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Art, Design and Good Times! Find out more and apply via the links below.

06/06/2024

Coming up on Saturday July 20 is the next edition of the Coburg Makers Market!

Stallholder applications are now open.

Find out all the details and apply via the link below:

https://forms.gle/YRrt7in63kgNkrxD8

Poster by Ginger Taylor Artist

26/05/2024

Did you know there's more happening upstairs?

Head on up to the first floor to check out stallholders, open studios and an exhibition being held for Melbourne Design Week 2024.

Follow the signs!

Snakebird Design / Open studio
All Angels Are Aliens / Open studio
BV Photography
Nobody’s Home
dmb dmb
Total Trash Art
Sarah Sheldon Art
George The Slug / Open studio
Clumsy Hands Illustration / Open studio

1PM // PANEL DISCUSSION
PROCESS- PRACTICE -COLLABORATION
Melbourne Design Week Exhibition

26/05/2024

Saq Artistry

SUN //

Henna Art, few canvas arts.

25/05/2024

On today and tomorrow!

Free entry

Over a 100 independent creatives showing their work

Food and coffee available
The suns out,

See you soon :)

Coburg Studios,
11am- 4pm

69 Charles st,
Coburg North

24/05/2024

Snakebird Designs

EXHIBITION //

FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

SELECTED WORKS FROM SARAH’S RECENT EXHIBITION, NOTHING NEW

What is the language of that which we discard?

What potential are we missing when we impose our assumptions onto materials?

Do I really need to buy new materials to make my creative work?

I set myself the challenge of not purchasing any new materials for my arts practice in 2023.

This constraint led me to investigate ways to use often-overlooked materials considered “waste”, and explore new construction methods like weaving and basketry (ideas which then fed back into my ceramic works.)

Throughout the year, many recurrent themes emerged- deconstruction and recreation, making wholes out of separate pieces, distortion of structure and the vessel.

In Nothing New, I shared all of the material research undertaken throughout the year, with a display of tests and experiments showcasing the creative potential of these unlikely materials. I hope that this information will help spark new ideas and demonstrate the abundance that is hiding all around us!

The body of work that I created in my Nothing New Year included a series of coiled vessels made in varying media (soft plastics, wire, ceramic and more). The works investigated the phenomena of connections and intersection across materials and ideas.

24/05/2024

luna_owo_

EXHIBITION //

FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

Flowers (2024) is a sculptural work composed of repurposed mice skeletons. The work takes the natural symmetry of the skeletal system and re-arranges it into a fractal composition of flowers. These ‘corpse-flowers’ are budding and in bloom respectively, but in reality their structural materials are long dead.

In just the past 200 years since colonisation, 60 species of Australian plants have already gone extinct. This work confronts the nature of a species’ death and our collective sense of responsibility towards ecological preservation. If conserving a species means collecting it in an artificial container whilst its naturally occurring population slowly creeps towards zero, then that species may end up as little more than a reminder of what has been done to it.

// Luna is a Melbourne based art educator and emerging artist. She often works with graphite pencil and natural materials and across the field of drawing, installation and sculpture. Her work have been exhibited locally in Melbourne as well as internationally in the UK and China.

24/05/2024

.w.i.m.research

EXHIBITION //

FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

Courtney (she/they) is a q***r, socially responsive designer whose work aims to improve the social and political landscape.

Their current project Q.w.i.M ambitions to re-invigorate the history of q***r women in Melbourne and strengthen their identity through co-designing fonts with members of the community.

She will be presenting an installation that will be participatory, where q***r women are invited to create letterforms with her that will be made into a new font!

Hear about her design work and processes at Sunday’s panel talk.

24/05/2024

dmb dmb studio

SUN //

UPSTAIRS //

handmade lil bags made with upcycled material & love

24/05/2024

Sorbet Ceramics

SUN //

Bright and functional ceramics made my hand

23/05/2024

Of Nonsense

SAT //

Cultivators of Nonsense is a one-woman tiny slow fashion brand that strives to repurpose thrifted, recycled and dead stock materials to create colourful fun-wear and one-of-a-kind festival pieces.

All handmade with love in Melbourne, Victoria. Because life’s too short for beige.

23/05/2024

/ nadia.cao

EXHIBITION //

FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

Title: Intimacy

Often, we are so caught up on the outcome of projects, we lose the ‘spirit’ of tinkering and creating.

We decided to discard the pressure of outcomes and let the materials guide us…

‘Intimacy’ is a thought exercise using
Play as the driving force for our making process.

Leading up to the show, we met once a week, using primarily materials and tools we already had on hand. (Most of the photos we took were taken on our phones).

During our afternoon tea catch ups we would chat about what's happened in the week before, always somehow linking back to reflections on our own relationships to intimacy and connection.

We stripped old electric wires to their cores and scoured the studio for debris and useful bits-and-bobs to play and tinker with.

The result is a series of works confined only by our materials and imagination.

You could see these objects as: 'Gadgets for a creature learning to experience intimacy'. //

I am Makiko Ryujin, born in Japan, Narm/Melbourne based artist.
I live for art. But creating new ones recently became forceful. Something was not quite right.

Workshop with Nadia once a week was my therapy time to gain joy in creating something new and keep my life going:) Hey, it works! //

I am Nadia Cao-Alahanathan
Based in Naarm (Melbourne). I am a Maker who is allured by the role that objects play in representing and speaking for the collective and its culture.

I want to learn the how and why of people, their communities and individual stories.
I enjoy the process of sharing through storytelling and the dialogues that unfold..
I hope to create works that express the themes brewing from collecting new contexts, relationships and spaces.

I also love playing in the studio with Kiko!

23/05/2024

Rob Lock Designs

EXHIBITION //

FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

Rob Lock is a mixed media artist based in Melbourne. His work incorporates different mediums and textures to create visually impressive and stimulating pieces. His vision is to produce his own recognizable brand of art, inviting the viewer to set their own narrative through redefining pop culture symbols with a nostalgic and quirky spin. His mediums are varied including painting & drawing but predominantly now works with airbrushing. Rob has been studying realism portraiture since 2017 with one of the leading airbrush schools in Australia, Airbrush Venturi.

Most recently Rob has started painting on repurposed hardwood fence palings. His hope is to create outdoor artworks that better blends with its natural environment. With a strong love of street art Rob has been heavily influenced by artist such as ‘Rone’, who magically merge their artworks into any given environment. Robs belief is there is a place between street art & fine art, his work moving forward will help to promote & explore that place.

23/05/2024

Coming up on Sunday at 1pm will be a panel discussion in the first floor gallery.

Come and hear from Courtney Bree, Rahila Zeeshan, Humaira Fayazi and Sofie Dieu discuss practice, process and collaboration in relation to their works.

The panel will be facilitated by Sarah from Snakebird Designs.

Image credit: Snakebird Designs exhibition

23/05/2024

Nobody's Home Studios

SUN // UPSTAIRS //

Hand painted and printed in Melbourne. Art from my home to yours.

23/05/2024

George the Slug

EXHIBITION // FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

George's ceramic works explore our relationship with nature.

The city scapes on the back of the slugs represent the hope that we can create a more organic harmony between our metallic cities and the environment. A future where we can all thrive.

Ink and watercolour works show a series of George's slug characters getting through life.

23/05/2024

ooolaland_crochet

SUN //

Hi, I’m Hana, owner of . I make the cutest crochet plushies and flowers!

Each piece is made with love and care, and I hope they bring joy and coI make the cutest crochet plushies and flowers!

Each piece is made with love and care, and I hope they bring joy and comfort to your life .

23/05/2024

Sofie Dieu

EXHIBITION //

FIRST FLOOR GALLERY //

In partnership with Multicultural Women Victoria, visual artists Leila Ashtiani (Iran), Sofie Dieu (France), Humaira Fayazi (Afghanistan), Abouk Giir (Sudan) and Rahila Zeeshan (Pakistan) would like to present Our Plants, Our Heritage. This design project includes the research of the project and takes shape as a zine, 5 textile prints, and 5 portrait photographs that contextualise the prints.

The textile designs are inspired by the women's respective tradition and the plants that are sacred to their people. The project sits at the intersection of ecological preservation, decolonisation and transmission of ancestral belief systems.

22/05/2024

kenzopaints

SAT //

UPSTAIRS //

Kenzopaints (he/him) is an emerging Naarm artist that creates vibrant paintings, magnets, plant pots and trinket dishes. His distinctive creations burst with colour and often feature his signature abstract cartoon faces.

Kenzopaints has enjoyed the support of the Melbourne community and has shared his art across Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

22/05/2024

Baked by KB

SAT //

Custom cakes, cupcakes & cookies, designed and baked in Thornbury.

22/05/2024

Sun.glider

SUN //

I am a printmaker, creating paper art prints as well as small collection of wearable upcycled pieces.

I create out of my mobile bus studio and get inspired by nature and daily life.

22/05/2024

Adorable Grunge

SUN //

Emily of Adorable Grunge is a Melbourne based designed turning woman’s fashion upside down. Ever find a great dress or skirt only to be frustrated by the lack of pockets? Not at Adorable Grunge, every skirt & dress has two large pockets (big enough for your phone).

Adorable Grunge items are also a little bit retro, a little bit different, a little bit cute and a little bit conservative. All items are handmade making each piece unique and made with love and care.

22/05/2024

Bumi Botanicals

SAT + SUN //

Bumi Botanicals is an independent, boutique florist that creates handmade artisanal giftware and carefully crafted artwork made with spirit.

We specialise in contemporary flower design, focusing on form, texture, colour and flow which is born from the romantic rhythms in which flora grows.

All parts of flora is used at Bumi Botanicals from fresh to dried and repurposed.

22/05/2024

MDW EXHIBITION

SAT+SUN //

UPSTAIRS GALLERY

As part of the Melbourne Design Week edition, we will be showing an open call exhibition showcasing a snapshot of the breadth of Melbourne design.

The exhibition will be open both days on the first floor, with designers present to chat about the work.

1pm Sunday there will be a panel discussion with some of the participants facilitated by Sarah Muir-Smith.

Participants include: Courtney Bree, Robert Lock, Leila Ashtiani, Sofie Dieu, Humaira Fayazi, Abouk Giir, Rahila Zeeshan, Georgina Bonner, Luna Liu, Makiko Ryujin, Nadia Cao-Alahanathan, Sarah Muir-Smith and Connor Mcallister.

21/05/2024

SUN //

Dinithi De Alwis Samarawickrama is a Sri-Lankan born artist and maker, living and working on Wurundjeri land in so called australia.

Dinithi views art as a form of spell making in which jewelry and ornaments are a form of protection and guide.

21/05/2024

Art by Megan Tampaline

SAT //

Australian nature art and gifts

21/05/2024

Lisa Borella

SAT //

UPSTAIRS //

Painter

21/05/2024

Chocolate_Chip_Bunny

SUN //

I'm a Melbourne based artist who aspires to bring imagination to life! I aim to invoke a sense of wonder to the world through my art.

I love to bring weird and wonderful creatures to life through my crochet and illustrations, as well as selling various other crafts I have lovingly made.

21/05/2024

Total Trash Art

SAT + SUN //

Upstairs //

Attention millennials 🦋 Total Trash Art is bringing back the magic of the 90s and early 2000s one illustration at a time.

Come and see her stall for prints, gift cards, and stickers and good vibes. You won’t miss her, it’s the little pink stall upstairs
🎀💗

21/05/2024

Urban Native Edibles

SAT + SUN //

Native Bushfood Micro nursery/ Tree farm based out of Reservoir.

20/05/2024

Tommy Ceramics

SAT //

Ceramic artist

Address

69 Charles Street, Coburg North
Melbourne, VIC
3058

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