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Our homewares picks from this weekend’s online Finders Keepers

Following on from the success of its last online event, and after two successful post-COVID comeback events in Brisbane and Sydney, Finders Keepers is back online this week with its winter market. Fans are invited to cruise the curated virtual aisles of the unique 24/7 marketplace, and snag dedicated event-only specials from the comfort of their couch.

From homewares to art, ceramics to slow fashion and many one-of-a-kinds, the market is a unique opportunity for conscious consumers to throw their support behind small creative businesses in Australia; particularly those impacted by lockdowns.

Australia’s largest curated marketplace of makers and designers, Finders Keepers has long been recognised as a great way to discover emerging and established design talent from across the country. See below for a sneak peak and our top picks from the June market.

TS Makers
Handmade in Sydney by a husband and wife team with carpentry and design backgrounds, TS Makers is creates lovely, minimal homewares. All of the pieces are made from reclaimed Australian timbers, including jarrah, mahogany, spotted gum and Queensland maple. The brand’s core range of hardwood serving boards and trivets features a seventies-inspired squiggle design, an arch and abstract shapes.

Tinker by printink studio
A colour-fuelled Australian made lifestyle range, this brand spans homewares, linen tableware, fashion accessories and organic toddler and baby wear. We like the bold, bright and distinctive prints that are each developed from hand drawn designs before being meticulously screen printed by hand.

Indelible Designs
Handmade in Melbourne, Indelible Designs make functional ceramic pieces using both wheel thrown and hand built methods. Featuring gorgeous retro-inspired designs and colours, these one-off wares have that unique and nostalgic handmade feel.

Ivy & Wood
Handcrafted in Brisbane, this range of small-batch candles and home fragrance products is made with natural soy wax that is biodegradable, sustainable and free from pesticides and animal products. Ivy & Wood also uses lead-free wicks, pure essential oils and gorgeous vintage-style, reusable mason jars.

The Finders Keepers June Online Market
This Friday 18 to Sunday 20 June
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While the hugely popular The Finders Keepers markets can’t go ahead as usual due to the social distancing measures in place, we won’t miss out entirely! Make yourself comfy on the couch this weekend when the event goes online, and with more than just shopping!

“Just like you can’t replace a real-life hug with a zoom chat, our coming together at events is something too hard to beat. This hasn’t stopped us from creating something equally as special,” says a spokesman. “Finders Keepers at Home is your weekend to connect with artists, designers, makers and memorable experiences. Our IRL events are all about creativity, community and connecting, and while we won’t be seeing faces in the flesh, the basis of Finders Keepers at Home will remain. It will still hinge on creativity, community and connecting (in new ways)!”

Having an online marketplace already in motion, meant The Finders Keepers could quickly offer brands and small businesses ways of making sales. In addition, they’ve worked alongside their stallholders of the three postponed events (May, June and July 2020) to create even deeper ways for them to connect with the community.

Over three huge days (this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday), Finders Keepers at Home will be a host of creativity.

Shop small and support local and visit the markets online! Cruise virtual market aisles and snap up special event weekend only specials. Look out for crowd favourite ceramists Bonnie Hislop gifting a freebie with each purchase, and Daisy Cooper Ceramics offering Australia wide free shipping! With hundreds more exclusive Finders Keepers at Home offers, head to the FIND tab.

Watch your favourite makers and seek out some spicy new content. They’ll program content from behind the scenes, studio demonstrations, a day in the life of designers, as well as some how-to tutorials. Dozens of makers have been curated from hundreds of submissions. They’ll include behind the scenes with Eggpicnic, a participatory nature adventure with ceramicist Bridget Bodenham, and Musings from the Moon will demonstrate her beautiful water colouring skills, producing a piece from start to finish AND uniquely for sale over the Finders Keepers at Home weekend. Fashion gun Bilboa will revamp a piece from your wardrobe, young star Oddish walks you through a guide to ‘Unboring Your Laundry’, while Brookies Gin will give you a live cocktail lesson and special recipe to download!

Don’t miss The Peppermint Magazine panel talking Covid tactics! Tune in to learn what Finders Keepers makers have done to innovate and connect during COVID, how the crisis has changed their business models and relationship with their customers, and what they most miss about the physical markets. Featuring Kitty Came Home, High Tea with Mrs Woo, Kingston Jewellery and Bilboa.

Watch all of the content at your own pace via Finders Keepers at Home, plus highlights featured on their social accounts over the three event days.

Finders Keepers At Home
19 – 21 June, 2020
An immersive weekend celebrating creativity and community
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