Join us for the third annual Winter solstice Queer Makers Market!
Sunday, December 15 2019
11-5
At Flywheel Arts in easthampton, MA!
Check out our amazing vendors!
This years bake sale fundraiser benefits:
The Western Mass chapter of SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice) is collecting reparations payments from our communities on behalf of and in coalition with Stickii Quest and ShaeShae Quest, who are Black, queer, and trans organizers living in Springfield. These payments will go directly towards buying a house in Springfield in late 2019. Stickii and ShaeShae are leaders of BLM413 and Out Now, and they are working with queer and trans youth and organizing on the frontlines in and around Springfield. We are committed to raising $95k and support Stickii and ShaeShae as they transition into home ownership. We see racism in the the Connecticut River Valley where we live, and we see a legacy of redlining in racial inequalities in wealth and home ownership. Gentrification continues to grow in Springfield and surrounding towns, along with displacement of low income BIPOC, increased police surveillance and violence, and incarceration. Along with other strategies, we believe that providing secure housing as reparations supports the powerful and enduring resistance of Black and Brown organizers in Springfield. Our campaign is in collaboration with our community partners, including organizers of BLM413, Out Now, Springfield No One Leaves, Jobs with Justice, and other members of the Organizer Roundtable Coalition. We welcome contributions from anyone who wants to help buy this home, and hope you'll join us in supporting beloved community! Learn more about our campaign and sign up at wmsurj.com/reparations-campaign.
The Western Mass chapter of SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice) is collecting reparations payments from our communities on behalf of and in coalition with Stickii Quest and ShaeShae Quest, who are Black, queer, and trans organizers living in Springfield. These payments will go directly towards buying a house in Springfield in late 2019. Stickii and ShaeShae are leaders of BLM413 and Out Now, and they are working with queer and trans youth and organizing on the frontlines in and around Springfield. We are committed to raising $95k and support Stickii and ShaeShae as they transition into home ownership. We see racism in the the Connecticut River Valley where we live, and we see a legacy of redlining in racial inequalities in wealth and home ownership. Gentrification continues to grow in Springfield and surrounding towns, along with displacement of low income BIPOC, increased police surveillance and violence, and incarceration. Along with other strategies, we believe that providing secure housing as reparations supports the powerful and enduring resistance of Black and Brown organizers in Springfield. Our campaign is in collaboration with our community partners, including organizers of BLM413, Out Now, Springfield No One Leaves, Jobs with Justice, and other members of the Organizer Roundtable Coalition. We welcome contributions from anyone who wants to help buy this home, and hope you'll join us in supporting beloved community! Learn more about our campaign and sign up at wmsurj.com/reparations-campaign.
Leather Coven was created with the intention of celebrating abundant, transforming, and othered bodies. Founded by self-taught leather-worker Mateo Guadalupe in 2013, Leather Coven has been a leader in the custom-sized harness & erotic accessory landscape, proudly and lovingly representing & adorning underserved bodies. Every piece is handcrafted in Holyoke, MA with fierce love and intention by Mateo. Our designs are created for people of all genders and bodies with durability, comfort, and pleasure in mind. Leather Coven is proud to offer free repairs and refits for life on all of our products.
My name is Naya (they/them) and I am a POC non-binary queer af femme visual artivist. I blend visual art practice with social justice facilitation, community building, science nerdery and wellness practices. Come enjoy works of art created intentionally as a form of self and communal healing, a political act in itself. Perhaps one of them will speak to you.
I create hand thrown ceramic home goods for everyday rituals. All work is handmade in small batches at my studio in Putney, VT. My work is meant to be used and enjoyed every day. My hope is to inspire people to take moments from their busy lives and enjoy the small things we do in each day. Everyday rituals, such as savoring a cup of coffee in a favorite mug, can bring pause and refocus to an otherwise fast paced existence. All of my work is hand thrown in small batches which allows each piece to have its own personality and character. The simple color glazes that I use highlight the quality of each piece, and showcase the forms themselves. I feel that allowing each item to be unique is what sets my work apart. K.B.Ceramics is a one femme labor of love tended by Kate Butt.
Ronnie, I use they/them pronouns or my name. I've been making jewelry for a few years now and its truly evolved to such a constant in my life! I love exploring and finding just about anything can become an earring. I think of them as adornments, or good luck charms. I am so happy to create for queer and trans folks! The goal is to be cuter than Forever 21 at half the price and better quality.
Bee is a painter, writer, & zine maker based in Western Mass. They draw inspiration from lucid dreams, their cat & dogs, and spending time in the woods. They will have paintings, clothing items, undies, prints, zines, and patches, both serious and silly. See more at mossybee.com or @mossy.bee on Instagram.
Danielle has grown and sold flowers as Wild Rose Farm for the past four years. As she has transitioned to a new career as a nurse, the farm has become a labor of love, with flowers sold only at a few special occasions. This market is near and dear to her heart, and she is so excited to share some floral brightness for the long dark winter ahead.
Sacred Moon Farm- A small flower and herb farm run by a queer Latinx mama, a nb papa and their cute baby. We make market bouquets for local retail locations and also provide floral design for weddings.
Emmett (they/them) is a queer, trans, sick and disabled, femme survivor centering trans, fat and disabled bodies in the form of paint on canvas and clay.
Wild Fancy Design makes handmade jewelry and accessories for fabulous folks of all genders. Our sassy hand-stamped pieces include pins, necklaces, earrings, collar chains/sweater clips, and tie bars, along with enamel pins and iron-on patches. We launched Wild Fancy to create expanded fashion options for queer people and to give people of all backgrounds a chance to express themselves and their identities. We also make a lot of custom pieces and are thrilled to support queer self-determination, c/overt cruising, and unique gender identities and expressions through our work! wildfancydesign.com
Chris Spinozzi (he/him) & Jeff Kasper (he/him) are Queer & Cozy Co. a handmade soft goods and wellness collective for LGBTQ2SIA+ folks. Chris is a teaching artist and fiber art maker, and Jeff is a socially-engaged artist with an interest in queer health and fostering cultures of care. They are proud to be launching a new series of products this Fall building upon their individual practices and past work together on community projects. In 2020 they will be releasing new projects including knitwear, herbal wellness goods, and zines full of their favorite recipes. Look out for them on instagram and for a new web shop coming soon. For now you can reach them at [email protected] for personalized orders and consultations or to find out their next craft fair.
My name is Misha and my little herbal business is Heks Botanicals. I am a queer femme organizer for racial and economic justice and a community herbalist living in Holyoke. I believe that we need each other in order to survive and thrive, and my herbal remedies and skincare are offerings of love and creativity. I draw on my Sicilian and Dutch viking ancestors, as well as my queer, trans, and freedom fighter ancestors.
Jacinta Bunnell is the author of five coloring books (including The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book, Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away With Another Spoon, and Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be...). She has facilitated workshops at schools, youth shelters, punk houses, conferences and bookstores on independent publishing, zines, and gender in the media for over 20 years. www.queerbookcommittee.com
den gay is a queer and trans potter, printmaker, and other-things-maker who believes in the power of making things with your hands and giving them to loved ones and beloved strangers so they feel loved. They believe that queerness is magic and the world is queer, so it must be magic too. ~ insta: _adarlingdeer_ // etsy shop: fromadarlingdeer
The Margravex is a non-binary trans-femme from Manchester, NH. They use they/them pronouns, and their work can be found at etsy.com/themargravex.
Willow is a trans-femme artist blacksmith from Lunenburg, MA. She takes inspiration from plants, animals and fairy tales to make work that is elegant, and often cute. For Willow, blacksmithing is about using traditional techniques to create forms that are surprising when looked at up close. Her work is about the details and quirks that make you laugh or smile. Her muses are her sheep, goats, and chickens that she raises with her amazing wife, Sarah. Willow also teaches blacksmithing at The Steel Yard in Providence, RI, Prospect Hill Forge in Waltham, MA, and Storrowton Village in West Springfield, MA.
kiah (she/her) lives in montague and commodifies queerness with images of dogs and other creatures through woodcut, tattoos, and drawing.
Six of Hands is the collective/coven of artists Ezra Rose, Laurel Varian & Jey Barnes, a queer & trans chosen family creating the strange we want to see in the world. All our work (comics, zines, stickers, pins, jewelry, etc.) is handmade individually or collaboratively & may or may not be magic. [pronouns they/them for all of us!]
Stephanie and Kate are both librarians and members of a big shared queer home in Northampton. Stephanie is a (relatively) new weaver who loves the transformation of thread, through mathematics, to touchable, tactile cloth. She loves blending colorful with the practical, and has been perfecting her tea towel technique! Kate jumps between various craft projects including knitting, sewing, baking, and shelf building. Right now, they mostly make bow ties, as well as small mice, rabbits, and other creatures out of fabric scraps and spare buttons, turning nearly-nothing into companions for humans and cats.
atalanta sungurov was brought to plant medicine through their deep love and comfort in the wild world while simultaneously navigating support due to chronic illness. They make small batch thoughtfully harvested elixirs, salves, essences & potions. In practicing community based herbalism and healing justice, a big part of the work they do is working to provide access to land & plant medicine solidarity, especially for queer, POC, disabled and (im)migrant communities, integrating mutual healing of ourselves & the planet. Dedicated to providing accessible medicine, they make an effort to follow models of sliding scale and trade, as well as slinging wears to support their family. Their herbals are brewed with consciousness & dreams of creating medicine rooted in social & ecological justice in an effort to support collective liberation in their interactions with the world around them.
Carin is a fourth generation farmer and the owner of C&C Orchards. Carin is passionate about the art and science of beekeeping and is committed to keeping honey bees in a sustainable fashion. Delight your taste-buds with this responsibly harvested, small batch, award-winning raw wildflower honey. Learn more about C&C Orchards here: https://www.facebook.com/candcorchards/.
Oona Robertson is a writer and furniture maker based in Easthampton, MA.
The Pom Club (@the_pom_club) is an accessory line dedicated to playful magic, neon storytelling, and *PLUR* adornment. All pieces are handmade by Coco Montellano, a queer brown filipinx femme - scorpio, artist, dj, party planner, heat loving freak and fashionista temporarily living in western massachusetts.
Genna Crowe (they, them) runs new Etsy shop, 'Cowboy Bean Pottery' and makes hand built, functional and decorative ceramics. Coiled and pinched one at a time without the use of a wheel, each pot has an organic, irregular nature making each of them truly unique.
Bottom Feeder Boutique (@bottom_feeder_boutique): Handmade earrings, pins, refrigerator magnets and other trinkets. Sourced from found/upcycled items, doll anatomy, plant matter, shrinky dinks, junk food.
Made by Annie Ricotta---Playful scavenger. Bottom feeder/bottom eater. Dried flowers and the dregs of commodity culture. Queer, trans, Neuro-atypical anarchist freak 4 same. Lover of color, candy and anti-colonial struggles// fashion, fisting & five finger discounts.
Anne (she/her) is an artist and educator based in Holyoke where she creates fleecy monsters & mayhem under the umbrella of My Monster Hat -- custom size & design wearable fleece monsters! You can find her hats on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/mymonsterhat along with her autobio comics, paintings & drawings of monsters and cats, and other odds & ends. When she's not drawing or sewing, she's involved in local politics, working on boosting her deadlift total, and practicing her spelling bee skills.
Jack (Jacqueline Cote, she/her) and Jul (Julia Ottenberg, she/her) are two visual artists, friends and collaborators whose work represents their experiences as young queer women doing their darndest to keep on creating. Jack and Jul work separately and together to produce graphic pieces celebrating the powerful, sexy and spooky in ink, watercolor, digital media and silkscreen.
Elli Palmer is a queer potter and artist living on occupied Nipmuck and Pocumtuc Land. They fell in love with the meditative a process-oriented nature of ceramics when they first took a class in January of 2019 (you read that right they've been making ceramics for under a year). They started Sweet Dirt Ceramics as a way to share their work because ceramics are art objects meant to be used as part of the every day rituals of our lives.
Formally trained with the New York Academy of art, the artist Breanna Cee Martins paints and draws some Pretty Spooky Girls.
Rae Maltz is a jewelry designer, artist, and devoted plant dad based in Northampton, MA. They explore the juxtapositions of art, nature, gender, and queerness, ultimately finding beauty in the emergence of universal patterns.
Branch & Beak is but one facet of the dodecahedronical; Sheena Pee, Working witch and folk herbalist. Spell-crafting from gained knowledge over years of work and schooling; but also intuitively, in love, passion, and fierceness; with sincerity, integrity, and multi-dimensional ferocity. Based in Montague, MA www.branchandbeak.com