Edwin of A Convenient Cycle.
(Photo © Elly Blue)
I hope you bring your holiday shopping list to BikeCraft. The big show happens this Saturday (10-5 at 420 NE 9th Ave) and it’s going to be a-ma-zing.
We’ve got around 50 vendors. They’re all based in Portland and they all have fantastic, handmade bike-related wonderments to share with you.
Behold, the most marvelous gathering of crafty bikers (or is it bikey crafters?) ever assembled:
Clocks made from chainrings; cassette magnets
Liz Dickey / 1.by.liz at gmail.com
3Bags
Handmade backpacks and panniers
Curtis Williams / curtis.3bags at gmail.com
Agent Ladybug’s Decycled Designs
“Decycled designs and tuff stuff” bike tube bracelets and more
Margaret Cunningham
Original limited edition drypoint prints
Serena Van Vranken / serenalv at gmail.com
Woodcut stencils of urban bike scenes.
T-shirts with bicycle motifs
For the fashionably practical rider: caps, shoelace wranglers, toe cozies, cards, and more
Rachel Dominguez-Benner / rachel.db at gmail.com
Silkscreened cycling caps, underwear, and bike posters from a nonprofit community bike project
Crocheted hats with a bike pattern
Patches, shirts, sweatshirts, stickers
bikepunkprinting at gmail.com
Messenger bags, backpacks, panniers
Dave Stoops / blackstarbags at yahoo dot com
Brian Campbell
Habitable bike trailers
Protection charms for cyclists
George Ramos / grwoodworking at gmail dot com
Buckets, saddles, bags, shirts, stickers, patches
Tim Calvert / tcalvert at pcez.com
PBR fender flaps w/reflector, fenders from tires, duct tape panniers, mobile bike repair
Edwin Skaug / info at aconvenientcycle.com / 503-267-8284
Porteur racks, fenders, bamboo bottle cages
Dog leashes and collars from recycled inner tubes
Cyclocycle
Clothes, jewelry made out of bike parts
Paul MacCammond / pmaccammond at gmail.com
Cycling caps
Shaun Deller
Brian Echerer
Jewelry – bracelets and earrings
Screen prints based on vintage cycling photographs
Ben Parsons
DVDs
Ayleen Crotty / ayleen at filmedbybike.org
Jacob Freepons
Handmade fenders from recycled materials
jfreepons at gmail.com
Ful-Floating, Ful-Kustom
Custom leather mudflaps
Gram Shipley / gram at shipley dot us
Reflective stickers, cut out into fun shapes; LED generator lights
Brian Engelen / bengelen at comcast.net
Jewelry from bike parts, paper, recycled materials
Gracie’s Wrench
Repair classes
Tori Bortman /gracieswrench at gmail.com
Zines, bikey cards, and other graphic bike art
tfrindustries at gmail.com
Duct tap wallets and flask wraps
Jen Hecht
Joe will be selling his books about long distance bike touring with his family, as well as locally made t-shirts and caps.
Gorgeous tube bracelets, inner tube jewelry, masks and belts.
Barbi Touron / dullleadsinker at yahoo.com
Gigi’s Handy Work
Helmuffs — wooly ear covers that fit over your helmet straps
Gigi Lascurettes
Wool cycling caps
Books, zines, patches, tees
joe at microcosmpublishing.com
Antique letterpress cards
Debbie West / msstarryart at gmail.com
Bike based delivery services
info at portlandpedalpower.com
Simple jewelry made of bike parts
poveranews at grovestream dot com
Panniers, wallets, bags, and more
Screen printed buttons, stickers, clothing
Cory Knudson / rebelcricket at gmail.com
Letterpressed and hand painted cards and calendars
Carye Bye / bikebat at gmail dot com
Redhead Press
Books, prints, cards
Melissa Anders / huachinango5 at yahoo.com
Bike trailers
Johnnie Olivan / johnnie at rejuicedbikeconcepts.com / 503.847.6200
Amazing soups delivered by bicycle
Jed Lazar / jed at soupcycle.com
Bags and more
Courtney Trevino / sown.up@gmail.com
Lapa
Silkscreened arm warmers and cycling shirts for women
Leeta Stoughton / proteanarts at comcast dot net
Bicycle themed posters printed by a worker-owned co-op
Sara Stout
Raincapes, seat covers, wall switchplates
“S’mittens” (lobster gloves) from upcycled sweaters; woodblock prints
Natalie Ramsland / natalie at sweetpeabicycles dot com
Custom bicycle racks
Tad Bamford
Silkscreened goods on upcycled materials
Rebecca James / rjnamaste03 at gmail.com
Urban Legend
Cycling caps
Saya Prigoff / urbanlegendthreads at yahoo.com
Upcycled leather lock holsters, tube protectors, seatbags
Valerie and Geoffrey Franklin / walnutstudiolo at gmail.com
Westwind Designs
Bento bags, cycle cuffs
Kyrstin Westwind / bikeblender at gmail.com
Thanks for reading.
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My wife and I will be there in the morning. We’ve placed strict limits on the amount we can spend on each other’s Christmas gifts, but I hope for some finds there!
I’ll be there! Hope to buy some cool local made stuff!
Filmed by Bike is excited to be there with… our new trailer! We’ll be showing a special exclusive extended version of our trailer, hot off the press, produced by Daniel Hill.
We’ll also be selling t-shirts and discounted DVDs.
And, because roasted nuts are the bomb, we’ll give you some of our freshly roasted hazelnuts if you you buy a DVD 3-pack (2008, 2009 and the Greatest Hits v. 1)
Hey, Jonathan.
Nice promo write-up. So many talented people. You listed over 50 participants!!
Anybody bringing moose-ears? Those should sell well. It suddenly felt like winter when I rode down from Vantucky for First Thursday tonight. There was ice in the puddles on the MUP over the Columbia channel…
Seeya there.
Jene-Paul
I can’t personally be there, but Portland Pedal Power will have some Wingnut Confections on their table. Bike transported, organic, fair-trade, vegan truffles, toffee and more!
Anyone know if they’ll accept credit cards?
Nick, a few crafters take checks, and a few are set-up to take credit cards via paypal on their laptops. But cash is king here — be sure to come well-supplied with it!
Elly
I’ll be out of town, but it’s swell to have this list of links to local crafty folks! Thanks for taking the time to put these links together!