Lost Trades Fair: supporting lost arts, rare trades and forgotten crafts and the dedicated artisans who practise them.
Held annually in March in Bendigo, VIC, Australia. Please check website for dates, info and to buy tickets: www.losttrades.com.au
17/01/2025
Meet the makers sharing their skills, watch them work, listen to their stories about their craft and what it takes to be an artisan working in a trade that has been around for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Passed down knowledge, demonstrations, artisan insight talks on stage, entertainment, incredible talent and a ton of inspiration. See you in 7 weeks.
Lost Trades Fair Bendigo 8-10 March. Details on our website.
📷 - Leather worker and bridle maker
17/01/2025
Meet the makers sharing their skills, watch them work, listen to their stories about their craft and what it takes to be an artisan working in a trade that has been around for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Passed down knowledge, demonstrations, artisan insight talks on stage, entertainment, incredible talent and a ton of inspiration. See you in 7 weeks.
Lost Trades Fair Bendigo 8-10 March. Details on our website.
📷 - shaker oval box-maker & woodworker Csaba Nagy
17/01/2025
Meet the makers sharing their skills, watch them work, listen to their stories about their craft and what it takes to be an artisan working in a trade that has been around for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Passed down knowledge, demonstrations, artisan insight talks on stage, entertainment, incredible talent and a ton of inspiration. See you in 7 weeks.
Lost Trades Fair Bendigo 8-10 March. Details on our website.
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17/01/2025
Meet the makers sharing their skills, watch them work, listen to their stories about their craft and what it takes to be an artisan working in a trade that has been around for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Passed down knowledge, demonstrations, artisan insight talks on stage, entertainment, incredible talent and a ton of inspiration. See you in 7 weeks.
Lost Trades Fair Bendigo 8-10 March. Details on our website.
📷 at LT24 - Engraver Duncan McHarg
17/01/2025
Meet the makers sharing their skills, watch them work, listen to their stories about their craft and what it takes to be an artisan working in a trade that has been around for hundreds and in some cases thousands of years. Passed down knowledge, demonstrations, artisan insight talks on stage, entertainment, incredible talent and a ton of inspiration. See you in 7 weeks.
Lost Trades Fair Bendigo 8-10 March. Details on our website.
📷 by lost trades - Emma Jimson
15/01/2025
Marita Macklin Bespoke Embroidery is another one of our talented artisans, who will be at our fair demonstrating her craft with her 100 year old embroidery machine.
Knowledge not shared is knowledge lost. Acknowledging iconic Australian craftsmanship and the knowledge passed down by RM Williams to Bill Webb, who was taken under the wing of RMW to become one of the finest leather plaiters on the planet. Meet Bill at Lost Trades on Mar 8, 9 & 10 in Bendigo. www.losttrades.com.au
Thank you for sharing Bill's story in this months issue and for you continual support of our lost trades artisans from across regional Australia.
Our Lost Trades postcards are travelling around the globe, these found around Warwickshire, UK - thanks to family that hopefully will get to visit the fair one day.
Lost Trades Fair, Bendigo, Victoria
8 - 10 March 2025.
Three full days of inspiration, stories, demos, making, artisan talks, creativity, connection and craftsmanship. Meet 150+ artisan makers sharing what they do and how they do it. Our website has all the details. www.losttrades.com.au
See you in 8 weeks!
05/01/2025
Bendigo Post Office Gallery
Pall Mall, Bendigo.
Lost Trades - Exhibition of Artisan Works on display now.
If you are visiting Bendigo over the summer - pop into the Visitor Information Centre in the magnificent Pall Mall building built in the Empire Style 1883 - 1887. Exhibitions are free, there is a great shop, lots of info - and these displays will give you a sneak peek into the work you will see being made at Lost Trades this year. All artisans exhibited will be at the fair - they look forward to meeting you.
Tickets available via our website - all details are in bio.
Thank you to Amy at the Post Office Gallery and Bendigo Tourism for the opportunity to exhibit.
01/01/2025
Welcome 2025.
The thoughts and words of William Morris ( 1834 - 1896 ) seem as relevant today as when they were written and appropriate to consider at this time that we start a new year.
Designer, poet, artist, writer and social activist, championing the Arts and Crafts Movement, Morris advocated treating workers fairly, paying above the rates to his staff and helping in their artistic and educational development - and supporting local production.
These quotes from writers born in the 1800's were found in a book The Creative Craftsman by John Farleigh. Printed in London in 1950, the book with its worn red linen cloth binding and gold lettered spine was found in a store in country Victoria in 2022; sometimes you have to look at the past to see the future.
We hope that you can find inspiration in 2025 and look forward to seeing you at The Lost Trades Fair. 🎟️Tickets + info www.losttrades.com.au
24/12/2024
Happy holidays and merry festivities to all who celebrate this time with family and friends. Sending good wishes to all of our artisans and those that support them ❤️
21/12/2024
Nothing "off the shelf"
Before raiding the big stores for last minute gifts; why not buy tickets to Lost Trades Fair - so you and your love ones can find some beautiful hand made, one of a kind things to really treasure. Spend a weekend being truly inspired by the talent, craftsmanship and skill of people. See our website for all the details on tickets, visiting international artisans, artisan speakers on stage and demo's.
Lost Trades: 8 - 10 March, Bendigo Racecourse, Victoria, Australia.
Tickets + info www.losttrades.com.au or see our bio.
📷 collection of treasures by lost trades artisans ❤️
15/12/2024
"I see myself as someone who likes to facilitate people's dreams"
This perfectly sums up toy maker Tim Schloss who has been part of our Lost Trades family for close to a decade; and features in the latest Country Style Magazine. Thank you for visiting Lost Trades in March and for your wonderful support of regional Australian makers, who work at what they love, and like Tim will make many little dreams come true this Christmas.
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Our Lost Trades postcards are travelling around the globe, these found around Warwickshire, UK - thanks to family that hopefully will get to visit the fair one day. Lost Trades Fair, Bendigo, Victoria 8 - 10 March 2025. Three full days of inspiration, stories, demos, making, artisan talks, creativity, connection and craftsmanship. Meet 150+ artisan makers sharing what they do and how they do it. Our website has all the details. www.losttrades.com.au see you in 8 weeks! .#losttrades #losttradesfair #losttrades2025 #bendigo #visitvictoria #uk #warwickshire @explorebendigo @visitmelbourne #heritagecouncilvictoria @top fans
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
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)
