I love the latest work from Bario Neal, the Philly-based jewelry design studio. All of their pieces are made from reclaimed precious metals and ethically sourced stones.
They have an online shop full of beautiful wedding bands, engagement rings, earrings, bracelets and pendants. They are also available for custom work.
This qualifies as over-achieving but if you’re inclined, Design Sponge posted a complete how-to for embroidering this constellation table runner. Get to it people!
Designer/artist Job Wouters and his son, Gradus tackle the alphabet in this fun video piece, “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz“. Gotta say, I am INTO that kid’s writing style. So much more fun to watch than his pop. It’s worth hanging on for the w.
Film by Roel Wouters. Thanks to Elizabeth for the heads up about this!
Chris Holmes, a former employee of a British airport (Stansted), decided to make a change and pursue his dream career of baking — and used this cake to submit his resignation.
The Green Vase, a floral studio and styling business based in Riverdale, NY, also offers beautiful handmade paper flowers from their online shop. Items range from single flowers for $38 to custom bouquets for $300.
Oyyo is a Swedish design studio that works with craftspeople in Jodhpur, India to produce these dhurries (woven carpets), made completely by hand with 100% organic cotton and vegetable dyes. Oyyo will be opening an online shop this May to debut their new collection No. 1, for now, keep an eye on their site. Beautiful work.
Seats are selling fast for our next workshop — an exciting collaboration with my friends, the talented letterpress goddesses of Regas Studio. Tuesday, March 19th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Regas Studio in Manhattan.
We’ll do an intro to modern calligraphy with Paperfinger, then hands-on demos of how to use a traditional Vandercook letterpress. Each participant will get to print some beautiful bookplates and adorn them with their new calligraphy skills.
All the details here: paperfingerworkshop.brownpapertickets.com. Registration is $150 per person, including all supplies, complimentary glass of wine and the much needed cookie accompaniment.
Hope you can join us! If you can’t, or no spots remain, let us know if you’re interested in another Paperfinger/Regas workshop and we will try to schedule another one within the week! (Email hello@paperfinger.com).
