Color stained stoneware bowls by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio
This week saw the New York Gift Fair descend on New York City for the second time this year. One of our favourite booths belonged to JOIN - a group of ten independent West Coast-based studios who join together to collectively show their new home goods and personal accessories. This year marked JOIN’s fifth year at the show and their largest booth to date. Read the rest of this entry »
Hitch mirror
For their first solo presentation at ICFF, Lin Morris favorite Grain launched several additions to their in-house collection, as well as new styles, materials and colors of their bespoke Bound mirrors. New work included Hitch, a precision cut mirror threaded and hung from thick manila rope. The piece takes inspiration from the process of threading hang tags - which partners Chelsea Green and James Minola know well from packaging their Chi-Chi necklaces. The design revealed itself while Minola was experimenting with the materials used for their popular Hung mirror.
I spotted these Bound mirrors by Seattle based studio Grain at ICFF back in May. I love how they mix simplicity with intricate craft. Their bound twine edges remind me a lot of the multicoloured African jewelry made from vinyl disc beads. However, despite their African aesthetic, the mirrors are made a little closer to Grain’s home in the Pacific Northwest of the USA from renewable materials including bamboo, wool felt and hemp twine.