Conflikt 5 will once again have a fabulous dealers room.
We are extremely pleased to announce the following confirmed dealers for Conflikt 5!
Friends of Filk is a non-profit volunteer organization which was created
by filkers in the Pacific Northwest who could not afford to travel to
other regions to hear filk. Rather than having to individually come
up with airfare and hotel expenses to hear filkers from other parts of
the country, we said, "Why not raise money to bring THEM here?"
At the same time, the folks at Firebird expressed their intention to stop
taking their dealers table to science fiction conventions and we were
faced with the prospect of a filk drought in our area, or having to pay
to have our filk shipped to our various homes. With some negotiation, we
formed Friends of Filk which would keep the Firebird tapes (yes, this
was back in the dark ages when filk came on cassettes and we huddled
around the gaslight listening to our tapes) available at local conventions
and the funds raised from the table sales would go to bringing music guests
to our conventions in the Pacific Northwest. Over the years we have
sponsored guests such as Meg Davis, Heather Alexander, Michael Longcor,
Peter Beagle, Tempest, Golden Bough, The Duras Sisters, Uffington Horse,
Tania Opland & Mike Freeman at conventions in Portland, Oregon,
Seattle, Spokane, and Vancouver, Washington. We now carry CDs from
Prometheus Music as well as CDs from local filk performers in addition
to merchandise from Firebird.
So feel free to stop by the table, buy some music, or....volunteer some
time and have some input into who should be our next music guest!
- Bansai8 Creations
Bansai8 Creations is the result of an engineer's love of sewing natural
fabrics, leather and whimsy. I enjoy the design and fabrication process to
creating new & unique items, and am thrilled when others appreciate my
attention to detail and quality materials and workmanship.
I draw inspiration from many sources, including friends & clients asking
'can you make... ?'. And some of my interests in Sci-Fi, Steampunk & Fae
are translated into a variety of goods including silk screened guitar/ukelele
straps, wrist bands, and hand embossed silk velvet scarves & leather
goods, and cat toys.
I design & fabricate everything myself in my smoke-free home in Seattle,
WA, and sell through my websites:
www.bansai8creations.net and
www.steambansai.net
and my Etsy shop 'bansai8creations', and sometimes vending at local
conventions or concerts.
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