Piccadilly Market: Laser Cut Jewellery

In The Spotlight: Rockrose Handmade

Today I would like to introduce to Zoe from Rockrose Handmade who has been a regular with Piccadilly Market for a while now and has a big following. Make sure you stop by and see her gorgeous wares.

Tell us a little about yourself?

My name is Zoe & I am the owner of Rockrose Handmade- a Geelong-based online store selling handmade & ethically made Indi goodies. I have recently started designing my own range of eco-friendly laser cut jewelry under my new label Lucy Locket.

How did you come up with your business name?

Lucy Locket is an old nursery rhyme that has drifted around in my subconscious since my childhood. It was the first song my sister learnt to play on her Recorder when she was 10, and those of you who have any experience with learning recorder-players will understand that those sounds become somehow ingrained in our brains. :)

Tell us how your product/range came about?

It all started with that blend of envy & wistfulness I often experience when looking around me at the talented makers I stock in my online store. I knew that I wanted to create something myself, but I didn't know what it was. Then at the Finders Keepers Market in Sydney I finally purchased a Kitty Came Home notebook for myself and I started doing a few doodles. From those pictures came Lucy Locket's first range.

How long have you been in business for?

I started Rockrose Handmade a little over a year ago & it has been so much fun and hard work. I absolutely love working for myself. I love being presented with problems & questions and having to find solutions and answers. I love being in contact with so many creative people and sharing their gorgeous ideas with the world through my online store.

What inspires you?
Lucy Locket's first range is inspired by significant memories from my past. Memories of growing up by the sea, sewing with my Nanna, the hills near my home, my interest in Native American cultures & in the Harajuku neighbourhood in Tokyo. I guess you could say that Lucy Locket is an expression of the things that have been important and formative in my life.

Have you always been ‘crafty’ or has it bloomed later in life?

I am addicted to creative ideas and the physical process of creating things. I always need to be creating something, and I need that something to be challenging because I can get quickly bored (which is not an altogether fabulous quality, but I'm being honest!). I love being involved in the process of turning inspiration into something physical, that can be enjoyed by others.

When you are not busy creating what do you love doing?

I mother my children; I run Rockrose Handmade; I design gardens & plan renovations; I write novels. I try to find some time to sit quietly, but I'm not very good at either finding the time, or sitting quietly!

What is something cool that most people wouldn’t know about you?

I have two as yet unfinished novels sitting in my drawer. I would dearly love to finish writing them-- I just have to find some time to squish them in. I hear you loud an clear.

If money was no object what would be your dream destination?

I really love Byron Bay. But if money was no object, I'd love to take my family to London for an extended visit with my sister & then take everyone to live in Barcelona and Tuscany for a year!

What are you reading right now?

I've just finished a "Scarecrow" by Micheal Connelly. I do love a good crime novel now and then.

What is your favorite website(s) ? The Finders Keepers blog, for all that is fresh & new in the Indie-design world. Kitty Came Home for vintage fabric journals & purses; and my online store Rockrose Handmade.

Zoe is donating this gorgeous necklace to the Hamper Giveaway at Piccadilly Market on Sunday 4th August

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In The Spotlight: Bok Bok B'Gerk

I would like to introduce to you one of my fabulous stallholders Michelle who is also very funny, I am sure you will enjoy reading about her. She will be at Piccadilly Market on 4 August.

Tell us a little about yourself? Hi there! My name is Michelle and I am a Ballarat based mum of two little ones, aged 3 and almost 2! I create laser cut jewellery under the label Bok Bok B'Gerk, which is stocked in a number of retail stores throughout Victoria.

How did you come up with your business name? It took me a very, VERY long time to come up with a business name and in fact it came to me in a haze when I was ill. Once I recovered and thought about it some more, I realised that I really liked the name so I registered it that day. I get a lot of comments on the name when I do markets and it usually makes people smile, especially when I say it my best chicken-like voice while dancing around flapping my 'wings'! Perhaps she could provide the entertainment at the next event

Tell us how your product/range/business came about? I had seen laser cut jewellery in shops but found it too expensive for my budget and not quite what I wanted. Like a typical creative person, I thought "I could make that!" and so I did just that. It took me a while to source a local business that could do my laser cutting but once that was sorted, the business was off and running.

How long have you been in business for? I am just heading into my third year of business and I am SUPER excited about it. In a few weeks I will be wrapping up my part-time corporate job to focus on Bok Bok B'Gerk full time. Yippee!!!! I have a lot of new product ideas swimming around in my head, so it will be great to have a bit more spare time to get them out.... hang on, who am I kidding? Spare time! What's that??

What inspires you? Most of my inspiration comes from things the kids ask me to draw, or from things I daydream up myself. I find the more creative I am in my spare time, the easier the ideas flow, so I try to do regular creative activities to keep those juices flowing. Not all of my ideas for designs make it in to production. Some of them are just a little too crazy for public viewing!

Have you always been ‘creative’ or has it bloomed later in life? I was creative when I was younger, but that side of me became a bit stifled in my teens. It has only been since I had the kids that I have allowed myself to get back in touch with my creative side. I believe that expressing yourself through the art of making things is beneficial to the soul... and a lot cheaper than therapy :) I wholeheartedly agree..

When you are not busy creating what do you love doing? Driving fire trucks, fighting dragons and building elaborate structures out of cardboard - All the things you do when you're a mum.

What is something cool that most people wouldn’t know about you? I am absolutely awesome at Dance Dance Revolution. Like seriously, if you're at a party and you see me approaching a DDR mat... do yourself a favour and just walk away. I am laughing out loud over here and seriously need to book her for entertainment

If money was no object what would be your dream destination? Without a doubt it would be where ever David Bowie was at the time. It would be preferable if I could live WITH him, but if not then I guess next door would be good enough.

What are you reading right now? The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. I just finished another of his books (Do the Work) and I found it really inspiring. I usually opt for non-fiction books, but on the odd occasion I feel like reading fiction, I opt for teenage/young adult books that require little brain power.

What is your favorite website(s) ? I have to say Pinterest at the moment, though I need to set a timer when I visit there as I can waste away hours and hours (and hours) of my life on there.I am nodding like crazy

Michelle is kindly donating this gorgeous Fox Brooch to our Hamper giveaway on 4 August.

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