GOT CRAFT? Holiday Edition 2015
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because MALL is a four letter word... Here, at Got Craft?, we are super excited for the upcoming holiday season and we have so much to celebrate. If you haven’t already heard the news, Got Craft? will be popping up this December in the Pipe Shop Building at the Shipyards in North Vancouver. This spectacular heritage building on the City’s waterfront will play host to food carts, free hands-on workshops, and more than 80 handmade vendors including 25% first time Got Craft? vendors – Coral and Cloud, The Chocolate General Store, and Kiriki Press. For those that like to create, The Rice Babies will be hosting a mini holiday piñata workshop and District Dogs Designs will have their tabletop press for you to try your hand at letterpress. Spool of Thread will also be returning with a new sewing project for you to make. Check out the workshop page for full details. And finally, I want to say a huge thank you to all of our vendors, attendees, volunteers, and sponsors. Got Craft? would not exist without you. We’re celebrating our 18th show in Vancouver this December and we are grateful for the community support we received over the years. We strive to stay true to our vision by curating an indie-craft marketplace that showcases some of the best Canadian made goods. See you the weekend of December 12th and 13th! Best, Andrea + Robert
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EVENT INFO Saturday, December 12th and Sunday, December 13th, 2015 10:00am to 5:00pm The Pipe Shop Building 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver
Win...
up to $300.00 ** Got Craft? dollars to be spent at the show compliments of Square, the official payment processor of the event.
Shop...
from over 80 handmade makers including 25% new Got Craft? vendors.
Be one of the first 50 people* through the door for a free limited edition
tote bag designed by The Beautiful Project and hand printed by Locomotive Clothing. Each tote contains unique goods from our vendors and sponsors.
tasty eats
Come hungry and enjoy from some of Vancouver’s best food trucks.
WORKSHOPS Participate in one of the FREE hands on workshops hosted by Spool of Thread, District Dogs Designs, and The Rice Babies. Both Saturday and Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm – Visit the Spool of Thread’s DIY table throughout the event and make a darling festive pin using handsewing skills. 11:00am – 1:00pm – Join District Dogs Designs and learn a little about the revival of letterpress. Get inky and print your own ephemera on vintage tabletop presses. 2:00pm – 4:00pm – Make a mini candy cane piñata with The Rice Babies (pay what you can)! All workshops are drop-in and free of charge unless noted. Registration is not required.
*Available to paid attendees only. ** 1x $75, 1x $50, 1x $25 gift certificates to be used at the Got Craft? 2015 holiday show available on each day of the event provided by Square
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GET HERE Got Craft? and the Pipe Shop Building are conveniently located adjacent to the Seabus Terminal and the Bus Loop (5 minute walk to the venue) in North Vancouver at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue next to Lonsdale Quay Market.
PARKING If you are traveling by car, there is 2 hours of free parking at the Lonsdale Quay Market parkade at 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. There is also free weekend parking at the ICBC parkade located at 151 West Esplanade, North Vancouver. Directions: Google Maps | Translink Map Planner
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Letter Press Love A Q&A with District Dog Designs
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Interview by Lana Lepper Photos by [stu-di-o] by jeanie
Letterpress, is a printing technique of relief printing
If you could choose one adjective to describe your
using a press where designs are produced by rolling or
business, what would it be and why?
stamping, usually with very large metal plates or wood
Handmade – We are very much involved in every part
blocks, covered with ink onto beautiful papers. The end
of the process. We illustrate all of our designers and
result is an embossed or impressed paper with a 3D
print on hand fed presses using paper that we cut on
feel, begging to be touched and enjoyed. I was given the
an 80+ year old hand-operated guillotine. Even our very
opportunity to ask local makers, Jarin and Catherine
limited run T-shirts are printed with linocuts on our
from District Dogs Designs, about their business and
etching press.
this is what they had to say:
Walk me through a typical morning at
Who are you and what do you design?
District Dog Designs?
We are Jarin and Catherine and we design and print
Hahaha! It’s more of a “walk me through an evening
custom handcrafted letterpress stationery.
at D3”! We treat letterpress as a serious hobby that
How did you get into Letterpress? What drove your desire to begin District Dog Designs? It all started with a linocut carving we did of our French Bulldog and the desire to produce a quality print from it. After doing a little research on printing techniques, the letterpress method attracted us the most. The opportunity to cultivate a creative outlet in letterpress was too
“It all started with a linocut carving we did of our French Bulldog..."
we escape to after toiling in our day jobs. Throughout the day, when we are struck with inspiration, we jot the ideas down in a notebook to discuss over dinner. When we have agreed on our new project, one of us will sit down and work out a design on a sketchpad or the computer, while the other prints designs already in progress. On other nights, you’ll find us packaging lots of finished goods, or printing limited
exciting to pass up, so we jumped in and
run t-shirts on our etching press. We
bought our first 100+ year old letterpress,
also pull all-nighters for custom requests; it’s
weighing in at 2300lbs.
busy, but we love it.
Before this interview, I admit I stalked your
In terms of creating new designs, what
instagram and saw many pictures of some
inspires you?
adorable pups. Who are they? Can you tell me
We both love our local surroundings; the
something about them?
outdoors and animals (particularly dogs), we
We have two shop dogs, or CFO’s - Chief Furry Officers. Boo is the Boston Terrier and Hershey is the
also love to cook and eat. We are inspired by the music we listen to and the movies we watch;
French Bulldog. Both are accustomed to hanging out
the selection is quite eclectic. Jarin’s other passions are
with us in the studio, either curled up in a bed snoring or
“old” things: tools, machines, cars and bikes, oilcans,
throwing a tennis ball in our laps.
etc. I am a bit of a bookworm.
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In terms of being motivated, every day to create, explore, and grow your business, what inspires you? Our day jobs somewhat inspire us to create daily! Letterpress printing is often quite messy. It requires an infinite amount of attention to detail and the craft in itself is a study in humility and persistence, but the output is truly satisfying. There is nothing better than a product that you can not only see, but touch as well. We want to provide people with a little bit of a tangible experience. People who genuinely like our creations, and people who consider handmade products still valuable… that’s who we print for. Is there a designer or brand with whom you’d love to collaborate? There are a lot of designers out there that we admire! Bring us your ideas! We would love to collaborate! What advice would you give someone who is looking to launch their own business? - Start small, start lean, start from home. - Build something great and word-of-mouth will get it out there. - Get inspiring family members and friends involved. - In the beginning forget about numbers, concentrate on making your clients happy and providing them with something of value. - Stop striving for perfection; it’ll prevent you from finishing anything. - And finally, don’t be afraid to ask questions from experts in the field.
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When I first moved to Vancouver, I took a letterpress class, igniting my passion for letterpress and being hands-on to create. Do you offer classes too? We do! We offer both letterpress printing and linocut in collaboration with London Fields Shoppe! Check our website for course information and to register. For more information visit: Website | Facebook | Instagram
Lana Lepper is a jeweller, graphic designer, and blogger from Vancouver, BC. LanaBetty is at the heart of her passion, where she creates thoughtful geometric contemporary jewelry using 3D printing and traditional jewelry design. Website | Facebook | Instagram
GEOMETRIC CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY / WWW.LANABETTY.COM / #VANCOUVER
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Shop Talk
By claire livia lassam
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Photos by [stu-di-o] by jeanie
We all have one of those friends...
the huge antique desk and walls lined with bright and
The ones who invite you over for a drink and you spend
curated spaces for micro businesses to show their wares,
the whole time asking them where they got those enamel cups, or the eclectic selection of vintage ornaments placed
colorful bits and bobs is the store equivalent of that house. The couple’s shop, which opened earlier this year, is the accumulation of nearly a decade of crafting, meeting and supporting small vendors, and wanting more both local and international. It has certainly not been an easy journey. Andrea
on an otherwise white wall, so it walks the line between
had the idea to start Got Craft? after a decidedly un-
minimalist and warm in an irritatingly perfect way. The
curated craft show left her wanting to start a show of
sort of friends you love to hate a little bit.
similar vendors- ones with a strong and unique vision
We all have those friends.
for their products, not the usual knitted booties and
Andrea and Robert Tucker’s white washed shop with
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businesses pushing an aesthetic and a high quality idea. The first Got Craft? Started in 2007 with 20 vendors, and is now the exhibition of over 75 small producers, with an annual attendance of over 5000. With the success of the show under their belt, Andrea and Robert decided to take on a storefront, to constantly show a handful of Got Craft? vendors as well as take on small businesses from America, throughout Canada, and a handful from the UK. The resulting shop, after over a year of delays and gut-wrenching complications, is downright gorgeous, with high ceilings, well worn hardwood floors, and shelves upon shelves that are filled with things you weren’t certain you needed before, from the aforementioned enamelware (the pie plates!) to local infused honey (the cardamom infused is too good for words) to paper goods, (like swoon-worthy candy coloured notebooks), and vintage jars and vases. It could easily be described as a gift-shop, but that would undercut its devoted base of locals that decorate their apartments with their springtime coloured Melamine cutlery, or themselves with the selection of surprisingly affordable jewelry. Add in the classes, small entrepreneurs showing how to make everything from taxidermy animals to minimalist and organic wreaths, it’s a shop that’s hard to pop in and not buy something for yourself. A few visits in, and you’ll find yourself slowly becoming that irritating person with the apartment people have to comment on. For more information visit: Website | Facebook | Instagram Claire Livia Lassam is a Vancouver based writer, baker, and photographer. When she’s not hustling pastries around the city she’s loves jazz, bourbon, and blackberries. Website | Facebook | Instagram
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Vendors Winter 2015 • 12
Livia Sweets
food & Drink 13 • Got Craft?
The Salt Dispensary
Homesteader's emporium
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Graveley & Sons
Half Baked Cookie Company
My Chocolate Tree 15 • Got Craft?
Karla's Specialteas
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East Van Jam 17 • Got Craft?
The Local Churn
Mellifera Bees
Chef Kev (The Nut Merchant)
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604 Food Company Ltd
Sweet Kiwi Cupcakes & Cookies
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Coconama Chocolate
“People who love to eat are always the best people.” —Julia Child
The Chocolate General Store Ltd Winter 2015 • 20
Art & Paper 21 • Got Craft?
The Beautiful Project
UrbanSketcher
Fox & Fancy
Done Creative Winter 2015 • 22
Delish General Store
Designs by Val 23 • Got Craft?
Craftedvan
Quirky Paper Co
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Reclaimed Print Co
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A Cagey Bee Draw Me A Lion
District Dogs Designs Winter 2015 • 26
Light & Lines Studio by Sarah Clement
"Because art is never an extravagance." —UNKOWN
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Firefly Notes
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Locomotive Clothing
WEARABLES 29 • Got Craft?
Pip & Pin
Make More Happy
Urchin Designs Winter 2015 • 30
Belvedere Gents
LanaBetty Designs 31 • Got Craft?
Georgina Baker Jewellery
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EllaMinnoPea
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“I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says ‘Here I am!’ today.” —Iris Apfel
Coral + Cloud
fancypop
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Loulou Lollipop 35 • Got Craft?
The Hive Printing The Beautiful Nomad
Veespoke type B
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Irit Sorokin Designs
Mistura / Fento
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mana jewelry
Robbie Vergara Screenprinting
Sarah Mulder Jewelry
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KatznDahl
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Lia Hood Jewellery
Maureen Funk Designs
Foe and Dear
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Home GOODS 41 • Got Craft?
Antipod Workshop
g ceramic & co.
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Sandve Woodworks
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Tracey Maynard Ceramics
Rogue Florist
Natural Wool Knits
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East Van Light
“Decorating is an exercise in alchemy, a long discredited medieval science of making precious objects out of base ones.” —Michael Taylor
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Paperbacknote
Green With Envy
Cabin + Cub Winter 2015 • 46
Fiber Lab
The Rice Babies 47 • Got Craft?
Strathcona 1890 Urban Seed Collections
Kiriki Press
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Little Ones 49 • Got Craft?
honey canada natural craft
fait pour toi
Thistle Town Toys Winter 2015 • 50
“A person's a person... Fox + Rebel
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Mally Designs Ltd
no matter how small.” —dr. Seuss
Little Besties Tent Co
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Easy Tiger
BATH & BODY
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Element Botanicals
birdie & coco
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Feest
“Treat Yo Self"
—Tom haverford
Simple Soap 55 • Got Craft?
Fable Naturals
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Thank YOU We truly appreciate your support and look forward to having you join us at our holiday event!
West Elm and West Elm Market Samantha Wagner Jeannette Ordas We Are Local Lana Lepper District Dogs Designs Jeanie Ow Claire Livia Sparkle Media Kellie Diguangco Knit City Locomotive Clothing Tiny Finery Favourite Gifts
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