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Lost Trades Fair: supporting lost arts, rare trades and forgotten crafts and the dedicated artisans who practise them.

Held annually in March in Bendigo, Victoria. Please check website for dates, ticketing and opening times: losttrades.com.au

07/11/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Sharing their skills. Join them for 3 days of inspiration, education and a celebration of human talent.
Meet them in March 2025.
Details in bio. Weekend tickets available now.
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artisan .denim

07/11/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Sharing their skills. Join them for 3 days of inspiration, education and a celebration of human talent.
Meet them in March 2025.
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artisan

07/11/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Sharing their skills. Join them for 3 days of inspiration, education and a celebration of human talent.
Meet them in March 2025.
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artisan

02/11/2024

Talent, passion, and passed down family tradition. Lost Trades Artisans . . . travelling from across the country to share what they love.
Meet them in March 2025.

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artisans

02/11/2024

Find out what a horologist does at the Lost Trades Fair - watch clockmakers and watchmakers at work. Meet them in March 2025.

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02/11/2024

Talent, passion, time honoured skills. Lost Trades Artisans . . .
Meet them in March 2025.

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23/10/2024

For everyone who has messaged us about the ABC Conversation Hour - here is the details :
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/9480630
- or just search John Faine Conversation Hour Lost Trades - there is also this one too
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/10848532

21/10/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Sharing their skills. Join them for 3 days of inspiration, education and a celebration of human talent.
Meet them in March 2025.
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Australian Horological Society

21/10/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Sharing their skills. Join them for 3 days of inspiration, education and a celebration of human talent.
Meet them in March 2025.
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21/10/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Sharing their skills. Join them for 3 days of inspiration, education and a celebration of human talent.
Meet them in March 2025.
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17/10/2024

Lost Trades Artisans.
Supporting each others talents and celebrating fine craftsmandhip is what it is all about.
Meet them in March 2025.
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Artisans and .fine.furniture

16/10/2024

Talent, passion, time honoured skills. Lost Trades Artisans . . .
Meet them in March 2025.

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14/10/2024

Rewind . . . a Cooper, a Bellmaker and a Penny Farthing Maker walk into a radio station. Going through past photo favourites. This was outside the studio at ABC Melbourne before a fabulous Conversation Hour with legendary John Faine. Lost Trades original artisans and Anton Hasell.

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BENDIGO
Bendigo, VIC

Website

http://www.losttrades.com.au/

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Videos

Happy crowds today at the fair at LOST TRADES FAIR - Bendigo - 9 + 10 March 2024

Pop by and see Olivia O'Connor Carving today

Crofters Craft stunning horn and pewter. The Plant family come all the way from Toowoomba to our fair.

Artisan road trip ( and a ferry trip )Tassie to Bendigo!! @phoenixcreationstas + @metalmonkeyknives

The wonder and fascination of young people watching master artisans at work is priceless. Providing inspiration and satisfying curiosity is what the Lost Trades Fair is all about. Bring your families along to meet the artisans, watch them making and learn about how things are made. Here master goldsmith Peter McBride demonstrates to an engaged group of youngsters who went away having learned something new. Lost Trades Fair : Bendigo 9 + 10 March 2024

To meet the makers and watch how they do what they do so well - grab your early-bird tickets to save 30-50% off gate prices. Earlybird discounts end Thursday(30 Nov). Lost Trades Fair, 9 + 10 March 2024, Bendigo. Artisan Jude Craig (@naturallydyed) demonstrates to crowds at Lost Trades this year. (Single day tickets can be used on Saturday OR on Sunday - you choose, or get a full weekend ticket to enjoy the fair the whole weekend, family passes and concessions are also available).

Find inspiration, discover, learn, experience and satisfy your curiosity by meeting the makers and artisans - doing what they love with practiced skill. Ross from CroftersCraft demonstrates hand pouring pewter for his beautifully crafted serving ware. Get your tickets now. Plan your road trip. See you in March.

Watch Armourers at work at Lost Trades Fair, meet Rob Hayes and watch him at the anvil shaping and creating suits of armour. Early-bird tickets are on sale now for the next four weeks - via our website (see links on this page). Meet more than 100 artisans, watch them work, see how things are made - and of course you can buy what they make as well. March 9 + 10 at the Bendigo Racecourse.

T H E W O M E N Celebrating Artisan Women today, March 8th @iwdaorg #internationalwomensday The last video in our series of 8 to give you an idea of what to expect this weekend! Tickets and info via www.losttradesfair.com.au

A R T I S A N A P P R E C I A T I O N Number 7 in a series of 8 short videos, to give you an idea of what to expect at our Bendigo Fair, next weekend, March 11 + 12. Tickets + info via www.losttrades.com.au 🎥 features commentary by Halliday Bellows

T H E A R T I S A N S Number 6 in a series of 8 short videos, to give you an idea of what to expect at our upcoming Bendigo Fair, March 11 + 12. Tickets via www.losttrades.com.au 🎥 features commentary of Glen Rundell Chairmaker

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Our Story

Lost & Rare Trades Fair: founded to support and promote traditional trades, heritage skills and forgotten crafts and the dedicated artisans who continue to practise them as a career.

The Lost & Rare Trades Fair was founded on the principle that people are fascinated when artisans and craftspeople openly demonstrate their skills and share their knowledge. Traditional crafts, trades and industries that once were the backbone to building our country and regional towns, have gone and been often forgotten or overlooked in the wake of new technology.

OUR MISSION: To acknowledge and promote fine craftsmanship, traditional skills, rare trades and decorative arts.

VISION: Promote artisans pursuing traditional trades as a career with authenticity and an integrity that validates what they do and acknowledges their dedication to preserving and passing on traditional skills and knowledge. Provide a platform for true career artisans to share their skills and demonstrate their trades to an audience that is genuinely interested and engaged.

THE FAIR: The Fair promises to deliver an event experience that is authentic, real and retains the integrity on which it was founded. The Lost & Rare Trades Fair exists because of these artisans and will continue to celebrate their extraordinary talents, passion and excellence in craftsmanship. The Lost & Rare Trades Fair brand team are privileged to have earned the trust of many of Australia’s finest artisans and have a continued responsibility to deliver an event that is worthy of their skills and dedication to their craft.

GOALS

Lost & Rare Trades Fair was established to:

act as a guardian to arcane trades that have tradition at their foundation and to sustain and promote these crafts and skills rather than simply preserve them;

unite traditional crafters specialising in field crafts, workshop crafts, home and household crafts;

showcase human talents and inspire the next generation to embrace hand skills;

be inclusive of all trade disciplines and all mediums ( metal, stone, wood, glass, cloth, etc)