Market Dates for late 2024

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After a short mid-year break from markets to focus on making some new work, we are back! The line up for the rest of the year looks like this:

14th September, Artisans in the Park, Foley Park Glebe 10-4

21st and 22nd September, Handmade Canberra, EPIC Lyneham ACT 10-4

13th October, Hazelhurst Made By Hand Art and Design Market, Hazelhurst Art Centre Gymea 10-3

19th and 20th October, Sydney Ceramics Market, Carriageworks Eveleigh, 10-4

26th and 27th October, Makers and Shakers Market, Overseas Passenger Terminal Rozelle, 10-4

2nd November, Olive Tree Market, Civic Park Newcastle, 9-2

2nd and 3rd November, Inner West Open Studio Trail, LouiseM studio Marrickville, 10-4

9th and 10th November, Arcadian Artists Trail, Rebekah Jackson Art Studio Galston, 10-4

15th, 16th and 17th November, Finders Keepers Sydney, Carriageworks, Eveleigh, 4-9 on Friday 10-5 Saturday and Sunday

23rd November, Sydney Made Art and Design Market, Sydney Town Hall 10-4

30th November and 1st December, Craft NSW Craft Market, Tramsheds Glebe, 10-4

7th December, Olive Tree Market, Civic Park Newcastle, 9-2

We’ll be adding more dates as things get closer, but hopefully you can find us at a market near you and pick up some beautiful wares for the gifting season!

New work in 2024

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Earlier this year we were able to release a new part of the ‘flora’ range, a new plant print, the Stenocarpus sinuatus. Also known as the Firewheel tree it’s native range is as a rainforest tree in northern NSW up through Queensland. The robust, circular formation of it’s flowers is perfect for pressing, and after our first run of them this year we plan to make more next time they are flowering. You can now find them listed online, and at market dates while stocks last.

We have been using the quieter months in the middle of the year to continue some work on new designs and re-designs and tweaks on old designs. The first of these will be start coming through in the next couple of weeks, with more to come out over the next couple of months in the lead up to Christmas. You can expect to see the blend series of cups somewhat changed, as well as some new tableware and cups

Christmas 2023

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Well, the Christmas season is upon us again. It feels too early, as it always does, but as we are just about to tip over into November I thought this was a good time to announce our upcoming Christmas markets for 2023.

First is the Olive Tree Market in Newcastle. One of our favourites, we have been trading at this market since 2015. We will be attending all 4 of their Christmas market dates, which are 4th and 18th November, and the 2nd and 16th of December. The Olive Tree Market is located at Civic Park, Newcastle, and the market days run from 9-2.

In the second weekend of November, the 11th and 12th, I will be at the Arthouse Pavilion at 25 Muraban Road Dural as a part of the Arcadian Artisans Trail. This is a wonderful artists trail run by locals, and showcasing local work, alongside the work of visiting artists and artisans who are hosted by the venues on the trail. It’s a great excuse to get to know this pocket of Sydney better if you’ve never really been there before. The trail will be open 9-5 on both days.

On the 25th of November we have the Sydney Made Art and Design Market which will be held at Sydney Town Hall from 10-5. This is one of the few markets we’ll be doing in Sydney this Christmas season, and getting access to the market couldn’t be easier with it’s fabulously central location. Entry is a gold-coin donation as the market is run entirely by volunteers and all the money goes back into running and servicing that community.

The 3rd of December is a double market day for us. We will be running one stall at the Coal Loader Artisan Market (a twilight market) 3-9 in Waverton, and another in Coogee at the Best Gift Market (times TBC) which is held on the park just behind Coogee Beach.

And lastly, one of the big ones, we are very glad to say that we will be coming down to Canberra for the Handmade Canberra market which will be held 8-10 of December, with the 8th being an evening only event, and the 9th and 10th being 10-4. We are anticipating that this will be a really big event being a part of the market with 150 other makers. We’re always so warmly received when we do make it down for a Handmade Canberra date, so we’re really looking forward to this.

So, if you’re looking for a little piece of ceramic joy for yourself or for a loved one this Christmas season, please come visit our stall on one of these dates. But if you’re not able to make any you’re always welcome to book in a time to visit the studio, or to shop on our online store. We’ve had some extra time on our hands this year to work on some new designs and are really looking forward to seeing how everything is received. Happy Christmas season everyone!

Website Shop Updates

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You might have noticed some changes in the shop section of our website. We’ve been updating the categories one by one with new photography and better descriptions of the pieces. We do this in an effort to accurately represent our works as best we can to those who aren’t able to buy in person or who prefer the online experience. All our photography is done in-house and we improve with each photo session we complete. Head to the ‘blend’ and ‘patterned’ categories to see some of the updates we’ve made, and if you have any feedback or information you think is missing, please let us know!

February 2023

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Here at LouiseM studio, we’ve been using January to reflect. 2022 was a huge year. The year started with a move for the studio into a space twice the size we had been using, followed by three floods, a broken down kiln twice, supply chain issues causing us to run out of slip three times during the year, and the suppliers to change the slip recipe, causing production issues of cracking in our patterned vases. However, despite all these interruptions to our work-flow we were still able to do so much. Our team grew in April with the hiring of part-time production assistant Marcy, our production capacity grew with the addition of a huge new kiln in October (just in time for the Christmas rush!), and we attended a large number of markets and other events as design markets came back in a big way in 2022. What a year.

What does 2023 hold in store for us? We’re hoping to make changes, but maybe some quieter ones this time around. Alongside ongoing improvements that are planned for the studio workspace, we’ve also got plans to work on some new ranges, and some new collaborations with other businesses and creatives. But to make more room and time for new things, we have decided to take a break from teaching our extremely popular beginners ceramics classes that were run through the Sydney Community College. Last classes are being run from mid-February. We’ve also got some big design market events booked in for the year, so keep an eye on our page footer for the next events coming up.