Charleston Home Market @ 10 Storehouse Row.
Charleston Home Market features decorative arts this weekend
By Daily Journal Staff
Charleston Home Market, a new event that highlights decorative arts, will take place Saturday at 10 Storehouse Row at the former Navy base.
The market lasts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature lectures, exhibits and demonstrations highlighting the work of local decorative arts designers and crafters. Admission costs $10, which includes all lectures and demonstrations.
Arts will include contemporary furniture, glass, carpentry, innovative lighting and textiles. Many of the vendors participating in the market are based at the Navy Yard at Noisette.
Trade demonstrations include The Philip Simmons Foundation, which creates ornamental ironwork; Michael James Moran’s transformation of trees into modern furnishings; Charleston Stone & Woodcarving’s carving of a traditional acanthus leaf design; and Cone 10 Studios’ lecture on design elements in contemporary pottery.
Speakers include Judith Miller, an international antiques expert, and Susan Sully, an expert on Southern style.
Charleston Home Market is organized by Charleston Home magazine and presented in association with the Navy Yard at Noisette, the American College of Building Arts, the city of North Charleston, the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and The Urban Electric Co.
In conjunction with the Charleston Home Market, events for interior designers, architects and buyers will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at 10 Storehouse Row. American College of Building Arts founder John Paul Huguley, Miller and Charleston Green Committee chairman James Meadors will participate in lectures for professional attendees.
The weekend kicks off with events from 5 to 8 tonight during the Upper King Design District Fall Design Walk in downtown Charleston.
