Walnut's hand-stitched can cage

Walnuts hand-stitched can cage

  • Walnut‘s hand-stitched can cage

Earlier this week, I may have ranted about how it’s screwed up to promote a day of maxing out credit cards at big box stores as some sort of national holiday.

BUT there are are plenty of places to spend money that support creative local makers and the Portland economy. There’s a million craft fairs from now until Christmas and the one I’m most excited about is Bike Craft this weekend.

Over 50 bikey individuals and small-scale businesses roll out their best stuff at Sandbox Studio (420 NE 9th Ave) this Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm. I’ve gone for the past three years and it’s always been fun—I don’t really need a knitted U-Lock cozie or a leather-crafted PBR holder, but there are lots of super-practical items and it’s cool to meet a table after table of artistic people who come out of the woodwork for the event.

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

9 replies on “Bike Craft! It’s This Weekend! It’s Awesome!”

  4. I’m only interested in the Think Geek catalog and records. The things I like, typically, aren’t made locally (here’s looking at you, House Targaryen signet ring and Swanson Pyramid poster/t-shirt combo).

    . . .

  6. Made by the hands of tiny Vietnamese children. But sold and assembled by people with Morrissey inspired NHS glasses! It’s a different kind of consumerism.

  7. @D – Just?

    But seriously, it’s pretty clear none of you Andy-roomates even bothered to click through to the website. You guys are worse than the anti-soccer trolls on O-live.
    If you hate bikes, skip the post. Go on, I dare you.

  9. Let me fix that problem sentence there, Sarah:

    “Nobody really needs a knitted u-lock cozy or a leather PBR holder.”

    There y’go.

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