the next thing, eramboo christmas market no.12

so now i have up my sleeve a new venture, a christmas market. oh! i do love christmas, the glitterings and the happiness it brings, families and friends together and all that. especially the decorating of the home, christmas tunes, so traditional, hearing christmas music in the shops the other day was really sweet. it could be annoying (the music, i mean), but i chose to embrace it, as hope. so the fabulous Eramboo (which is an arts precinct in Terrey Hills, who knew?? ) are holding their annual christmas artisan market. i grew up in Terrey Hills in a little cold-a-sac called cudal close (as a little girl i called it cuddle close) and spent many hours mucking around in the bush behind the park making cubby houses with my friends and playing hide and seek. i was very good at the swing and used to go so high i was literally nearly flying in the clouds like a bird. the park was across the road and now a street or two away from my old home there’s an arts establishment… lining that same bushland of my childhood, love how the suburbs of Sydney progress and provide substantial places for creatives which are accessible to all over time, you just have to find out about them….

Eramboo is an Aboriginal word for tomorrow, it is a place i have mentioned before in my artblog, they have a gallery, run workshops and you can hire the place and spaces, there is an artist or two in residence which is so great! it is a place that is really “in nature”. this i do love so much. in the past couple of years i have been to artist’s exchanges there (when i wasn’t working) and other various things like exhibitions and workshops, and it is part of the Pittwater artist trail which is on a couple of times a year. (people open their studio’s). someone very inspirational to me who i met at Eramboo is basketry artist by the name of Catriona Pollard who has been artist in residence at Eramboo this past year, she is having an exhibition called “the volume of hope”, it is on until the 21st of november. a must see … for those of you further from sydney you can see her work @catrionapollard on instagram. she is such a kind soul and is so willing to share her process and journey with the world.

so when there was a callout for a christmas market i thought to myself “why not? i’ll give it a go…” i knew i would have plenty of artworks from fleur de rouge to display that may go well in a christmassy type of way, so i now have something to further work towards, so fun. i would love to see you at the christmas market, hope all my subscribers residing in sydney can make it to a wonderful day out. have a great weekend…

tasha