The Dandy Lion Market 'Home Fires'

• The Nov edition of the Dandy is all about the peak of Autumn, Bonfires, home comforts. Come along and stock up on some comfy cushions, some warm vintage clothing, kick up some leaves and get ready for your Guy Fawkes night celebrations! Whether you're staying in or going out start out the weekend in a fun and friendly gastro pub, with hot drinks and hot food, full of handmade delights, original art and cherry picked vintage wares. Meet your friends, bring your family and get the fire started!

The Dandy Lion Market

The Oxford, 256 Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2AA London, United Kingdom

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So excited to be a part of this new book!

I'm so excited to be a part of this new book by We Make London & Mary McDermott called Inspired: London. "A Guide to Handmade in London reveals how and where to buy the best locally-made handmade British products directly from the makers. A brilliant handbook for wannabe designer-makers and a perfect black book for stylists, journalists, creatives and lovers of all things beautiful!" Please ignore the misspelling of my company name. That should be correct in the book!

"The guide was created by Mary McDermott, owner of We Make London, a series of regular craft events across the city, after she spotted a rise in the interest in handmade products in the UK." She is a great gal and has worked very hard for us crafters in London. The group originally started by Mary on Etsy, she and her team have organised, hosted and participated in numerous craft events all over London, and now a fabulous book! The official launch of Inspired: London will be on the 10 and 11 November at Spitalfield's Market. I feel honoured to be included and am especially looking forward to the press launch party this Thursday. Watch this space!

First Mail Chimp Dandy Lion Market Newsletter!

OMG! This was a learning curve, and has taken me all day (not to mention several other starts and bursts on other occasions, culminating in giving up and putting to one side) Finally created my first Mail Chimp newsletter, and I'm pretty damn proud of it. Hope you agree! (It is a bit long, but what the hey).

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Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Art, Craft & Vintage at this fresh and viby market: for the individual, the flamboyant and the delicately wild! A lovely setting for a fun and funky market. A fabulous mix of a unique and highly creative art and craft mixed in with beautiful vintage fashion, accessories, and homewares. The Dandy Lion Market Next Market: Oct 6th at The Oxford 256 Kentish Town Rd NW5 2AA 12:30-5:30 pm  Free Entry! Thank you for subscribing, or being an ongoing fan of the market. You are free to unsubscribe at any time. Starting in a fresh new home at the Oxford, in Kentish Town, the Relaunch on the 1st Sept was a great success!  We said hello to loyal friends and fans and saw many new faces come through the doors, too. A naturally busy shopping area, Kentish Town offers huge potential for the burgeoning Dandy market scene, and even though it was the last weekend of the summer holidays, the footfall was a vast improvement from our previous home. The Boogaloo was a fab venue, but just not the right location. So, here's looking forward with hope and enthusiasm! When you arrive at the pub you will find 2 fabulous traders, representative of the rest of the market, at the ground floor entrance. Buy a drink  and some bar snacks and bring them upstairs to the main market space. There is a lounge area specially set up for drinking, resting and socialising. Club, Classic and Alternative sounds through the decades will gently groove and move you. Browse through a beautiful and different array each month of: handmade crafts; fine, illustrative and graphic arts; interior and decorative wares; body products; upcycled & recycled creations; vintage fashion, accessories, jewellery & collectibles. Find something new each month, something special and unique, for yourself or as a gift. They always say the best gifts to give are those you'd like to keep for yourself! Grab a proper gastro meal before, during or after! News for the Oct edition!  I'm pleased to announced that, along with newly discovered and returning favourite sellers, the Dandy will be welcoming an artist on tour in London during the month of Oct.  The Romanian visual artist, PADURE will be trading alongside other sellers bringing his unique brand of graphic, fantasy and street art. Other artists, makers and vintage traders confirmed at the Oct edition include: Gorgeous Jewellery, Tomfoolery Jewellery, Somebeady Jewellery, In Her Name Boutique vintage & reproduction vintage prints,  Amanda Moss vintage, Nice Girl Really upcycled & vintage inspired jewellery, Hanna Demel textile crafts, Called Beautiful, printed cards, paper & book craft, feDodesigns leather ware purses, wallets and bags and many more to be confirmed.  There are still trading pitches available (at time of posting), so if you think you've got wares that reflect the ethos of the Dandy, please email Leslie for booking info at lwrjam@yahoo.com with images of and/or a link to your work/products. Please also feel free to enquire about booking future dates. Payment is in advance. If you have an idea for the market, want to collaborate with or promote it, please email Leslie at lwrjam@yahoo.com. I look forward to seeing you all very soon!

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New Home for the Dandy Lion Market

I have exciting news. My cherished Dandy Lion Market has found a new home at the Oxford Pub, in Kentish Town. After working my butt off for over a year to unpredictable, and sometimes unsatisfactory foot traffic, I have high hopes that things will dramatically improve with the new setting. We will take over the whole of the upstairs area and additional 2 prime pitch spaces downstairs by the front entrance.

Two hops away from Kentish Town tube and overground station, this area is a hive of activity all day, every day. At weekends, hoards of Camden Lockers, who can't enter Camden underground station on their return journey must go to either Mornington Crescent or Kentish Town stations to exit via tube.

The Oxford has the busiest streetside area of all the KT pubs, and it is well regarded for it's fine gastropub fare. People come to Kentish Town for its wide variety of supermarkets, pubs and restaurants. It should be a fantastic new home for this fun and funky art, craft and vintage market extraordinaire! Check for updates here and on the Facebook page.

Re-launch date: Sept 1st, 12-5 pm FREE ENTRY!

I will be exhibiting at Smile, a group exhibition at the Red Gate Gallery, London. My piece is the feature work!

Smile: an exhibition that brings back laughter

Exhibition Date 29.03.2010 | Author: Yara Tschallener | For More Information Call +44 (0)207 326 0993

Featuring works by:

Amy Russell ● Anna Siemaszko ● Ian Tatton ● Joe Townend & Toby Owen ● Juan Blanco ● Leslie Wilson-Rutterford ● Maia Schweizer ● Paul Vincett ● Roxane Grant ● Sibylla McGrigor ● Soheila Keyani ● Soraia Almeida ● Susie Lowe ● Wiracha Daochai ● Zannah Cooper ●Hanae Utamura

Private View: Friday 2nd of April 2010 - 6 pm to 1am 

(after Party with live music/DJ)

Red Gate Gallery, 209a Coldharbour Lane, London. SW9 8RU. UK

Exhibition runs from: Monday 29th of March – Thursday 8th of April 2010

Gallery Opening Hours: Mon - Fri: 11am to 6.30 pm - Sat: 12.30 pm - 5.00 pm

Last day of Exhibition: Thursday 22nd of April: 11.00 am to 5.00 pm

The exhibition ‘Smile’ aims to act as a cultural antidote to the recent global depression, natural disasters and a general mood of despondency. Smiling is a universal act, yet there have not been many reasons to do so lately. In the greater scheme of things one often forgets the little moments in life that make us smile and thus happy.

‘Smile’ is a collaborative group show displaying works in various media including acrylic, oil, photography, new media and installation.This forthcoming exhibition aims to challenge people to step out of their busy consumer driven life styles to take a split second to ’stop and stare’ and to hold the moment and smile: here the true sense of smiling is in store not the ‘fake’ one so often dished out without meaning.

The art work shown portrays subtlety rather than shock value seen in recent mainstream exhibitions, the latter tending to alienate, rather than involve, the viewer.

Each artist participating in this show has their own way to express happiness and this exhibition demonstrates that no matter where one comes from, one can always find a reason to smile. With a feeling of anticipation, we hope that who ever visits ‘Smile’ will walk out with a smile, perpetuating a ‘feel good factor’; well, at least for a brief moment….