Toronto Craft Alert

Thanks to all of you who stopped by the TCA booth and entered the Handmade Love Draw at City of Craft this weekend – our ballot box was totally full-up with your votes for favourite craft object at the show!

Without further ado…the winner is:

Laura Severinal

who chose a bunny painting with button details on salvaged plywood by KuKu CaJu.

Congrats to Laura and to KuKu CaJu as well for making the coveted piece!

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Speaking of City of Craft….

It’s this weekend!!!

Some links to get you (even more) excited:

Vendors

Installations

FREE Workshops

Swag Bags (for first 100 visitors on Saturday)

Win your gift of choice courtesy of TCA

We’ll see you in one (or two) sleeps!!!

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Win YOURSELF an awesome handmade gift courtesy of Toronto Craft Alert

Are you attending City of Craft? If so, while you’re perusing the tables of handmade goodness for gifts for your peeps, be sure to enter the Toronto Craft Alert Handmade Love Draw. You could win an item from the vendor of your choice worth up to $100, courtesy of TCA.

Here’s what you have to do to enter:

Megan Morgan, “Mother Paper Dolls”

Dear craft art lovers,

Just a quick heads up to let you know that the installation and exhibition aspect of City of Craft 2009 has officially begun.  At the moment 2 of the 14 (that’s right, 14) installations are available for public consumption.  Megan Morgan,whose work combines paper dolls, cut outs, the silhouette, photography and fabric, has a piece entitled “Mother Paper Dolls” at Thieves (1156 Queen Street West) from December 3rd to 14th.  The Toronto Hyperbolic Crochet Reef is spreading its tentacles and tendrills at Fly Gallery [...]

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Our Installations co-ordinator Tara Bursey has outdone even herself with this fantastic looking group show she has curated as an extension of City of Craft 2009 programming (on top of the 14 (!) installations she has planned for the weekend of the show).  The opening reception doubles-up as a pre-craft show party.  Come out and celebrate craft in the city!

A thematic group exhibition brought to you by City of Craft

Opening Reception:
Friday, December 4th.  7-10pm
Exhibition runs December 3-13, 2009.
City of Craft takes [...]

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Handmade homesteader, or lonestar craft cowboy, you’re on call to join us on the radical-craft frontier to build this City!

City of Craft is an innovative, craft culture event that features craft-based installations, free workshops,  and a curated craft fair of modern handmade goods. Hitch your wagon to this shooting star and volunteer with City of Craft 2009!

Fear not, folks… this is no one-horse town!  Put your hands on one of many plum roles:

All Around Town Heros- for vendor support and random acts of craft-kindness in the welcome department
Barn-raisers and [...]

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