Friday, July 28, 2023

Meet Martin

Meet Martin Yes, meet Martin the post card guy most Saturdays and Sundays at Mowers flea in the heart of Woodstock. People, from all over the world, stop by and visit his booth. They ask for a post card from a particular location and odds are, he has a post card or two to represent their favorite little town. But then the fun begins. Martin will ask a question about the post cards location and then a wonderful conversation ensues between strangers about life, somewhere on our planet. Caution, don’t ask Martin about a henway.

Friday, July 07, 2023

Coming Soon- New Web Site

Our 46th season has, thus far, been a season to test the patience of many. Mother Nature rules the weather and we try our best to triangulate a few different human generated forecasts - thus making our decisions about opening quite a challenge. Adding to that, we just learned that the web site that has hosted our web page is going out of business. If you are searching for our web page in the next few days and it doesn’t come up- it’s in the migration process. We can easily be reached at woodstockfleamarket@hvc.rr.com and messages can be left at 845-679-6744

Friday, May 19, 2023

Opening Weekend May 20 and 21 2023

We are so excited to get our 46th season of fleamarketing open this weekend. Of course, as always- we are open weather permitting. We have a wonderful line up of makers and sellers of all sorts of this and that. Follow our social media pages for up to date images of the makers and sellers who are part of our flea. Mowerssaturdayfleamarket on Instagram and Mowers Saturday Sunday fleamarket on FB. The easiest way to get in touch with us is email Woodstockfleamarket@hvc.rr.com. Our phone message machine is the best way to find out if we are open or closed due to the weather 845-679-6744. Our location on google maps or gps is 11 Maple Lane Woodstock NY See you at the market.

Monday, March 27, 2023

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Best of Flea Market Home and Living Magazine.

Boy, were we excited and pleasantly surprised to see Mowers Saturday Sunday flea market mentioned on page 127 of a recent issue of The Best of Flea Market Home and Living Magazine. A friend who lives in Florida sent along the photos. Then, our daughter found the magazine in one of the Kingston big box stores. Imagine- that is nationwide recognition. It looks like we are in some pretty good company! We are open thru October 2022, weather providing. Mowerssaturdayfleamarket.com, woodstockfleamarket@hvc.rr.com, 845-679-6744

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Meet Gat and Ranaan

Gat and Ranaan Gabriel 

Gat and Ranaan are part of a new crew of vendors at the flea market this year.  As they tell their story,

“This has been our first season and we are very happy to be here. We arrived in Woodstock three years ago, just about half a year before COVID hit, and since then we’ve been waiting for the opportunity to meet the wonderful community and local residences. Woodstock has been the perfect location between the market’s vibe and all of the people who pass through. We’re grateful to be able to show our community what we do. “

As part of my interview, I ask for a little background as to how our vendors began the journey to where they are today – selling their creations  at the flea market.

“Starting as graphic designers, we both walked our own artistic paths, until we settled in Woodstock and started our collaboration: Word Paintings. We paint words. Visualizing the meaning of ‘words’ is the center of our work, revealing the accents and meaning through shapes, forms, colors, and composition.

We begin our Word Paintings with a single word (though every now and then we use a short phrase). It can be any word yet we find ourselves more drawn to those that which people often forget how powerful they really are. We’re interested in the way we experience them; that is where you feel meaning, a presence, a physical feeling and power that a word can give. With this ‘code’ we start our visual adventure. Think about ‘SOUL’, ‘WE’, ‘BREATHE’, or ‘MOM&DAD’. Think of the emotions that come with reading these words and you can start imagining the vast fields of creativity that are waiting to be explored. Our medium consists of a mix between digital artwork as well as oil and acrylic painting and pencil. The outcome is a sort of conclusion, the sum of both the spiritual & physical means, in other words, a PAiNTiNG.”

Lastly,  I always ask What do you like about being at the flea market?

“Besides meeting all the people who gather at the flea, we love and are grateful for all the feedback and support we received. It’s honestly priceless. We present a selection of our works and introduce new words every week, and in turn receive responses which are truly spectacular. These just continue to encourage us to create more works. Thank you! And please visit us in person or also online! :)”

Gat and Raanan @gat_raanan rg-wordsmith.com