The Craft Guerrilla is a group set up to work with independent Crafts People,
Artists and Designers Makers of quality hand made goods.
The aim of The
Craft Guerrilla is to join forces with other creative individuals
and set up craft events in vacant or unused venues,associate with
"friendly" businesses,provide a
community to link and cross promote independent designer makers,sister armys in other cities, share web traffic, and provide helpful
information to other designer maker groups as well as individual
designer makers.
"Our main aim is to work within a creative
community, thrive and grow as a collective that benefits each and every
one person involved, share our creative know how,our experience and the
ethos and value of hand made goods!"
The
Craft Guerrilla Army is taking on the world for a better hand made
existence! We've had enough of soulless, mass produced tat and so has
the average consumer.
The
Craft Guerrilla was born out of a shared idealism with regeneration,
recycling, sharing of knowledge and the revaluation of the hand made
movement at its heart.
"We want to show people the true meaning and value of quality hand
crafted designer goods through our ethos and principals of
cooperation,collaboration and experience gained by working within a
creative community."
We're all for learning and that's why we've set up our highly successful D.I.Y. craft nights and crafternoons!Come summer 2009 and we're looking forward to providing workshops for the public at our "classes for the masses"- one off,short courses at affordable prices held by professional designer makers!
We're
a peaceful bunch but we're looking to create opportunities, we're ready
to take action, take over and DIY our own opportunities.
For the next Craft Guerrilla event dates... have a look at our events diary page!
FAQ'S:
What is the "EAST LONDON" Craft Guerrilla?
"The East London Craft Guerrilla" is , if you will, the child of the main instigator The Craft Guerrilla! As we're based in East London and this is such a big city we thought it would be great if we could leave it open to others to join us in their areas of town.With time and as the group grows we
hope to get other Craft Guerrillas set over the whole of London,the
country and the world! By joining the army we join forces and increase
our chances and opportunity as well as share our experience,web traffic,contacts and know
how with each other. Also this spreads the net and increases chances for our army to sell at each others events,network,collaborate and exchange!
Can I become a member?
Yes but you don't have to be a member to participate in the craft markets but to be eligible for membership you must have had a stall/pitch with us at least a few times in our events. This is so we can see if if you and the group are compatible when working together and in the spirit of fairness so you as well as the group do not have to commit to anything before trying it out. Annual fee (Membership):£20.00
So what do I get out of it?
By becoming a member of the Craft Guerrilla Army you'll get first dibs on pitches. Your work/products will be showcased in the "members gallery page" on the CRAFT GUERRILLA website with all your contact details and a direct link to your web shop/site/etc. which will hopefully generate sales and publicity for yourself. You get the chance to forward your own ideas and venues for future events and set up workshops "classes for the masses",D.I.Y. craft events with our backing and help. As things progress we hope that we will be able to offer other benefits to members.
Why is it important to LINK? By associating with the Craft
Guerrilla any publicity we generate will affect you and every other
member directly and indirectly by generating plenty of web traffic. You get full advantage of all the
publicity we create for the group as a whole and through publicity
generated by each individual and that's why we need you to link the
CRAFT GUERRILLA web site to your own site and publicity and vice versa. We can not
stress enough the importance of web site LINKS!
What are my responsibilities as a member?
We ask members to take it upon themselves to help "get the word out" as it's in all of our interests to get as many shoppers to our events.
Posters and flyers will be ready to down load on the Craft Guerrilla web site and all you have to do is print it,upload it on your own website,social network,blog page etc and get it out there! You can make your own but we ask you use all information supplied in the press release.Also we ask that you mention the Craft Guerrilla name as a Link in your own web sites and publicity.
Even though we encourage you to "be your own boss" we also encourage members to take a proactive role with in the group so everyone can benefit from their particular talent and leadership.
Do I have to be a member for the "Featured Sellers Gallery"?No,because we're offering just the gallery image and the direct link you do not need to be a member.Membership is another deal and therefor you get different perks! Annual fee: £25.00
Do I pay commission on any sales?
NO! And we'll be working with "friendly businesses" that also don't.
Craft Guerrilla Markets,how much do I pay for a pitch?
It's all dependent on the venue rental and how much we can get it for but prices will be kept to a minimum. As we are also makers and stall holders,we ask ourselves…How much would I be prepared to pay?
Why is there a charge for joining? So we can pay for the web site domain, up keep and for paying the "computer monkeys" for their time imputing, uploading etc. Any surplus fees goes back into the collective and on projects that will generate more income for the group as a whole.
Sounds good but why should I pay? We're not in this to exploit other crafts people we too are makers and this is actually about creating opportunities but like it or not money is a necessary evil and as we go along and the kitty grows we can invest in stuff like advertising in major magazines and publications.
Can I use set up my own "Craft Guerrilla"?
Though the name is trade marked there's no charge in using the name,in fact we hope you like it so much that you will want to set up your own Craft Guerrilla army... but before you do we would like to know who's out there using our name and following our manifesto...besides it's polite to ask! Also there are a few guide lines we'd like to implement and keep to as we need to have a little bit of uniformity within the C. G. Army! Yearly fee for a sister army:£25.00 - remember you're only paying for your branch of the army as a whole!
It's simple! Please feel free to contact us and we'll be happy to answer any questions: craftguerrilla@yahoo.com
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