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Independent Artists.TRANSCRIPT
Marianne Larochellephotographer
vécuIndependent Artists.
January 2011
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Blydesign www.blydesign.com
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38 Cover Photo | Marianne LarochelleModel | Penelope
WHAT’S INSIDE6 Papaya Mixed Media Art
8 PoppyTalk Handmade Curated Online Marketplace
12 GoodSociety Denim with a Cause
15 Cate Parr Fashion Illustrator Artist
24 Toujours Toi-Family Affairs Fashion Designer
38 Sugar & Fluff Design House
50 Lightness of Being Vivenne Mok
62 Shaina Mote Fashion Designer
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vécuIndependent Artists.
.PUBLISHERColeman Media Group
EDITOR-IN-CHEIFDelina [email protected]
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEMelissa [email protected]
CONTRIBUTING TALENT
Marianne LarochellePhotographer
Vivienne MokPhotographer
Nina Egli | Fashion DesignerToujours Toi-Family Affairs
Shaina Mote | Fashion DesignerShaina Mote Collection
Aasim, Tarek, AndreaSugar Fluff Design House
Jan & Earl | FoundersPoppytalk Handmade
Ryan ShantzGoodSociety
Cate ParrIllustrator Artist
Gina & Anahata KatkinPapaya Mixed Media Artists
Graphic Spaces
Elza | Another Magical DayCustom Art Dolls ph
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MARKETPLACE
JOURNAL Musings Large$15
ART Art Panel Print$16
papaya
Creative Abandon is our credo.
In 2003 PAPAYA! was founded by Gina & Anahata Katkin. A mother/daughter team armed with a vision of Creative Abandon and a heap of determination.PAPAYA! started with just 20 blank greeting card designs in a southern California dining room. Many of the designs originated from Anahata’s handmade art journals and were adapted for print.Knowing they wanted to share a visual perspective of global culture, brave imagery, and powerful color, PAPAYA! was born.Today, PAPAYA! is celebrated all over the world by retailers and fans alike. PAPAYA! is now a thriving manufacturer enjoying a constant stream of new ideas, inspirations, materials, and added artists.
To view the entire collection go to www.papayaart.com
GICLEE Carpe Diem - 14x14Giclee $48
TINS Thank You Post Card Tins $14
MARKETPLACE
poppytalk handmade
handmadepoppytalk
A showcase to buy and sell handmade goods from emerging design talent around the world.
STITCHOGRAPHIECustom Love Equation $34
oppytalk Handmade is a curated online
marketplace to showcase, buy and sell handmade
goods of emerging design talent from around the
world. Our market provides emerging designers and
artists an opportunity to connect with consumers,
retail buyers, stylists, personal shoppers and the
press. It was launched after we noticed how difficult
it was to find good designed work within the sea
of online shops. We are a design-oriented team
dedicated to showcasing and promoting emerging
design talent. Our blog, Poppytalk is our voice.
We are proud to be “the original curated marketplace” (having come up with the concept
first) and are proud to be number one for bringing
the best results to it’s participants! Now in our
second year, we are dedicated to supporting
emerging artists by giving them a “fair” and
best option to have their work seen online.
THE PAPER THEIVES2011 Bunny Calendar $25p
NEST PRETTY THINGSBella Headband $24
COUCOU SALUTTeal Marquee Pillows $25
KATE ENDLECollage $25
View more handmade artists atwww.poppytalkhandmade.com
“Think of our marketplace like a launching pad to brand new products or a new shop.”
1 Remain as original as possible; stay true to yourself. 2 Participate in and support a community of like-minded people/makers.
3 Think of more than one way to make a living with your craft/idea, get creative.
4 Make/think of something new to make/create every month; stay current or better yet, stay ahead!
5 Dream big!
We rent out “virtual tables” (much
like an art/craft market) to artists/
designers for a one month period
(or more) where all items on
these “virtual tables” are linked
to each artists online shop (e.g.
etsy, dawanda, big cartel, etc.).
Each artist then sells directly to
the buyers our site sends to their
virtual table at our market and
subsequently their own online site.
One can think of our marketplace
like a launching pad to brand new
products or a new shop. Perhaps
you are a new designer/artist/
shop and you wish to introduce
your new product/company/
shop to our audience. Or maybe
you are an established artist and
you wish to introduce a new
series of your work through us.
Jan’s 5 Tips
HOW THE
MARKET WORKS
SCOUT & CATALOGUEThe Storm Scarf $88
Jan & Earl
Poppytalk Founders
GIVING BACK
goodsociety
“GoodSociety is a
community of free thinking
individuals who live for the
greater good.
We band together to inspire
noble living, effect social
change, and we prefer to do
it in style.
We are a fully sustainable,
fully organic clothing
company who cares about
the world around us.
We believe in simple living,
contagious giving and
freedom for all.”
GOODSOCIETYWomens Slim Phinney $109
Organic
Our certified organic denim begins with approximately 1000
independent farmers in India. These farmers are taught
sustainable farming practices that are pesticide and fertilizer
free. This is one of the many stories of our denim that we love.
It’s Good to Give
It’s better to give than to receive. But there’s nothing
wrong with a little bit of both. For every pair of
jeans purchased, Goodsociety will give a quarter
to someone in need. That’s ¼ of our profits, not an actual
quarter. That would be cheap.
Compassion
Our passion is to create a line that makes a lasting
difference. Fashion evolves and our fine organic denim
eventually wears out. It’s the projects that we give to can
have a lasting impact on individuals and generations.
Giving profits is exciting to us, but getting a chance to spend
time working with the people and organizations we support
really allows us to see and feel the impact that is happening.
Our Journey
A few years ago Ryan Shantz, Goodsociety’s Main Good
Guy, came across a children’s home in the Himalayan
mountains of northern India. “The children there were
incredible! Despite having almost nothing, they loved life
and made the most of what they had.” Today Goodsociety
has been helping to support this home along with other
projects that value the idea that there is enough in this world
to go around and that loving others is an end unto itself. It
was through stories like this, with the Goodsociety
team, that we found a group of passionate individuals
wanting to make a difference. Our decision, to give a quarter
of anything we make away.
The vision is simple, to give people the ability to have
an impact through a simple everyday decision. We love
our denim and we love to be apart of helping others. We
know that there are a lot of other amazing people in
the world that want to give back as well, which is why
we are working to create a way for each person to
be included in making a difference. Artist, musician,
involved in volunteering, or just love bantering around
ideas in the pub, everybody can share the story and
everybody can be involved in the movement of spreading
good. Join us in making a difference and knowing that we
can do more when we work together.
“love. will. do good”
GOOD SOCIETYWomens Slim Phinney $109
View the entire collection atwww.goodsociety.org
INDIE ART
DESIGNER SCOUT
The fall winter 10 collection is darkly romantic and a little mystical with a muted colour palette ; inspired by the snow-covered valleys and rich velvet details seen in Roman Polanski’s 1967 film “Fearless Vampire Killers”.
The heroine of Moon River is holed up in a mountain house made of wood - simple and honest, in a pristinely beautiful setting with snow and mountains all around. Sitting at the kitchen table with a fire going, tea, cake and a fat cat by her side, reflecting on the ocean voyages she’s taken and enjoying the peace and beauty of being in nature.
Her wardrobe reflects each place and moment: the sea represented by the Overboard coat, Siren Song dress, then the Homeward dress and the mountains, the Willow shirt, Juniper jacket and Snow and Honey dress. Fluid fabrics: chiffon, crepe, gabardine and jersey are mixed with solid pieces in wool, twill and velvet.
Toujours Toi – Family Affairs is manufactured in New York City
Touj
ours
Toi
– F
amily
Affa
irs
toujours toi
family affairs
www.toujours-toi-family-affairs.com
photography Philipp Mueller www.phmphoto.comhair & make-up Nicola@stylecouncilmodel Nat@optionstyling Nina Egliassistant styling Eva Bühler
Together, Nina and Kaya Egli form Family Affairs. A mother and daughter, they draw on their combined experience in fashion and design. Kaya Egli opened her first store selling her own designs and vintage clothing at the age of 20 in Marseille. She went on to become the in house designer for The Beatles iconic Apple shop in London. Nina Egli, already with her own line of jewelry Toujours Toi, made a natural progression into ready to wear, and a transatlantic design partnership evolved; with Nina based in New York and Kaya in Switzerland. From New York, Nina gathers and sends packages of visual inspiration: essence, fabrics, colours, and shapes, across the seas to Kaya and the process begins to take shape. Then delving into Kaya’s archives they pull designs, which they adjust and refine to create the bone structure of each piece.
anothermagical day
MARKETPLACE
“I am the inventor of magic things and traveler in this beautiful world.”
-Elza
View the entire collection atwww.etsy.com/shop/Elze
THE KISS Art Doll $250
One of a Kind Art Dolls
CUSTOM ART DOLL Couple $250
MARKETPLACE
ur finely handcrafted Woodland Bookends are an adorable family heirloom piece perfect for any room. Our unique mixed wood composition brings richness, warmth and modern playful style to any environment. Each body is laser cut from walnut, then precisely inlayed with birch and okoume hardwoods. Bodies are attached to 1/2” thick northern hard maple with rounded corners and no exposed metal fasteners. Multiple coats of shellac, hand sanding, more shellac and a final beeswax buffing after assembly, all combine to achieve a level of distinct smoothness and softness never expected from wood. Bottoms are lined with protective cork and branded with a birthdate and our signature Graphic Spaces mark of excellence.
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WOODLAND FOREST FOX Single $80
WOODLAND FOREST FRIENDS Pair $130
View the entire collection at www.etsy.com/shop/graphicspaceswood
graphic spaces
DESIGN
Sugar and Fluff is known for artist ic and l ively energy with a heartfelt respect for the beauty of the arts and crafts.
sugar& fluff DESIGN HOUSE
We’re storytellers, innovators, crafters and graphic designers all tailored to your vision.We are a “power” event design house that has an incredible focus on going above and beyond. Educated in the field of Fine Arts and Graphic Design, our work consists of contrasting elements of tradition, modernity, romance and elegance. We work very closely with a team of design vendors to ensure your dream project becomes a reality. We enjoy creating projects that are beautiful for the eye to see.
For the Forky Fork event we wanted to combine all of this years trends…and literally put a fork in it :) We wanted to utilize mustaches, bow-ties, paper garlands, mason jars, and balloons all in one shoot…and you surprisingly get eye candy for everyone. Look closely and you can see how every detail was put to good use!
Event Design and Styling : Sugar and FluffPhotography: Christine FarahFlowers: Floral OccasionsCake: Some Crust BakeryHair and Make up: Christina Hernandez Invitations: : Sugar and FluffBalloon Dress: Ashley Taddei on etsyIce Cream Chandelier: Anna Marie FrancescoVintage Props: Ribbons and RustVenue: Hold Out Ranch
The Fluffs
Aasim, Tarek, Andrea
“We are confident that our industry is buckling down for newer trends and
moving the ‘something old and something
new’ into a new frontier.”
Our colors were very vibrant and based off of a
beautiful bow necklace found at Anthropologie. We
also used bow-ties as a major theme in the shoot…
as you can tell our cake had hand-made bow-ties
tapering down! To complete the look, we found
some amazing bow-tie rings at a flea market. We
were even able to scrounge up a mustache ring! Our
bouquet was filled with all kinds of amazingness
of color and pretty including some doorknobs and
birds. Finally, we managed to find a chandelier
with ice cream cones! They were perfect because
they matched our color palette to the tee. We even
exhausted the balloon idea with a dress made of
them! Each balloon was blown up and then popped
to give an effect that the dress was popped by a fork.
sugar& fluff DESIGN HOUSE
DESIGNER SCOUT
shaina mote
fashion designer
Shaina Mote was born and raised in Los Angeles halfway in the city, halfway in the country on a ranch hidden in the mountains. Childhood was idyllic and creative, weaving baskets from pine needles and crafting boats from the exotic leaves of trees that her dad saved, riding the horses her mother rescued from poor care situations. Not surprisingly, Shaina discovered the art of finding the beauty in items discarded or uncared for. These unusual items such as lost charms or old, worn tee shirts served as her first materials with which she explored jewelry and clothing design. Shaina is a self-taught designer and seamstress, relying on innate ways of constructing that resulted in unusual and one of a kind pieces. After creating individually unique pieces, Shaina began to feel the gears grinding down the creative process. During a stint in Paris, she made a decision to set her sights at a small, local and earth sensitive production of easy, dreamy and vital pieces. Currently, Shaina is working on her namesake collection, Shaina Mote, and living in her hand built house of glass bottles.
model: milena iliena @ wilheminaphotographer: samantha westlocation: long island sound, new yorkView the entire collection at
www.shainamote.com
eden dress
chevron blouse, sorrel skirt
foret blouse, stovepipe pants
river dress
eden dress, hunter anorak
velveteen dress
ma vie dans le rosephotography Marianne Larochellemodels Penelope, Raphaelle, Elizabeth
