Twilight Christmas Market

Don't waste precious time and petrol running all over town looking for that perfect gift!

Everything you need, from more-ish fudge to adorable children's wear will be available at the 9" X 5" Quality Makers Market's extra-special Twilight Christmas Fair, on Friday December 5th.

The Market will run from 5.00pm - 8.00pm, and features a very special musical performance by students from Accent Music and Language Centre. We will also be having a free bbq in the park.

As always, the amazingly talented "North of the Yarra" artists will be presenting a huge variety of handmade one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone on your list.

The final Makers Market for 2008 will be held on Sunday December 14th, from 10.00am - 4.00pm.

BREAKING NEWS....

We will be taking a short break in January, and the 9" X 5" Quality Makers Market will be back bigger than ever, on a new day for 2009.

The Makers Market in 2009 will be on 3rd Saturday of the month (INSTEAD OF 3rd Sunday). We will kick off the year on Saturday February 21st, at the Banyule Arts Space, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe.

Redeeming the ruin...the art of consumption

Our next market will be held in conjunction with this very interesting exhibition. You'll get two for one!

The exhibition is also the work of Banyule City Council and is running from the 22nd October to the 29th November. The exhibition is open at the Banyule Arts Space from Wednesday to Saturday from 11am to 4pm with special Sunday openings on the 26th October at 3.30pm and of course from 11am to 4pm on the 9th November, our market day.

For further information: www.consumption.org.au

The 9"x5" QMM will be open on the 9th November from 10am to 4pm.

Should be an inspiring day.

Children's workshops this Sunday

In anticipation of Children's Week, we are having some activities for children at this months market.

Shirley Barker will be running Jewellery workshops through the day for children 6-12 years. Classes will be at 10.30, 12.30 and 2.30. To secure a place call Shirley on 0409 806 631 or just arrive on the day.

Teresa Bennett will be teaching spinning on a stick all through the day. Just arrive and ask!

So come along and enjoy our market.

Kids fun at the Makers Market

Our wonderful jeweller Shirley teaches Ava to make a necklace.
This Sunday October 12 Shirley will be running kids jewellery workshops; we have a demonstration of Japanese braiding by the Melbourne Kumo Himo Society; a musical performance by Accent Music School Trio, as well as our fantastic market buskers Sam and Luke.

We welcome new stallholders this week:look out for Ricardo and his spectacular woodturning, Threadneedles and Bloom, who make the prettiest silk ribbon wedding accessories and bookmarks we've seen in a long time, and Artopia, makers of original glassworks.
Look forward to seeing you at the 9" x 5" Makers Market.

Artist profile - Maureen Nugent

Maureen Nugent - jewellery

Growing up in Brisbane with three talented sisters, an artist Mother and mechanically minded Father, I began my working life in advertising, and my love for all things ’visually creative’ grew from there.


Having worked with many of the artistic mediums, I finally found my niche in ceramics and Mud Pies Handpainted Ceramics was born. This became my creative outlet for 14 years. The painting of tile murals then led me to painting ‘whimsical’ walls and panoramas in local schools and private homes. Yearning for a new form of self expression, my sister introduced me to lampworking (the making of glass beads using a torch and rods of glass) in 2005. From that day on I have been consumed with passion for glass.

I now work full time from my home-based studio in Melbourne. Even though I have been involved in art & design for most of my working life, having the ability to turn a stick of glass into a beautiful, mesmerizing, wearable object is a magical experience that just grows with each day spent at the flame.. My love of roses and hearts feature strongly in my designs, this is perhaps a reflection of the way I feel about this totally absorbing art form.

Most recent achievement:

Beads Etc. Magazine: Overall Winner of The 2008 Australian Jewellery Designer of the Year Competition

Artist profile - Stephanie Winther

Stephanie Winther - jewellery

After being invited to study Design and Technology jewellery at Box Hill Senior Secondary College during VCE, I then studied at Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE. After graduating I curated the Diploma of Arts – Product Design Jewellery graduate exhibition at Synergy Gallery and also won the Koodaks Product Design Award.

I have studied Small Business Management and am now in the second year of running my own business.

My work reflects the simplicity of basic design elements; line and form. The clean textures and flowing surfaces relate to the tools I use and my working environment. I enjoy the problem solving process of taking an idea and creating a physical piece. I plan to teach jewellery in the future, to pass on the skills and knowledge others have given me.

Birthday cake on a rainy day

Our birthday celebrations went off very well with this beautiful cake, with Jenny Mulholland, our very supportive local councillor, making a lovely little speech and cutting our cake. Champagne was duly poured and drank.

Thankyou to all the stallholders who attended. Our market is a very friendly place to be. Thankyou to all the people who came out, braving the cold and the rain. We hope you enjoyed the market.

New stallholders at the market

We welcome the following stallholders to our August 10th market. They are:


Cath McKinnon and Jacqui Hourigan - Children's clothing
David Missingham - Yarra Valley coffee tables - timber coffee tables, wine racks, etc.
Karen Glahn - Silversmith
Michelle Garibaldi - fudge

Come along and have a look.

9"x5" QMM celebrates its' first birthday

We've officially been going for a year, so we're celebrating with a birthday bash at the market on Sunday, the 10th. There will be cake and a raffle, demonstrations and lots to look at.

See you there.

Artist Profile - Rosina Lamberti

Rosina Lamberti - photographer

A passion for photography stems from a life time of observation in every little thing that we do, that we miss, don’t have time to look again or take the time to see the beauty in our world. My photography is about finding that little bit of beauty, in architecture, the environment and simple monotonous tasks, so we can all cherish the splendor of our planet and with a bit of luck leave some behind for our children to enjoy.