The {NewNew} at Atlantic Antic

As an annual tradition, the Atlantic Antic brings together artists, crafters, makers, chefs, restaurants, and vendors of all shapes and sizes to flood Atlantic Avenue from Hicks to Fourth Avenue in a one day outdoor festival--complete with live music and ... ahem... pony rides {!}

The {NewNew} will have a strong presence at this year's festival - bringing you the very best hand crafted fashion, housewares, jewelry, paper arts and much, much more! As you stroll down Atlantic, look for the blue flags that let you know these items were handcrafted locally! Start the fair at Hicks.....
Between Henry + Hicks you'll find
Silkscreened shirts and dresses from KimmChi paired with decoupage jewelry by Wabisabi Brooklyn - incorporating paper arts and coins from around the world into one of a kind jewelry;
Handcrafted cards, note card sets, journals and now paper weights from Collective Elements;
Soy candles in unique glassware and colorful switch plate covers from LuCrafts paired with hand bound journals from Journalistic Tendencies.

Between Henry + Clinton you'll find
Gocco printed cards and journals from BlueStitch Books as well as handmade clothing by Vyphuis Designs.

Between Clinton + Court you'll find
Screen printed dresses, skirts, bags, and scarves by Better Than Jam; along with innovative jewelry designer Allene La Spina and paper goods creator Molly Shoelace.

Between Boerum + Smith you'll find
Artwork, prints and bags by Claudia G Pearson.

Between Smith + Hoyt you'll find
Handmade soaps and bath essentials by Nordea's Soaperie and handmade jewelry by Jantar.

Between Hoyt + Bond you'll find
Jewelry inspired by NYC from CityBitz as well as refashioned jewelry from The Original Bead Scarf - using vntage neckties and silk scarves to create unique new necklaces and bracelets.

Between Bond and Nevins you'll find
Handmade jewelry by Jill Davis Studio using both sterling silver and gold to create unique jewelry with the theme of home.
Between Nevins and 3rd you'll find
Jewelry by Wish By Felicity; Milkmade's unique wearables made from upcycled milk cardboard bottle caps; and fun pillows and bags by CynthiaLawrence.

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com






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Meet the {NewNew} - Wabisabi Brooklyn

Shop name: Wabibsabi Brooklyn

Shop address: http://wabisabibrooklyn.etsy.com
http://wabisabibrooklyn.com

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is MaryAnne LoVerme and I live in Brooklyn, New York with my husband in our cat's apartment.

What inspires your work?

I find travel really inspiring, and my favorite mode of locomotion is walking. I walk over the Brooklyn Bridge most weekdays. On long walks I usually experience a state I imagine some people achieve through meditation.

Describe your creative and production process.

I make my jewelry in the kitchen, using all sorts of paper, coins, other non-coin metal shapes, and vintage and modern bits and pieces. I choose to work with materials that are not intrinsically valuable because I enjoy the alchemy involved in transforming them into something precious.

What is the first thing you remember making?

A placemat I wove out of paper in kindergarten. I found the whole process amazing.

What first got you interested in jewelry making?

I've always loved turning castoffs into crafts; I've also long harbored a special fondness for pennies. What got me interested in making jewelry was a romantic notion of people around the world wearing the creations I fashioned out of these things. Sort of a salve for an existential crisis!

What's your favorite piece that you've made?

I love how the large round copper pendant with red chiyogami turned out.

What's your favorite handmade possession?

The mittens my husband made me.

When and why did you start your business?

In May 2007. It really started as a way to make a creative outlet self-sustaining. It's grown a bit beyond that, which is great!

If you could see your jewelry on any one person, living or dead, who would it be?

I'm a big movie and television buff, so I'd most love to see my jewelry onscreen. If the producers take Mad Men into the 70s, I'd love to see Joan or Betty rocking some Wabisabi Brooklyn.

Is there a trick or a tool that you just can't live without?

I am addicted to gum and cannot make jewelry without chewing. For real.

What are your best selling items?

My earrings on pennies.

Who's handmade work are you drooling over right now?

I cannot get enough of (teammate) Off the Mat's "Elixir of the Gods," soap. She makes it with food grade chocolate scent, and it literally makes me drool!

Why should people buy handmade?

It tends to be more sustainably created and your dollars more directly benefit the creator of the item. Personally, I love to talk to the person who made what I am buying and finding out about the process and the inspiration behind the work. I love a story!

If you could make a piece that would retail for $10,000, what would it look like?

I love to make intricate, bib-like necklaces, so it would be something in that vein, combining vintage precious metals - some decoupaged, some not. I'm seeing some rose gold - perhaps because I love copper! - chains and round pieces decoupaged with some yellows.

What can we look forward to from Wabisabi Brooklyn in the future?

I'm looking forward to a busy fall season of in-person selling. I'm double booked on certain dates, so I need to find someone to help me sell! You can look forward to an employee search.

What is something about yourself that surprises people when they find out about it?

That I love Jethro Tull. Don't judge. They rule!

What would you like to be doing in ten years?

Sitting in a hot tub in my backyard.





- Jill Davis
jdavisstudio.etsy.com

Halloween with the {NewNew}

As you can see, the {New New} is already thinking spooky thoughts. Halloween offerings from:
Panda with Cookie, Lenny Mud, Pulp Sushi, Caja Jewelry, C Line Creations, J. Topolski, LiPeony, Virginia Kraljevic, and Felt It.

-MaryAnne LoVerme
wabisabibrooklyn.etsy.com
wabisabibrooklyn.com

DIY Halloween Costume: The Black Knight

"T'is but a scratch"

Having shown his warlike tastes by spending his previous Halloweens as a ninja, a War of 1812 ship captain and a Revolutionary War drummer boy, my son decided he would be something humorous last year - the black knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. That was the character in the rather bloody scene where King Arthur discovers his path blocked by a knight who refuses to stop fighting even after all his limbs are cut off. I figured with black jeans, a belt, and a black hooded sweatshirt, this wouldn't take too long to make. I already had a nice big Lord of the Rings plastic greatsword for him to use while he still had his arms, so all he was really going to need was a surcote and a helm after I convinced him he was not going wear one of my real helms from my days in the Society for Creative Anachronism.

Materials for costume for 10 to 12 yr old
Two 22"x40" rectangles of black fabric
9" square of red fabric
3 black craft foam sheets
red and white acrylic paint (acrylic gloss is optional)
x-acto blade
glue gun
masking tape
fabric adhesive spray
sewing machine
ruler

Sew the shoulders of the black fabric together, leaving a nice wide openning for the head and neck. I also sewed a pleat on either shoulder, so the surcote wouldn't hang over my son's arms too much. I cut out two triangular flaps and my son painted the bloody stumps, which turned out well and as his friends remarked admiringly, "Really gross." It took a day to dry, and then I also brushed it with some acrylic gloss. These flaps I sewed underneath the shoulders, so my son could tuck them in or out, depending on when he wished to be armless.
I screen captured the boar on the chest of the black knight's surcote and hand drew it onto the red fabric. Any one could enlarge the picture below instead. I then cut it out, sprayed the back with the fabric adhesive and machine appliqued it to the front.

The helm was made with 3 pieces of black craft foam. The back piece measured 12" wide by 8.5" high. The front piece was 14" wide and came to a point below the chin at 10.25", while it was 8.5 at the sides. I marked the eye and air slits from the back and cut them out with the x-acto blade and a ruler.
The top was an 9" by 7"oval.

I used masking tape to hold the parts together and then made things a lot more permanent with a glue gun. I also cut little circles of foam to be the rivets. I was going to spray it silver but my son liked it the way it was, & so it was done. A nice light helm, good for running about in at school and while trick or treating.

"NONE SHALL PASS!"

Jody

a Studio by the Sea

How-To IKEA Hack: Circular Bulletin Boards

Sometimes you need a quick and easy handmade gift (or to restyle your own desk or studio space), so here is a simple IKEA hack that takes less than an hour and under $5.

Trivet to Bulletin Board


You will need:
IKEA's "Heat" Trivets ($2.99 for the set)
Attractive flat thumbtacks
Scrap fabric larger than the trivets
Glue (I used Magna-Tac, but Tacky glue or hot glue would be good choices)
A drill with large drill bit

First, drill a large hole in each piece of cork about 1" from the edge. These holes need to be large enough for hanging your finished board by either a nail or a push pin.

Next, push your thumbtacks through the fabric along the narrow edge of the cork. Pull the fabric as you go to make a taut and smooth surface on the face of the bulletin board. You will get the best results if you add the tacks evenly with each tack opposite to the one you put before (see example starting order below).
Fill in this pattern until your edge is completely covered with thumbtacks.

At this point, your bulletin boards should look like this.

Flip over your bulletin board, and trim excess fabric to about 1" all the way around.
Glue down the excess fabric around the back. Allow to dry.
You're finished! Here are the three coordinating bulletin boards I made for this tutorial.
Hope you enjoy making this quick project, and please link to photos of your finished bulletin boards or comment to share variations that you come up with.

~Kari
http://ikyoto.etsy.com

Where to Find the {NewNew} September 26 + 27

The first autumn weekend brings you some great markets and fabulous {NewNew} artisans. Check them out at the venues below!

The {NewNew} is back at the famous Brooklyn Flea this weekend where Groundsel, CajaJewelry, and BoxOfJoy will be selling at the Fort Greene location on Saturday and LoellaMedina and Wabisabi Brooklyn will be at the DUMBO location on Sunday.
Fort Greene Location: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues, Brooklyn. Saturday, 10am - 5pm.
DUMBO Location: Water Street and New Dock Street, under the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn. Sunday, 11am - 6pm.

The Brooklyn Indie Market is a charming market where you can find great local artists, including {NewNew} artisans Wabisabi Brooklyn and Fofolle.
Location: Red and white tent at Smith and Carroll Streets, Brooklyn. Saturday, 11am - 7pm.

The New York Anime Festival is an annual anime convention held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan. It features exclusive and extensive anime screenings, guests from America and Japan, manga, cosplay, video games, live-action Japanese cinema, fashion, food, and the cultural treasures that gave birth to Japanese pop culture. Paperelle will be vending and MorriganNYC is a participating designer in Sunday's Neo-Victorian fashion show.
Location: 655 West 34th Street. Friday 1pm - 7pm, Saturday 10am - 7pm, & Sunday 10am - 5pm.

St. Michael's Craft Fair
This Saturday, PandaWithCookie will be at the St. Michael's Craft Fair in Wayne, NJ, so take the opportunity to get away from the city and stop by this fun fair.
Location: 1219 Ratzer Road at Hunchman Avenue, Wayne, NJ. Saturday, 9am - 4pm.

Have a lovely weekend!


Karina
WindowsOfAgate

The New Amsterdam Market

I'm really, really hoping that the boom in independent markets is not a fad. I love them for so many reasons. I love talking to the sellers (often the makers) about what foods would go well with the cheese I just tasted or different ways to prepare the 2lb sweet onion I just bought. I love running into my next door neighbor while checking out the apples and then going to have a cup of hot cider with them. And I truly believe that everything tastes better when it's freshly picked or prepared!


As a wonderful celebration of New York's local food suppliers, the New Amsterdam Market couldn't be a better example of what I'm talking about. Set under the highway just one block north of the South Street Seaport and right in front of the former Fulton Fish Market, it was a glorious conglomeration of fresh and prepared foods, none of which had travelled more than 2-3 hours to get there. Their list of vendors is very impressive. I wish I could convey taste over the internet (don't try licking your computer screens!), but almost everyone had samples out and, if it was in arm's reach, I tried it!

The Orignal Cider from Bellwether Hard Cider was one of the best, light ciders I've ever had. While they aren't in NYC yet, I don't think it'll be long before they are!

The ladies at Liddabit were offering very tasty candies made all the way in... yes... Williamsburg! They had some of the best jellies (think Gummy Bears made with real fruit) I've ever had.

The boys from Stella were busy shucking oysters. They'd lost track of how many they'd done.

The flowers from Native Farm Flowers were absolutely stunning. I think their chaotic bounty of colors felt so anti-Martha, that I wanted to cheer.

One of my favorite displays had to be this colorful string of pasta from The Ravioli Store. Gourmet pasta made in Long Island City!

And not to be missed - The People's Popsicles! The colors of their ice cream are as glorious as their flavor combinations. There's nothing tentative about Cantaloupe & Tarragon!

There were so many other things I tried: cheeses and breads, wines and yogurts, pickles and Maple Bacon Brittle... It was a smorgesboard. If you go, don't think this will fill you up (it is all small bites), but do go with some cash in your wallet because you will find something you want to take home.

While, sadly, the New Amsterdam Market isn't open every weekend, it is now a monthly event. Which is a huge improvement from only once a year. They will be setting up again on October 25th, November 22nd, and December 20th. As it is all outdoors, they will be shutting down over the winter months, but based on the huge turnout I saw last weekend, they will definitely be back in the spring!

luise
warpeDesign

Ahoy Matey!

Fleece pirate monster

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Talk like a pirate day? Yes, really. Why you might ask? Taken straight from the Talk Like a Pirate Day website FAQ,

Q. The big one: WHY?

A. Why not?

Talking like a pirate is fun. It's really that simple. It adds a zest, a swagger, to your every day conversation. Do you need another reason?

Try it out. Let go, have a beer, burp in public. Say "Aarrr!!"

Feels good, doesn't it?

and if you want to get the basics down:

Ahoy! - "Hello!"

Avast! - Stop and give attention. It can be used in a sense of surprise, "Whoa! Get a load of that!" which today makes it more of a "Check it out" or "No way!" or "Get off!"

Aye! - "Why yes, I agree most heartily with everything you just said or did."

Aye aye! - "I'll get right on that sir, as soon as my break is over."

Arrr! - This one is often confused with arrrgh, which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. "Arrr!" can mean, variously, "yes," "I agree," "I'm happy," "I'm enjoying this beer," "My team is going to win it all," "I sa

w that television show, it sucked!" and "That was a clever remark you or I just made." And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!

So you think you've got it? Well, no pirate is complete without pirate accessories...

Pirate path ring

Vintage ship button ring

-Michelle / Dirty Loves Clean

Where to Find the {NewNew} September 19 + 20

The hustle and bustle of Autumn is coming, and with the cooler weather it's a perfect time to do some shopping with the {NewNew}. Check them out at the Brooklyn venues below!

The Brooklyn Flea is always filled with great handmade artists, and this Saturday you can find {NewNew} members Jantar, YaniaCreations, and AdornmentsNYC at the Fort Greene location.
Location: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues, Brooklyn. Saturday, 10am - 5pm.

The Brooklyn Indie Market is a great place to spend a weekend afternoon, so be sure to stop by this lovely Carroll Gardens neighborhood and check out {NewNew} artisans Wabisabi Brooklyn and PandaWithCookie.
Location: Red and white tent at Smith and Carroll Streets, Brooklyn. Saturday, 11am - 7pm.

Party and shop locally throughout September! The Brooklyn Urban Arts Market returns to Clinton Hill on all four Sundays this September. This open-air market will house 50 local artisans, vendors, and entrepreneurs hand-selected for their innovative creations, fresh urban perspective and DIY spirit. {NewNew} artists CollectiveElements and YaniaCreations will be vending at this great event.
Location: Myrtle Avenue between Emerson and Grand near the PrattStore, Brooklyn, NY. Sunday, 12pm - 7pm.

Have a great weekend!


Karina
WindowsOfAgate