Come to The Hassle’s Black Market Flea this Sunday from 12-6 & sample the very best of what our finely-curated local vendors have to offer! In the days leading up to the event, we’re going to be featuring some of our favorite vendors on the site to talk about what they’re selling, where they got their inspiration, and how they make their stuff.
Meet Amelia from Merch Merch Merch:
What is it about vintage rock iconography that inspires your work?
For my own creativity and self expression, music and art have always been dueling for importance. My dad was sick with Beatlemania, and I suppose I have a slight era-addiction asthetic. I’m not trying to disclude any decade or genre, I do create designs to make myself laugh though
aw, but they’re cool people
What’s your process like w/ the tees? Are the shirts hand-dyed/printed?
My shirts are all printed by myself, and I use environmentally friendly water-based inks for everything. I bleach dye the fabrics and alter them as well, I’m hoping to design and begin making my own shirts.
Where do you think you’ll take the brand next in terms of style?
I’m excited to see where it goes next, I feel like it has evolved so much this past year and I still feel like I am in the experimental stages. I would love to have a large and diverse catalogue of designs, and I have been trying out some prototypes for bags&handmade apparel.
you would never catch the godfather of soul with starbucks
If you could choose one old-school music legend to wear your print, who would it be, and which print would you have them wear?
I would choose Pete Ham -I have always felt a connection to him musically+cosmically. I would put him in the ‘Mirror’ print because I think it might make him smile
Who would win in a fight out of the two surviving Beatles- Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney?
RINGO
Come check out Amelia’s booth and sooooooo many others this Sunday at the Cambridge Community Center!
