LEARNING AT THE FAIR
THE TASMANIAN CRAFT FAIR IS AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST WORKING CRAFT FAIR OF
HIGH-QUALITY ARTISANS AND CRAFTS PEOPLE EXHIBITING AND SELLING THEIR WORKS.
The volunteer Rotary Club of Deloraine team behind the Tasmanian Craft Fair have launched new masterclasses and
even more feature displays across the fair. Events are on a first-arrival basis.
JULIET LOVE
> INTERIOR DESIGN 101
Masterclasses Saturday and Sunday at 1pm-2pm
Venue 1 Auditorium (Communty Complex)
To headline the 2023 Masterclasses the Tasmanian Craft Fair welcomes our special guest ambassador Juliet Love.
Juliet is an accomplished interior designer & stylist who has styled magazines, events, homes and commercial spaces for the likes of Vogue Living, Home Beautiful, Christian Dior, Amber Tiles, Woman’s Day, and luxury property developers Mark Moran Group among other high-end brands. Juliet is the Decorating Presenter on Australia’s longest-running Lifestyle Program, Better Homes and Gardens on Channel 7. She has a passion for creating beautiful, healthy, inspiring homes that are a joy to be in.
Join us for Juliet’s Masterclasses on Interior Design tips including some of her favourite items from across the fair. Attendees will also have the chance to ask questions in the following Q&A session.
Juliet will be part of the judging panel for the prestigious $10,000 Premiers Arts Prize.
DR MIKE EPWORTH
> JIMMY POSSUM CHAIRS
Masterclasses Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 1pm-2pm
MVPAC
As a self-identified contemporary bodger, Dr. Mike Epworth’s practice lies at a significant intersection between critical elements of Australian history, cultural memory and woodcraft.
Michael’s practice models and advocates for increased dialogue between sculpture, craft, archaeology and historiography while demonstrating a rigorous consideration of issues of colonisation, labour, production, ecology and community.
Mike and collaborating research partner, sculpture, maker and documenter Bronwyn Harm, make up Bodja Design. Together they have spent the past seven years investigated the Meander Valley’s 150 year living Jimmy Possum chairmaking tradition. This research outcomed in the critically acclaimed QVMAG survey exhibition ‘An Unbroken Tradition’. Mike and Bronwyn will be presenting four historical Jimmy Possum chairs as well as showcasing their contemporary Jimmy Possum chairs and chairmaking workshops at the TCF. Mike will be giving a series of lectures over the four days that will outline his research and the contemporary implications and applications of this hyper-local material cultural tradition.
WORKSHOP AND MASTERCLASSES TIMETABLE
Friday 3rd November
COMMUNITY COMPLEX
Estilo Gems: All day at his stand
Potters: 10:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:30pm
SJ Clayworker: 2:30pm
DELORAINE SHOWGROUND (VENUE 2C)
Fairy Floss King: 10:30am-11:30am & 2:30pm-3:30pm
West Tamar Woodcraft: 1pm-2pm
MVPAC
Jimmy Possum Chairs/Mike Epworth: 1pm-2pm
KINETIC PAVILION
Tool Skool: All Day
Saturday 4th November
COMMUNITY COMPLEX
Estilo Gems: All day at his stand
Potters: 10:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:30pm
Ian Clare Studio Potter: 11:30am-12:30pm
Juliet Love: 1pm-2pm
DELORAINE SHOWGROUND (VENUE 2C)
Fairy Floss King: 10:30am-11:30am & 2:30pm-3:30pm
West Tamar Woodcraft: 1pm-2pm
MVPAC
Jimmy Possum Chairs/Mike Epworth: 1pm-2pm
KINETIC PAVILION
Tool Skool: All Day
Sunday 5th November
COMMUNITY COMPLEX
Estilo Gems: All day at his stand
Potters: 10:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:30pm
Ian Clare Studio Potter: 11:30am-12:30pm
Juliet Love: 1pm-2pm
DELORAINE SHOWGROUND (VENUE 2C)
Fairy Floss King: 10:30am-11:30am & 2:30pm-3:30pm
West Tamar Woodcraft: 1pm-2pm
MVPAC
Jimmy Possum Chairs/Mike Epworth: 1pm-2pm
KINETIC PAVILION
Tool Skool: All Day
Monday 6th November
COMMUNITY COMPLEX
Estilo Gems: All day at his stand
Potters: 10:30am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:30pm
Ian Clare Studio Potter: 11:30am-12:30pm
DELORAINE SHOWGROUND (VENUE 2C)
Fairy Floss King: 10:30am-11:30am & 2:30pm-3:30pm
West Tamar Woodcraft: 1pm-2pm
MVPAC
Jimmy Possum Chairs/Mike Epworth: 1pm-2pm
KINETIC PAVILION
Tool Skool: All Day