Colour rules at Festival of Crafts

July 5th, 2014
[by David Armstrong]

Motueka's Festival of Craft got off to a colourful start this morning, with a stream of visitors admiring the skilful work of a variety of local crafters.

Upon entering Memorial Hall, you are confronted with blazes of colour and materials on all sides. And at many of the stands crafters were at work and offering to show you how they make their products.

The festival is hosted by the Motueka Lionesses, with support from a range of craft groups in the district. Proceeds will go to the Plunket Society.

Two large craft groups - Motueka's Crafty Tarts and Mapua Creative Fibre - take up most of the left side of the hall, with members available to show their wares and demonstrate how they were made.

One particularly interesting stand, by local sewing machine expert Gary Hucker of In Stitches, has a range of sewing machines used over the past century, right up to the modern computer-controlled marvels.

The Lionesses themselves created the central piece - a period display of crafts from earlier days - as well as a row of miscellaneous crafts, many quite unusual, along the front of the hall.

The festival runs through Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Here are some photos taken on the opening morning.

Marian Painter with her animal blankets

Judith Anderson, card making

Jocelyn Besier spinning wool, Mapua Creative Fibre

Shirley Wallace felting, Mapua Creative Fibre

Julie Bensemann discussed her jewel mosaics

Some of the miscellaneous craft items gathered by the Lionesses

Lynda Carson and Ingrad Wing making bobbin lace

Leonie Stack, Mapua Craft n Coffee

Les Graham, Havenwood Ceramics

Tony Small and Stewart Fowler, Mens' Shed

Fran and Babs making stone mats, Crafty Tarts

Three Crafty Tarts demonstrate embroidery

Gary Hucker (In Stitches) demonstrates his sewing machines

The stand created by the Motueka Floral Art Circle

The Lionesses' centrepiece display

Some woodwork in the miscellaneous craft section

Crafty Tarts Val Armstrong and Therese Dunnill at work

The Community Corner

Maureen Harris and Cushla Moorhead, of the Motueka Art Group

Yvonne Hammond, flax artist

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