Journal

The 2023 Limited Edition Gift Set: Our Garden to Your Kitchen

November 9, 2023

"Anything worth doing is worth obsessing over." That's a 'Peter-ism', as we call them, or one of the eminently quotable one-liners attributed to my dad's kid brother, Peter, who isn't a kid anymor...

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Building the Hallie in Wood

November 4, 2023

Translating the Hallie light into black walnut connected us to our roots in the Hudson Valley.

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Mugwort: A Color Story

October 20, 2023

What is a neutral? There are the commonly accepted neutrals: white, gray, beige, brown, black. And then there are the colors that are neutrals in function, but not necessarily in form. Maroon, navy...

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The Mind of the Maker: Bonnee Pecquex, Florabundance

October 12, 2023

Engaging with the natural world has always been very important to me, and I love to be immersed in Nature. Eco Printing is the combination of all of these ideas. 

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Returning to Old Ways to Unlock Sustainability

September 1, 2023

This soap is the epitome of old school. It's soap how it used to be made — no frills, all function — and we love it alongside your kitchen sink. It's also extremely sustainable, and has minimal bio...

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The Mind of the Maker: Lilah Friedland of Invisible Hand Press

August 18, 2023

"Kids are not very concerned with anyone other than their friends and family liking what they made, not how it compares to anything in the wider world. I don’t know if that’s called lack of ambitio...

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Summer Pasta Salad

August 11, 2023

This morning I was harvesting tomatoes in the garden, pulling weeds and cursing out hornworms. August is when my garden takes over from me. Or, rather, I resign to it. What hasn’t worked this year...

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The Power of Gesture

August 3, 2023

Work that evokes gesture quickens the heart rate and demands a pause, however brief.

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The Mind of the Maker: Jessica Weinberg, Firehouse Pottery Co.

July 27, 2023

Hi Jessica! Can you share how your practice, Firehouse Pottery Co., took shape and what led to the work you do today?  I started Firehouse Pottery Co. in 2019 and, at the time, I was planning to o...

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