Artist-gardener's house-moving sale, lots of beautiful quirky things for living extremely creatively, must go this week.

Come and find great ideas for woodworkers like: Kakishibu, made from the fermented juice of unripe astringent persimmons, the color comes from the tannin molecules linking together and forming a coating. More than a coloring agent, kakishibu also has strengthening, antibacterial and waterproofing properties. Kakishibu was used in China and Korea, but reached its ultimate utilization in Japan. It was used as a wood preservative, waterproofer, insect repellent, folk medicine, and on washi (Japanese paper), fans, parasols, clothing and in sake production.


Saturday 3rd April 2010, 8am to 12.30 pm.

Homebush lane, off Canning St North Melbourne
Tram 57, stop 17. Look for the balloons.

Also:

Furniture: mostly vintage: 20's dresser, 30's titanic style draws, pretty white girls bed, side tables. Ikea storage, more.

Permaculture Garden goods: Large Potted fruit trees, sweet smelling straw for mulch, for rabbits, lots of hoses, tubes and pumps to get water to your garden. Decorator white pebbles, terracotta pots, odd-shaped cut bricks for a mosiac brick garden path, crushed rock to go under the bricks, timber and boards, Glass for greenhouses, and a splendid potted persimmon tree.

Clothes: vintage including edwardian silk blouse, 1870s long-sleeved whalebone bodice, lots of hats, gloves, coats, gowns, Sixties retro and Gone With the Wind style costumes, and groovy stuff from Tokyo: Hotpants, glimmery coats. Mostly size 8 - 10, shoes size 7 (24cm)

Craft and sewing goods: Fabric, linings, patchwork materials, wheatbags ready to be cut and made, acrylic paint, tracing paper and huge grid paper rolls, stretched canvas, saris, japanese obis, Japanese flower arranging spiked holders (kenzan)

Household goods: lamps, air humidifier, kitchen goods, sheets, pots, candles, christmas decorations, art posters, Japanese culinary tools, Set of 30 party glasses.

Magazines: Earth Garden, Organic Gardener, Mindfood, Green Magazine, Japanese fashion magazines,

Books: Candlemaking, decorating, color, interiours, art Nouveau, Japanese language textbooks, novels, freebies.

Wierd stuff: soil Ph measurer, Air Humidifier, priestly vestments, a 200 year old book, hand-powered blender.

Have Fun