Remember those images of Lehman Brothers staff tossed to the sidewalk with their little boxes of belongings? In the months following, credit dried up and small businesses were starved for the financing needed for growth and hiring, laying the basis for a long grueling recession. THE MOST RECENT CREDIT CRUNCH began in 2008 and reportedly ended this summer. Sogoal Zolghadri produces artful and sometimes irreverent cookies Just one of the many Brooklyn projects raising funds on Kickstarter: It is becoming difficult to grasp the volume of creative energy across the whole of Brooklyn. Williamsburg-based designer Tracey Tanner showed an impressive array of leather products-wallets, clutches, pouches-in an astonishing variety of leather finishes. (And here I was thinking leather essentially came in brown and black. Anyone for sparkling magenta?)Īs a footnote, all the designers featured in this piece in all their diversity work within a one mile radius in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick nexus. Especially notable is her collaboration with a Moroccan master engraver: Maalem and Maalema. Her minimalist designs under the label Lucia Pearl are available IRL in Crown Heights at Marché Rue Dix and online at Etsy. Swooping curls of sterling silver and gold are the creative product of designer Lucia Perluck, shown above in the Emerging Makers area at NY Now. Jewelry definitely appears to be a growth industry in Brooklyn ( viz. our piece from October). Other craftspersons might want to consider how to incorporate similar real-world interactions into their businesses. The style of ceramic is characterized by designer Kevin Wilcoxson as “New Modern,” a derivation of a traditional Japanese Mingei style and highly valued in museum gift shops. Another interesting activity of the studio is the schedule of workshops where participants get hands-on experience in the craft. Wilcoxson Brooklyn Ceramics displayed a wide range of bold, modern tableware in elegant forms and colors created in its Greenpoint studio. It could qualify as Most New York Congratulations ever. Really.” Lovewild founder Sierra Zamarripa insists that was what her grandmother actually said to her. The cards provide charming and sometimes pointed sentiments-a favorite is “I’m so relieved you found someone to marry you. The greeting cards encourage reuse-seeds are embedded in the paper and will actually germinate into tiny wildflower patches when planted in soil. Lovewild characterizes itself as “family-owned, women-run” and has developed a range of handmade products that are highly sustainable. Result: a selection of beautiful products with a Brooklyn origin.Ībove, a Brooklyn-themed card hand-printed by letterpress in the Bushwick studio of Lovewild Design. Our mission: to locate designs and artisans that exemplified the best in handmade creativity. Brooklyn Artisan slipped out of the borough last weekend to attend the massive NY Now wholesale market held at Javits.
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