NY Handmade Collective’s (NYHC) second edition of “READY SET SUMMER” puts a focus on recycled/sustainable one-of-a-kind artisanal crafts.
READY SET SUMMER, a unique, pop-up shopping experience and collaboration between NY Handmade Collective (NYHC) and Grand Bazaar NYC will kick off summer on Sunday, May 6th from 10:00 am – 5:30 at 100 West 77th Street and Columbus Avenue in Manhattan.
Shoppers will find a diverse selection of exceptional merchandise from nearly 40 vendors, including moleskin journals and notebooks featuring hand-drawn treasure maps with an ancient feel, and meticulously embellished, three-dimensional, vintage-style collage cards. Handcrafted, oil tanned and vegetable tanned leather items put an emphasis on craftsmanship. Fabulous fabrics and vintage trims are worked into hair accessories and fascinators. Ceramics play with color and organic forms. Amazing skincare products are natural, pure and organic.
NY Handmade Collective also takes great pride in our eco-friendly ,sustainable artisans and has chosen to highlight some of the outstanding items. “As April 22nd, Earth Day, is a short memory away it reminds us of the importance to shop brands throughout the year that do not contribute to water contamination or energy waste. We hope visitors will find ways to incorporate more environmentally friendly products in their everyday lives”, said Sandrine Valentine, Events Director for NY Handmade Collective.
Azsai Zero Waste Clothing
Azsai, an emerging zero waste clothing brand is focused on limited edition capsules made with high quality locally/ethically sourced materials, repurposed fabrics and remnants.Entrechat Dance features a lovely assortment of lace ballet skirts, ballet shoe bags, and hair accessories-all handmade with laces sourced from a 6th generation lace house and ribbons woven in the USA. All designs are vegan and do not contain any animal products-no fur, feathers, leather, silk or wool.
Entrechat Dance Accessories
Childrens wear, kitchen linens, pillows and tote bags with cheerful patterns in bright colors from Titiluli are hand screen printed using high quality water- based, nontoxic inks. Named after the 1937 Singer sewing machine or “la máquina” used to create her collection, Maquina37 believes representation builds a child’s sense of identity with handmade cloth dolls in natural raw cottons that celebrate diversity. Patchwork quilts are created using the beautiful left over materials and pair perfectly with the dolls.
Titiluli Accessories
The sweetest Maquina37 handmade doll
Drawn to nostalgic American images, strong female figures, beautiful florals, architectural details, and all things whimsical, Curious Vintage Shoppe breathes new life into canceled vintage postage stamps in a collection of one-of a kind earrings and necklaces.
Curious Vintage Shoppe Earrings
VioletRae Recycled Silver Bracelet
Biomorphic abstraction and ergonomic are among the words used to describe the one-of-kind pieces from VioletRae crafted out of recycled silver. Androgynous pieces from Sandrine B. Jewelry are molded from nature, inspired by discarded objects such as leaves and branches collected on NYC walks, sea shells and recycled fishnets collected on overseas travel to her native Corsica, locally cast using upcycled/eco-friendly metals.
Sandrine B. Jewlery Seaweed Necklace
Eco-friendly products for the home and office from SimplyNu include pillows made from up-cycled textiles, unique tabletop and hanging clocks made from reclaimed wood, hand-cut coasters and serving platters made with salvaged slate. Softly sculptured plush toys include narwhales, polar bears, and manatees-all made with eco felt and organic US cotton stuffing. A collection of eco-felt mobiles include arctic animals, jungle animals and lady bugs with bees.
SimplyNu Elephant Plush
SimplyNu Slate Coasters
Using materials diverted from a lifetime in a landfill, Reclaimed & Recycled remains committed to sustainability making highly stylish and useful products. Rustic American flags, decorative autumnal leaves, animal shapes and NYC subway-inspired monograms combine reclaimed pine and charred woods, hand stained, hand painted, carved and whittled.
Reclaimed&Recycled US Flag
Using scraps of paper, fabric and found objects that are cut and pasted Wallcojr creates one-of-a-kind collage artwork and clothing with playful themes. Ceja Designs decorates greeting cards, light switch plates, masks and papier-mâché animals with emphemera from the 1700’s to 1900’s.
Wallcojr Artwork
For further information and a complete list of the vendors: Ready, Set, Summer, 2018
About the NY Handmade Collective
Created in the summer of 2007, the NY Handmade Collective (NYHC) is made up of over 250 artists, designers, and crafters based in the metro New York area who create and sell handmade items on Etsy.com, a global marketplace for handmade and unique goods. NYHC is a vibrant, nonprofit group of regional artisans committed to educating the community and developing the potential of its members through mentorship, market opportunities, and small business development. By focusing on selling events, clarifying the creative process, and the promotion of quality handmade goods, NY Handmade Collective broadens individual possibility while bringing people together, expanding the circle of community in our wider world.
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