CLEVELAND, Ohio - Are you a last-minute holiday shopper? Do you find the best treasures when Santa's deadline looms? The Last Minute Market and Screw Factory Open Studio event was created with procrastinators in mind.
The Screw Factory, also known as the Lake Erie Building at Templar Industrial Park (13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood) will be brimming with holiday shoppers and art enthusiasts from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m Saturday, Dec. 21.
There will be fine crafts, fine art, funky art, high-end jewelry and fun gifts, when some of the 30 or so permanent artists open their studios and more than 100 jury-selected crafts people and artists set up shop on the building's second and third floors.
The show is organized by Cleveland Handmade Markets. Market organizer Kathy Patton says that the event began in 2008 in a borrowed Westlake warehouse as a year-end party for about 25 artists who knew each other from Etsy and from the Cleveland Handmade group. They all brought their leftover stock and shopped each other's crafts during the party.
They moved the party to the Screw Factory the following year, opened it to the public and invited the artists with studios in the building to participate. That year, there were about 60 exhibitors, and it has grown every year since.
An eight-person selection committee chooses the 100 invited artists out of more than 200 applicants. This has become one of the more a competitive shows around, Patton says, so there's great work around every corner.
The market will offer paintings, drawings, woodwork, ceramics, beauty items, bags, leather goods, clothing, photography, edible treats, hand-blended tea, jewelry, candles, home decor, glasswork, stationery, and even honey wine mead that is produced in the building. The Umami Moto food truck will be parked outside.
Templar Motor Cars made automobiles in the building from 1917 to 1924. Check out the Templar Room on the third floor for a look at Dave Buehler's collection of beautiful Templar cars. They were built in that room almost 100 years ago.
With all the offerings, you just might discover that Last Minute is really the best time and place to shop.
The Screw Factory, also known as the Lake Erie Building at Templar Industrial Park (13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood) will be brimming with holiday shoppers and art enthusiasts from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m Saturday, Dec. 21.
There will be fine crafts, fine art, funky art, high-end jewelry and fun gifts, when some of the 30 or so permanent artists open their studios and more than 100 jury-selected crafts people and artists set up shop on the building's second and third floors.
The show is organized by Cleveland Handmade Markets. Market organizer Kathy Patton says that the event began in 2008 in a borrowed Westlake warehouse as a year-end party for about 25 artists who knew each other from Etsy and from the Cleveland Handmade group. They all brought their leftover stock and shopped each other's crafts during the party.
They moved the party to the Screw Factory the following year, opened it to the public and invited the artists with studios in the building to participate. That year, there were about 60 exhibitors, and it has grown every year since.
An eight-person selection committee chooses the 100 invited artists out of more than 200 applicants. This has become one of the more a competitive shows around, Patton says, so there's great work around every corner.
The market will offer paintings, drawings, woodwork, ceramics, beauty items, bags, leather goods, clothing, photography, edible treats, hand-blended tea, jewelry, candles, home decor, glasswork, stationery, and even honey wine mead that is produced in the building. The Umami Moto food truck will be parked outside.
Templar Motor Cars made automobiles in the building from 1917 to 1924. Check out the Templar Room on the third floor for a look at Dave Buehler's collection of beautiful Templar cars. They were built in that room almost 100 years ago.
With all the offerings, you just might discover that Last Minute is really the best time and place to shop.
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