WHO WILL YOU MEET AT THE VILLAGE MARKET?

Marlene Liebenberg creates with sticks, bottle tops, plastic containers, natural
materials, fabric and just about anything else you can think of, combining
these materials with craft techniques such as crocheting and paper mache.

(Photo: Elzette Bester)

Meet MARLENE LIEBENBERG at the Storms River Village Market this Saturday. Marlene is passionate about recycling and re-using just about everything she can lay her hands on and has also trained members of the community to make crafts with materials other people would throw in the trash.

She will be exhibiting her exciting artworks and craft items made from recycled and found materials at the market.

The market aims to provide an opportunity for local people to sell their wares. It is hoped to that the various cottage industries in the area will participate and that new business opportunities will be stimulated. The market will be held on the first Saturday of every month, from 9am to noon. In the event of bad weather, it will take place on the following Saturday.

Meet a SHARK! Face-painting,
by artist SUSAN KEMP.
(Photo: Susan Kemp)

..and meet a KITTY-CAT!
(Photo: Susan Kemp) .

Ashley Wentworth has made available the area at the entrance to Storms River village, next to Storms River Information Office, the Bistro at Bitou and Bitou Art Gallery. Sites will be available free of charge to residents of Tsitsikamma and will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants are welcome to share stands. In order to provide this opportunity to as many locals as possible, the market will be a combination of al car-boot sale and market stalls.

The Village Market will be held in the open area next to Bitou Art Gallery
and The Bistro at Bitou, where you'll meet artists JOHAN BRINK and
ELZETTE BESTER, and Bistro hostess MARIE BRINK.
You can also get an introduction to the Bistro's EXCELLENT COFFEE!

(Photo: Johan Brink)

This will be the place to sell - or shop for - handmade gifts, toys and clothes; produce (plants, fruit, veggies); homemade food and drink; second-hand goods and clothes; and re-used and recycled goods. Kids can have their faces painted and art lovers can have their fill of beauty at the art gallery.

Exchange those white elephants for some cash in hand - or buy TANT HANNA COLA's famed ginger beer, support young entrepreneur ANNA REED who will be flipping pancakes, and make use of the Bistro's offer of discounted rates on breakfast, light meals, coffee, tea and cakes.

No cheap, imported goods will be allowed. If new goods are sold, they must be South African.

Contact Elzette Bester at (084) 78 00 009 to book a stall. Traders need to bring a table to display wares, their own chairs and umbrellas or gazebos, and a black bag for rubbish.

See you there on Saturday, October 4!