Photostory: South East Punk Flea Market rocks Augusta
The Southeastern Punk Flea Market came to Augusta over the weekend, bringing together a wide of artists, artisans, musicians and unconventional vendors to celebrate alt culture. Photos by Skyler Andrews
The Southeastern Punk Flea Market came to Augusta over the weekend, bringing together a wide of artists, artisans, musicians and unconventional vendors to celebrate alt culture.
Augusta’s iteration of the punk-themed bazaar set up shop at the Doubletree Hotel at 2651 Perimeter Pkwy Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Based in Greenville, S.C., the Southeastern Punk Flea Market started some 10 years ago and tours throughout the region, coming to Augusta in 2022. Organizers estimated the event drew some 700 people came as of Saturday afternoon, including kids under 12, who get in free.
The Southeast Punk Flea Market, based in Greenville, SC, opened up in Augusta for the weekend at the Double Tree Hotel on Perimeter Parkway. Photo by Skyler Andrews.A table of patches for sale at the South East Punk Flea Market in Augusta. Photos by Skyler Andrews.Licensed taxidermist Shelly Strickland (central upper photo) crafts gothic and horror-themed dioramas for her Martinez-based novelty shop Atropos Media Works, with mice bred to feed captive reptiles. “Since they’re born in a lab, I feel like nobody ever loved them in their first life, and I imagine them in there, of all these things they couldn’t do,” she said. “They’ve never seen the sun. They’ve never felt the grass on their feet… I feel like this way, in their ‘second life,’ somebody might cherish them. And it makes people smile.” Photos by Skyler Andrews.From left, textile art on display from Whistlepig Art & Knife, paintings from local artist Tiphiknee De Herrera, and the Cyber City Cyber Punks roller derby team raises funds selling merch at the SE Punk Flea Market. Photos by Skyler Andrews.Piece by Florida-based artist Sammy thrashLife at the Augusta Punk Flea Market. Florida artist Sam “thrashLife” North began making art as part of his recovery from years of heroin use. “I don’t do 12-step meetings, I do this,” said the Georgetown Law School alumnus, who is celebrating a year clean. “Each one of these paintings is basically the story of what I’m going through in that moment.” Photo by Skyler Andrews.
Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter covering business for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.
Skyler Andrews is a bona fide native of the CSRA; born in Augusta, raised in Aiken, with family roots in Edgefield County, S.C., and presently residing in the Augusta area. A graduate of University of South Carolina - Aiken with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he has produced content for Verge Magazine, The Aiken Standard and the Augusta Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Amid working various jobs from pest control to life insurance and real estate, he is also an active in the Augusta arts community; writing plays, short stories and spoken-word pieces. He can often be found throughout downtown with his nose in a book, writing, or performing stand-up comedy.
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