s dabbled in photography (mainly of live rock bands), beadwork, amigurumi and most recently (& successfully) woven paper crafts. [...]

Artist Profile: Kristen Wulff

Who: 

Kristen Wulff

What: 

CUFFLINKS, BUTTONS & MORE

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Kristen Wulff is the artist behind knotted nest. Based in Toronto, knotted nest, combines Wulff’s passion for visual arts with a love for everything handmade. For as long as she can remember, her hands have been busily sewing, embroidering, collaging, and writting. The result is a collection of unique items ranging from [...]

Artist Profile: Priya Narasimhan

Who: 

Priya Narasimhan

What: 

BOTANICAL BATH & BODY GOODS

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Priya fell into handcrafting body care potions when she noticed the disconnect between the wholesome organic food she put in her mouth and the chemical goo she put on her skin and hair! When she realized how few truly natural products are out there, she set out to learn to make her own – [...]

Artist Profile: Victoria Cowan

Who: 

Victoria Cowan

What: 

DRAWINGS & GREETING CARDS

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Victoria Cowan graduated from NSCAD University in Halifax in 2006. Her focus has always been on drawing and creating works on paper. After completing her degree in Fine Arts she moved to Toronto and has since taken part in many shows across the city. Though she often works large scale for this show [...]

Comrades in Craft vendors!

Who: 

Toronto-area do-it-yourself crafters

What: 

The second Comrades in Craft show -- October 17th!

Where: 

St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

COMRADES IN CRAFT
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH – 10AM to 4PM
CHURCH HALL @ ST. DAVID’S
49 DONLANDS AVENUE
(DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM DONLANDS SUBWAY STATION)
– cash only –

Without further ado, the vendors are:

Artist Profile: Sharon Mulholland

Who: 

Sharon Mullholland

What: 

Sam & Oliver's Fine Catnippery

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Sam & Oliver’s Fine Catnippery
Offering handmade cat toys in a variety of fun, fresh, modern prints. Our cat toys are stuffed with enough catnip to keep your feline friend happy for a good long while.
Each toy measures approx. 9″ x 2.5″ x 2″.

Artist Profile: Michelle Keyes

Who: 

Michelle Keyes

What: 

BETTY BOO WHO HALLOWEEN GOODIES

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

What started out as a fun thing to give to co-workers and friends for her favourite holiday, turned into Betty Boo Who’s Custom Made Crafts. Spider lollipops, Halloween crackers, and Creepy Popcorn Hands are Betty Boo Who specialties. But the fun doesn’t stop after the witching hour. Betty (a.k.a. Misha Keyes) keeps snapping [...]

Artist Profile: Lisa Pijuan-Nomura

Who: 

Lisa Pijuan-Nomura

What: 

COLLAGE ART

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

GirlCanCreate is the company of Toronto based performer, creativity coach and collage artist Lisa Pijuan-Nomura.
For as long as she can remember she has been collecting old papers,ancient books, handwritten letters, pieces of lace, and photos of people long forgotten. She uses all of her ephemera in her collage work, both on paper [...]

Artist Profile: Leena Salem

Who: 

Leena Salem

What: 

FOAM CD HOLDERS & CARDS

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Leena Salem is a young artist and graphic designer currently studying at the York University/Sheridan College program in Toronto. Her primary interests include retro video games, being silly and making things out of foam. Comrades in Craft 2009 will be her first craft show and she plans to do many more in the future.
See her [...]

Artist Profile: Jennifer Morris

Who: 

Jennifer Morris

What: 

UNIQUE WEARABLE ART

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Making stuff is my passion. I have been making since I was a kid. I had a lot of health issues as I kid and I learned to entertain my self. This grew into a passion, which then turned in to a career. I attended Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design majoring in Textiles [...]

Artist Profile: Elizabeth Elliott

Who: 

Elizabeth Elliott

What: 

KID’S CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

LITTLE DENIM
The very first thing Elizabeth Elliott ever sewed was a one-piece denim jumpsuit for her Brooke Shields Barbie.
That was in 1984.
Today, Elizabeth re-purposes denim jeans and combines them with new materials to create cool kids’ clothes and accessories under the label ‘Little Denim’. Elizabeth finds inspiration in urban culture, digital art and [...]

Artist Profile: Dana De Kuyper

Who: 

Dana De Kuyper

What: 

DOLLS & SILKSCREENED WEAR

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Dana De Kuyper now lives in the city of Toronto.
Her Damned Dollies have graced the pages of Bust magazine, British Vogue, Marmalade, Strut, Elle Quebec and Zink fashion magazine.
The band Trooper used Dana’s Devil Girl image for their “Raise a little hell” tour T-shirts. They are an awesome band.
Her recent projects include a pair shoes [...]

Artist Profile: Karin daFonte

Who: 

Karin daFonte

What: 

FUSED GLASS JEWELRY

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Karin daFonte’s love of art started in childhood, wondering through galleries and museums in Europe. In 2007 she took a leave of absence from teaching, her creative journey with fused glass began and KazaDaza Designs was born. By combining her love of art, jewelry and glass, Karin creates one-of-a-kind, funky, wearable art pieces. [...]

Artist Profile: Andrew Kellner

Who: 

Andrew Kellner

What: 

HANDCRAFTED POTTERY

Where: 

St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

After completing his BFA in 2005 at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Andrew spent 6 months apprenticing with Martin Tagseth in Saskatchewan, a studio potter.
Andrew is currently making functional tableware in his studio in Toronto where he is working towards establishing himself as a full time studio potter.

Artist Profile: Danielle Holke

Who: 

Danielle Holke

What: 

BOTTLE CAP JEWELRY

Where: 

Oct 17/2009 - St. David's Church, 49 Donlands Avenue (across from the Donlands subway station)

Danielle Holke is a Toronto-based digital marketing consultant by day and mad bottle cap crafter by night.
Recently her ‘caps were selected to appear in 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse, an upcoming book by Garth Johnson of ExtremeCraft.com.
Danielle blogs about life at lilyonthedustbin.com and about oddball knitting at knithacker.com. Her Etsy shop is: lilydustbin.etsy.com.