Functional Art

For years I would see these amazing vintage blenders in this great antique shop in Takoma Park (before it was flooded and they moved to a new location) only they weren’t blenders. I mean, they *were* but someone had repurposed them into fetching lights!

It has to be Minda Merinsky right? Her work has grown to encompass tableus (dig that dino-light!). Only, make sure to not put that blender in your kitchen, for fear of confusing a friend who only wants to make margaritas! Flip the switch at booth #21 this year!

I love pottery. A lot. But sometimes I have trouble rationalizing a chunk of money on something my cat will just (purposely) knock over. What can I say, she’s vindictive.With Tasha McKelvey you have the option of wearing her pieces! She makes jewelry that compliments her other utilitarian (but still beautiful!) pottery pieces.

A word to the wise about Tasha’s stuff, get there EARLY! Last year I tried to get in her booth and it was packed. I almost don’t want to tell you where her booth is. Ok, it’s #31, but wait for me, will ya?

Any company that sites the Melvins as an ingredient to their creativity is A-OK in my book. Hogmalion & Company has the sort of tongue-in-someone-else’s cheek kinda humor we all love. Sock Monkey wine-covers, Che-a-Pet plant holders and wine stoppers with the visage of newly minted Chief Justice Sotomayor.

This will be your one-stop-shopping place for the friends you know all too well … and maybe the family members of which you might want to get under the skin of. Just a little. This year, Hogmalion & Co are at booth #7 at Crafty Bastards. Which is the 3rd of October. Which is a Saturday, but you knew that already, right?