ARTISTS/DESIGNERS
Anemone Ceramics is the studio practice of Anemone Delvoie in Big Sur, California. Drawing inspiration from the landscape around Big Sur, her childhood in Belgium and the Mediterranean, and her 3 children, Anemone's ceramics are playful, organic and embrace inconsistencies and uniqueness. Anemone believes that handmade objects inspire hope and trust in humanity, divert from capitalism, and that hand crafted artisanal techniques are essential to pass on for the future.
Auntie Oti started was founded by Susan Hahn 2011 with the mission to spotlight traditional “non-designed” everyday Indian items. Inspired by Gandhi and his mantra of rural self-reliance, all of Auntie Oti's fabrics are made by hand using traditional Khadi textiles. Individually woven by local artisans in small, government-sponsored weaving groups on a single loom, each item is unique and embraces the simple practicality of everyday life.
Tadahiro Baba was a Japanese artist and designer who championed the modern use of ancient, traditional Nambutekki (cast iron) techniques. Tadahiro Baba's designs are fabricated at the Saburo Sumitani metalworking cooperative in Takaoka, founded in 1939.
Jordan Hufnagel is a sculptor experimenting with traditional metalworking techniques, light and texture. With a background fabricating cult status bike frames, co-creator of the motorcycle / outdoor brand West America (IYKYK), and a long list of architectural metal projects, Jordan's current focus is more organic and contemplative, and seeks to literally and figuratively reflect lightness. Jordan's metal shop is nestled in the woods near the home he shares with his family, in the Beacon Rock area of the Columbia River Gorge in Washington State.
Linge Particulier is a female founded and owned French Company that uses 100% European Union grown cotton, and produces all their items in France.
PHLOEM STUDIO is a furniture design studio based in the Pacific Northwest, founded by Benjamin Klebba. PHLOEM creates timeless contemporary furniture with an emphasis on natural materials, exceptional craft, and graceful proportions. Each piece of furniture is designed by Benjamin Klebba and his father Ron Klebba. With a reverence for the natural world, an obsession with repetitive processes and patterns, and a priority on comfort, they create simple intentional furniture that explores the lasting relationship between handmade object and our human habitat.
Genevieve Pierson is a filmmaker and photographer based in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington State. She grew up in a tiny town in Northern Wyoming and spent 20 years in Seattle before moving to White Salmon, WA. Obsessed with light and the interplay it has on her world, Genevieve Pierson is constantly in search of documenting it in all it's forms: literally, figuratively, naturally, and imagined. She believes life is meant to be lived slowly and with careful intention, and through her work she seeks to uncover the tenderness, humanity and imperfect beauty of the everyday.
Sabre Paris was founded by Francis and Pascale Gelb in an effort to manufacture cheerful, simple, and elegant flatware to dress up the everyday table.
Sheldon Ceramics, founded by Peter Sheldon, is located in industrial downtown Los Angeles. Sheldon Ceramics looks to the continual forces of time, weather, and industry right outside their door for inspiration, while striving to honor the ancient tradition of pottery from numerous global perspectives, landscapes, and periods of time. All Sheldon's pieces are hand formed on a wheel, and all glazes are custom formulated on site, resulting in heirloom quality pieces.
Studio Ford is a Los Angeles-based textile atelier that celebrates the artful practice of traditional Indian block-printing. Founded in 2017 by Josie Ford, a longtime student of art history and printmaking, the studio’s evergreen frame of reference is one of botanical and geometric observation. Their process is slow, studied, and sincere with timeless works that are heartfelt and handmade. First designed in California, textiles are then produced in close collaboration with local craftspeople in Jaipur, India.
Vitreluxe is the studio practice of Lynn Read, founded in 1999 with a vision to build an advanced glass studio uniquely designed for versatility, creativity, and efficiency. Blending minimalism and functionality, Lynn strives for confident simplicity: letting the glass guide the story, allowing its inherent qualities to shine through. The Vitreluxe studio is located in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon and operates with a deep commitment to sustainability, using an electric glass-melting system powered entirely by renewable energy.
Zizi Ceramics is the Santa Fe based studio practice of Krysta Jabczenski. Rooted in the push and pull between the repetitive motions of production work and the playfulness of intuitive experimentation, Krysta's ceramic works are at once refined and rustic. Her unique matte yet textural glazes have become a hallmark of Zizi Ceramics.
Adam Zeek is an artist living in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. He has worked with wood for over 20 years. While he has practiced many different art forms, recently his focus has been on wood carving. Here he has found a natural flow and joy which he hopes can be experienced in his art.