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, times, info and to buy tickets: www.losttrades.com.au
11/12/2024
FASHION ~ STYLE ~ ONE OF A KIND
Find the makers that are designing, creating and making one of a kind things for you to wear from top to bottom; hats, shirts, jackets, belts, boots, shoes and accessories. Want to really solve the fast-fashion epidemic - check where your clothes are made - and support makers like these. Meet them all at the Lost Trades Fair in Bendigo ( 8 - 10 March 2025 ) Proudly Australian made.
Makers are: Wootten, Ariella, Heaps Good Leather, Luxe Fashion Studio, Ariella, Peak Oil Company, Everwear Denim, Olake Studio, Feather & Drum Hat Co.
06/12/2024
Craftsmanship found
Before spending up big over the next few weeks - think of all the unique, one of a kind, hard to find, beautifully handcrafted things you will find at Lost Trades Fair. Get tickets for the fair as a gift that will keep on giving, treat your loved ones to a weekend of inspiration (and lots of stunning things to buy too), meet the makers, watch the skill, thought, love and passion that goes into things that are made to last and support small business and locally made. See you in March, 8-10 in Bendigo. Details and 2025 program is on our website.
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06/12/2024
Craftsmanship found
Before spending up big over the next few weeks - think of all the unique, one of a kind, hard to find, beautifully handcrafted things you will find at Lost Trades Fair. Get tickets for the fair as a gift that will keep on giving, treat your loved ones to a weekend of inspiration (and lots of stunning things to buy too), meet the makers, watch the skill, thought, love and passion that goes into things that are made to last and support small business and locally made. See you in March, 8-10 in Bendigo. Details and 2025 program is on our website.
06/12/2024
Craftsmanship found
Before spending up big over the next few weeks - think of all the unique, one of a kind, hard to find, beautifully handcrafted things you will find at Lost Trades Fair. Get tickets for the fair as a gift that will keep on giving, treat your loved ones to a weekend of inspiration (and lots of stunning things to buy too), meet the makers, watch the skill, thought, love and passion that goes into things that are made to last and support small business and locally made. See you in March, 8-10 in Bendigo. Details and 2025 program is on our website.
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06/12/2024
Craftsmanship found
Before spending up big over the next few weeks - think of all the unique, one of a kind, hard to find, beautifully handcrafted things you will find at Lost Trades Fair. Get tickets for the fair as a gift that will keep on giving, treat your loved ones to a weekend of inspiration (and lots of stunning things to buy too), meet the makers, watch the skill, thought, love and passion that goes into things that are made to last and support small business and locally made. See you in March, 8-10 in Bendigo. Details and 2025 program is on our website.
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06/12/2024
Craftsmanship found
Before spending up big over the next few weeks - think of all the unique, one of a kind, hard to find, beautifully handcrafted things you will find at Lost Trades Fair.
Get tickets for the fair as a gift that will keep on giving, treat your loved ones to a weekend of inspiration (and lots of stunning things to buy too), meet the makers, watch the skill, thought, love and passion that goes into things that are made to last and support small business and locally made.
See you in March, 8-10 in Bendigo. Details and our 2025 program is on our website.
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03/12/2024
Lost Trades Fair 3-DAY unlimited entry passes. There are 5000 of these passes available (well about 4300 now) - they are capped at this number to give dedicated fair lovers an amazing opportunity to take in all that Lost Trades offers, for just $20 a day (Kids 5-16 are just $20 for 3-Days!). Bring friends, bring family, be inspired, watch demonstrations and sit back to experience artisan insight talks, meet the makers, find out how things are made, welcome our incredible international artisans flying in from UK, Canada and USA. Daily tickets are also available.
Our 3-Day passes are capped at 5000. Ticket links are through our website:
losttradesfair.com.au
Pre-bought tickets enter at 9.30am.
Dates: 8 - 10 March 2025
Location: Bendigo Racecourse, Victoria.
See you at the fair!
27/11/2024
ANNOUNCEMENT Lost Trades EXCLUSIVE
KONRAD SAUER -
Hand Plane Maker; Designer; Craftsman. CANADA
Master craftsman Konrad Sauer will head to Australia for the first time for Lost Trades Fair in March next year!
If you have never laid eyes on one of Konrad's hand planes - then be prepared - these are some of the very finest, most collectable on the planet and you do not need to be a professional woodworker to appreciate just how beautiful they are. Infill planes with craftsmanship so flawlessly executed that they transcend being merely a tool and enter the realm of (highly) functional works of art.
So when Konrad accepted our invitation to attend the 2025 Lost Trades Fair you might imagine we were more than excited….and thrilled that visitors to next years Fair will get to meet him in person and see first hand the exceptional skill and work of a tool maker who has been creating work at the pinnacle of his trade for 24 years. https://www.sauerandsteiner.com
Konrad will be demonstrating aspects of Infill Plane making and also finishing a limited number of the exceptional belt buckles he casts in bronze from the offcuts of his hand planes and hand shapes. Konrad will also be one of our speakers on stage at our new for 2025 ‘Artisans Insights’ talks which will run throughout the three day event in Bendigo (8 - 10 March 2025).
But just when you think it cannot get much better than that, the week after the Lost Trades Fair, Konrad will be teaching a 5 day class to make his exceptionally beautiful Snider Table in figured Maple, with Black Walnut highlights.
LTF Tickets are available now on trybooking or via www.losttradesfair.com.au There are just 5000 3-Day Unlimited entry passes at the exceptional value of $60! ( $20 a day - which brings ticket costs back to 2016 prices!! ) Kids weekend tickets are just $20. Single day tickets are also available. So come and meet over 150 of the finest artisans from across Australia and the globe!
See you there!
We’re absolute thrilled to announce another Master artisan joining us for the 2025 Lost Trades Fair in March next year!
Grace Horne moved to Sheffield 30 years ago, the epicentre of England’s steel industry, with the express intention of becoming a pocket knife maker. This culminated in not only a career as a knife maker but also a PhD in Solid State Diffusion Bonded Damascus and its role within contemporary knife making!
A desire to make a pair of scissors 13 years ago led Grace down that specialist rabbit hole and a summer spent with Ernst Wright, the last company in Sheffield making scissors.
Fast forward to today and Grace is widely known as one of the best authorities on Scissor making and not only makes astounding beautiful scissors based on her own method of pre-industrial techniques but regularly teaches scissor making in workshops across the UK and around the world.
Come and see Grace exhibiting aspects of her trade, as well as presenting on stage for our 'Artisans Insights’ talks, which will run throughout the 3 days of the Fair.
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Grace will be teaching a class while here too! Students will make a 6” pair of scissors and get a start on a 4” pair to finish at home. Class dates TBA soon!
Lost Trades Fair tickets are available right now, with daily tickets available, and for the first time - a '3 Day Unlimited Entry Pass’ for only $60!
Thats $20 a day, bringing ticket costs back to 2016 prices!
But get in quick as there will only be 5000 3-Day Passes available - and they are selling quick!
22/11/2024
Labassa Mansion
This beautiful property will be open this weekend and be the backdrop to The Traditional Trades Expo, presented by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and supported by
Lost Trades Fair founders and will be there to chat about the Lost Trades Fair, the significance of heritage trades, traditional skills and the importance of supporting the practitioners, lost trades artisans and craftspeople that continue to practise and promote these trades today, ensuring their skills are shared, taught and passed on.
Details:
Labassa Mansion
2 Manor Grove
Caulfield North, Victoria.
10am - 4pm.
23 & 24 November 2024
17/11/2024
The lost art of written communication . . . when was the last time you sent a postcard? We are bringing back the joy of receiving a handwritten note - and inviting friends, family and well anyone to join you for a weekend of inspiration and learning about how things are made and meeting some of the most talented makers on the planet.
We have delivered batches of postcards (free) to Visitor information centres in Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kyneton and Woodend - so why not write a note, pop a stamp on it and invite your mates to visit this beautiful region and take in the greatest show on earth.
It's only 16 weeks away!
8 - 10 March 2025
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16/11/2024
The Internationals are coming . . .
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Lost Trades Fair 2025
Masters of their trades ... meet them 8 - 9 - 10 March 2025, Bendigo Racecourse. Tickets via links in bio & www.losttrades.com.au
15/11/2024
Meet the makers, watch demonstrations, sit down and listen to in depth artisan presentations, on stage talks, demos and discussions at next years extended three day event.
In 2025 we have 3-Day Passes so you have unlimited access for just $20 a day. There are 5,000 of these 3-Day tickets available (well actually about 4,600 as hundreds have sold already).
Adult '3-Day' Passes are $60 giving you access for three days (and at just $20 a day it is great value). Kids are just $20 for 3 days - and there is not to many things to inspire kids (5 - 16 years) for under $7 a day these days! These 3-Day passes are available now (until sold out) through trybooking.com or follow the links on our website: www.losttrades.com.au
There are a limited 5000, 3-Day passes available.
Single day tickets are available online too; Adults $35, Kids $10, Concession $30 (Kids under 5 are free).
Lost Trades Fair: 8 - 9 - 10 March 2025, Bendigo Racecourse
12/11/2024
Found
Creativity, Craftsmanship, Colour.
Find inspiration, satisfy your curiosity, discover how things are made. See you in March - head to our website for ticketing & details.
12/11/2024
Found
Traditional craftsmanship and music makers . . .
Find inspiration, satisfy your curiosity, discover how things are made. See you in March - head to our website for ticketing & details.
12/11/2024
Found
Creativity and beauty.
Find inspiration, satisfy your curiosity, discover how things are made.
See you in March for 3 big days! Head to losttradesfair.com.au for tickets & event details.
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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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)
