Eumundi Market

There is a great market at Eumundi (in Queensland, near Noosa). There are a lot of crafts and locally produced food) which are the backbones of a great market). Some imported crap which is always sad to see – there are plenty of markets (and $2 shops) for that.

Of course, I am always particularly interested in what woodworking (and similar crafts) are around. I was almost expecting Lazy Larry to be there, but there are plenty of markets closer to home I’m sure!

Saw some pretty average woodworking, which goes to show pretty much anything can sell when it is made from timber.

Saw some interesting stuff as well.

Bush Blocks was one. Kitchen benches made out of recycled timber, and natural edge timber slab tops. Some unusual inclusions on the front- door knobs and old door locks.

Bush Blocks Bench

Bush Blocks Bench

There were chairs made by Ross Annels, which seemed to be advertising more the woodworking behind the chairs (courses or something) on offer. Would have gotten more detail, but couldn’t get the staff on the stall to get her head out of her mobile phone!

Ross Annels

Either that, or she was a tourist and thought the chairs were just somewhere for her to sit and text or Facebook/Tweet/whatever!

Ross Annels chairs

Interesting chairs.

The Ey Family had a pen stall

Pen stall

There were also the most amazing metal, laser cut mobiles that were quite mesmorising.

Laser cut mobiles

I saw one place who’s turned bowls were… rather chunky, which is not my preference.

However, the work by Peter Farkas is very nice, imaginative, and very affordably priced to boot. Some was traditionally turned, other pieces both turned and carved (using an Arbortech cutter). A few pieces were turned quite thin, and that combined with a heavy oiling made them quite translucent. Peter talked a bit about it, and the various pine timbers were particularly suitable. The pieces on display were hoop pine, which also is a very nice timber in its own right.

He uses tung oil (or similar) to really saturate the timber, then finishes with a harder oil to leave a durable surface. The particular bowls that were treated in this way are at the back (or back right) in the two photos.

Peter Farkas bowls

Peter Farkas bowls

So all in all, a good day.