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Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check

Published 7:00 am Monday, September 24, 2012

Cynthia from Portland's Bella Sisters said the Poppy Jacketwas really popular at UCU, and was a favorite design. (www.bellasisters.com)
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Cynthia from Portland's Bella Sisters said the Poppy Jacketwas really popular at UCU, and was a favorite design. (www.bellasisters.com)
Cynthia from Portland's Bella Sisters said the Poppy Jacketwas really popular at UCU, and was a favorite design. (www.bellasisters.com)
Coming up to UCU all the way from Atlanta, Beautiful Briny Seadid great business selling their small-batch hand-harvested culinary salts infused withorganic herbs. Magic Unicorn was a favorite for all! (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beautiful-Briny-Sea/157240431005788)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Row Boat Press' designer Rick Goral made some sweet postersto sell at UCU (he is otherwise known as the guy behind Seattle Show Posters). Boothoperator Kiku picked the mechanical heart as her favorite design, because it just looksso cool and complex. (www.rowboatpress.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Pepe Moscoso had no problem figuring out his favorite boothitems: his custom ties. If youaE™ve got to wear a tie, it should only be one like this!(www.muluk.etsy.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Haberdasher Angela Cook picked this golden hat as herfavorite. She loves the organic process of creating from new and old materials.(www.humperdinckhats.etsy.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Fuzzy Ink's Mike Paul picked this t-shirt design as his favoritebecause: 1. He likes animals; 2. He likes bright colors; 3. He likes things that are largerthan life, and; 4. He likes random stuff. Solid! (fuzzy-ink.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Jennifer and Dave of Fable and Fury said the biggest sellerat UCU for them this time out was the Tom Waits stainless steel silhouette necklace.(fableandfury.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Lindsay Day, who makes journals from vintage bookswith Ex Libris Anonymous, picked this elegant Victorian cover, complete with originalinscription from 1909, as one of her favorites. (www.bookjournals.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Shower Art? You betcha, says designer Rosalie Gale, whose hilariouspieces were a hit at UCU. She picked this bold unicorn and an homage to Shark Weekas her favorites on display. (uglybaby.etsy.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Seattle's biggest indie craft show returned to SeattleaE™s Exhibition Hall onDecember 3 & 4, 2011 even bigger than ever! We asked several of the vendors to pickout their favorite wares, and tell us a little about them.
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Sweet Anthem perfumer Meredith Smith hand-picked herfavorite from her line of 100% vegan products aE“ this easy-traveling solid perfumecompact. (www.sweetanthem.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
In an army of cool robot pioneers, this was one of artist/designer Ken C. Judd's favorites, because itaE™s so colorful. (kencjudd.com)
In an army of cool robot pioneers, this was one of artist/designer Ken C. Judd's favorites, because itaE™s so colorful. (kencjudd.com)
Dave Ryan of Manticore Stencil Art picked this brand-new pieceas his current favorite. He noted, I was thinking, 'If youaE™re a Star Wars bounty hunter,you just might want to take a little R& R and come up with a good shredding lick on theguitar, too.' ItaE™s like the perfect moment. (www.manticorestencilart.com)
Dave Ryan of Manticore Stencil Art picked this brand-new pieceas his current favorite. He noted, I was thinking, 'If youaE™re a Star Wars bounty hunter,you just might want to take a little R& R and come up with a good shredding lick on theguitar, too.' ItaE™s like the perfect moment. (www.manticorestencilart.com)
Portland, OregonaE™s Heather Lightbody is a yarn junkie,confesses her husband. She crochets fantastical cranial creations from her own hand-dyedand handspun yarn. (www.girlwithahook.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Jen Woffinden handcrafts duct tape wallets and flasks inPortland, OR. Her favorite is the Drunken Squirrel Flask, because squirrels are crazy,right? (jduct.com)
Idolatre designer Stephanie Louise's definite favorite was hercollection of fuzzy hats, perfect for chilly Seattle winter wear. (www.idolatre.etsy.com)
Alicia Sigala of Spooky Mama Creations is inspired bycolorful and elaborate Day of The Dead Mexican folk art altars, and adds a pop culturewink. She picked the VIVA LOTERIA altar as most representative of her work.(www.mourningmarket.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Lyndsay Behrens of Idle Hands makes dramaticpieces of hand-forged jeweley. She chose a heart necklace, a popular seller at UCU, andkeyrings made from casts of old brothel tokens. (idlehandsdesigns.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Evan Price and Liz Bayan were more than happy tohost Power and Light's UCU table while owner Kyle Durrie travels the U.S. teachingletterpress design from a fully-outfitted aE™82 Chevy van. They had many favorite designs,but settled on WTFWJD and the library card because they make people giggle.(www.powerandlightpress.com)
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check
Urban Craft Uprising t-shirts for sale.
Heather Krafts favorite piece is this necklace, fashionedfrom an old plate featuring a design from a German botanical illustrator.(www.materialandmovement.com)

Folks gathered last weekend at The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to check out Urban Craft Uprising, Seattle’s largest independent craft show. Check out the gizmos and gadgets we found. Photos by Marianne SpellmanPublished on December 5, 2011

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