Able and Game

We are Able and Game and we make greeting cards from our studio in Brunswick. Anna has a fine art background and Gareth has a computer science background. We put these two skills together to create our little card business. We both work on the card concepts together with Anna doing all the illustration. Gareth grew up in Scotland and Anna grew up on a sheep farm in East Gippsland. We love watching TV, watching people and looking at everything and how it relates to a card. We just went over to Hobart recently and visited Mona which was really amazing. So many rock star artists. Oh and cats and booze also seem to feature strongly in the cards so I guess they are big inspirations.

We just got a new printer, so lots of ideas are coming from all the things we can do with paper now. We love being able to create our own products so we can release lots of weird and wonderful things.

We have been doing Rose Street for a few years now and it really did help Able and Game get started. We love having a little mini shop set up every weekend and talking to the customers about which cards they love. We often say we love hearing people laughing at the cards and share stories after each market on who we spoke to on the day.

Linogirl

I'm  an illustrator and ceramic designer working with porcelain clay, creating one-off wearable objects and small vessels. I further use these works to create my limited edition prints and gift cards. I studied printmaking and photography at RMIT (Melbourne) and did a very short stint in the gold and silversmith department at RMIT a few years later. I'm a self taught ceramicist. I like to explore themes of uncertainty, and the small unseen aspects in everyday life. I'm very interested in silence and quiet pauses in time.

I like to paint small moments in time. It's an extension of my photography work but with my painting I'm illustrating what I feel and imagine and not what can be seen though a camera lens.

I have started working on small sculptural forms which are hand formed in porcelain which compliment my more functional wearable works and vessels.

My stall at Rose st has been invaluable in helping me build a loyal customer base. It offers the opportunity to be able to introduce new work and get instant feedback, see what works and what goes unnoticed. It's like having a open studio every Saturday. It's a great place to catch up with other artists and designers which is important if you are working alone all week in your studio as I am.

Affinitive Designs

Sculptor, musician, jeweller and all round nice guy Craig Swindells creates his range out of his Healesville studio in Melbourne's Yarra Valley. You can expect to see an ever evolving range of sculptural jewellery pieces in silver, which reflect his enjoyment of music and just generally being creative.

Ingrained the the market community, Craig loves participating in the Melbourne art scene.

Sø! indesign

Christina Jønsson is a Melbourne based designer who works out of her studio in Fitzroy. Here she thoughtfully creates her garments that hold a charming and timeless appeal, yet with a contemporary twist & a taste for the unusual! Her interests lie in themes of nature, landscape, the industrial, line, pattern, colour and texture, each of these elements show strongly in her work. Combining machine and handmade elements, 'So! indesign' garments express a strong sense of the feminine form and are carefully designed to enhance the body, while still offering functionality.

Christina has proudly earned a reputation for producing high quality pieces that embrace individuality and go against the idea of mass consumption, she aims to create works that appeal to those that enjoy owning garments with meaning, everlasting pieces that people will treasure and enjoy for years to come.

Christina has excitingly just finalised the quintessential summer wardrobe, showcasing wrap dresses, tops, skirts & pants in wild cottons & cotton/silk.

Christina holds The Rose St. Artists' Market in high regard - "Not only does it host a wonderment of creative quality goodies, but it’s a space made for ‘you’ to explore, enjoy, buy that special something for you or a lucky receiver, chat with us the makers & support our fabulous local talent!" So why not come say hello to Christina this weekend?!

They Call Me Ishmael

Every so often, a product comes along that is totally unique, playful and well thought out - totally encapsulating what Rose Street is all about. These dinosaur pot plants are exactly that! By Matthew Aldridge of They Call Me Ishmael, these dinosaur planters are totally carved and painted by hand and come in a beautiful array of pastel shades.

Since debuting at the market this year, they have proved to be a huge hit so this is one dinosaur that will be around for a while!