The Chattanooga Market

The Chattanooga Market is not a flea market or a county fair.  The management of the Market will not allow any works commonly associated with those venues.

WHAT MAY BE SOLD?
Craft review is based on the following four standards:
• Items must be handmade, grown or gathered (natural materials) by the seller or family member. The handcrafted component must dominate the commercial component, and the commercial components must be transformed in a way that makes the work unique.
• Items must be of original, unique work or design.
• The starting material must be significantly altered and enhanced by the artisan.
• The product must meet basic expectations of product life, function and safety.

ACCESSORIES

Beadwork: Stringing single strands of commercial beads will be allowed based on creativity of design, pattern, color and texture.
Belt buckles, commercial: Plain, unmarked commercial buckles must be attached to a vendor-made belt and may not be sold separately.
Belts, commercial: Plain commercial belts must be displayed and sold attached to a vendor-made buckle.
Machine embossing is not acceptable.
Buttons, badges, and pins: Each button, pin or badge must be the original artwork of the seller.
Jewelry: commercial components must be secondary to original handcrafted components. No unaltered commercial stone settings are permitted. Commercial bell caps, commercially made pendants, fetishes or ornaments, half-drilled beads on posts or commercial stud earrings are among the components that are not allowed unless they are incorporated in a handmade component which causes them to become secondary in the piece of jewelry.
Gemstones, unmounted: Unmounted stones not cut by the vendor must be displayed separately with a note to the public that such stones are for custom orders only. They may not be sold otherwise.
Hats: Commercial straw hats either decorated or undecorated may not be sold.

CLOTHING

Clothing sold at Market must be made by the artisan. Commercially made and bought clothes that have been extensively embroidered, dyed or printed by the artisan are acceptable. Imported fabrics made into clothing by the vendor are also acceptable.
T-shirts: The sale of t-shirts will not be permitted unless each is an individual piece of work. Tie-dye and hand painted are typically two types that will be permitted.

HOME ORNAMENTS AND ACCESSORIES

Candles: Must be hand-dipped or molded.
Decoupage: Must be the original work of the vendor.
Flowers, dried: Commercial dried flowers are not acceptable as the dominant component in an arrangement. Unarranged dried flowers may use no commercial flowers.
Frames, hand-crafted: All artwork sold with frames  must be the original artwork of the vendor.
Knives: Knives and other associated blade work will be addressed on an individual basis.
Tiles: Must be handmade by the vendor.

PLANTS
Living plants are sold as an agricultural product only. Chattanooga Market management must approve any exceptions.

SERVICES
Services such as chair massage, psychic readings, portrait sketches, etc. are acceptable. If a service requires a license, it is the vendor’s responsibility to provide approved license and compliance with all regulations of said license before set-up.

STUFFED TOYS
Hand-made stuffed toys may be sold at the Market. Commercially bought dolls, stuffed animals and toys are not to be sold or included as a component in any product sold at Chattanooga Market. They may be used only to display items such as doll clothes made by the craftsperson.  Also, commercial doll clothes can only
be sold on a handmade doll.

MISCELLANEOUS

Kits: No commercial kits.
Molds: Commercial molds are not allowed in the making of any products. Molds must be the original design of the vendor. Exceptions to this will be up to the Chattanooga Market management based on artistic merit.
Raw Materials: Such as slabs of wood, stone, clay, commercial beads, fabric, etc. are not acceptable for selling at Chattanooga Market to the general public but can be displayed with other acceptable work, with sign clearly stating that the item is “For Display Only”.
Tumbled Rocks/Stone Slabs: Can only be sold if gathered from their natural location and crafted by the seller.
Reproductions: Commercially manufactured reproductions of original art (i.e. lithographs, silk screening, etc.) are permitted if original artwork of the same general classification is simultaneously displayed or offered for sale. Commercially recorded tapes of musical performances are permitted as long as the performer is the seller. Commercially published written works are permitted as long as the author is the seller and another does not extensively illustrate the work. Authors are encouraged to sign and date
each copy of their work sold.
Pipes and other Paraphernalia: The Chattanooga Market prohibits the sale or advertisement for sale of any drug paraphernalia. This specifically includes the sale of any pipes made of any material.
Computer Art: Commercial computer art such as clip art, fonts, scanned art or other commercial designs are considered as a commercial component of any crafted ware and must be significantly transformed in a way that makes the final product unique.