Beautiful Things

Beloved makers fair Field + Supply is back in full swing with its Spring MRKT in Kingston, New York, this Memorial Day weekend. We went behind the scenes to see how four vendors create homewares that have folks flocking to shop in person.

- By Hadley Keller, Medgina Saint-Elien, Amanda Sims Clifford and Carisha Swanson. Photographs by Paola + Murray

Soft Goods

White Lodge Studio / @wlodge_studio

I like learning how to use new materials-what works and what doesn't. This experimental attitude is the foundation behind the textile company White Lodge Studio, which Adam Seirup founded with his partner, Sara Mazdzer, last year. Everything the brand produces, from pillows to table linens, is handmade in Brooklyn, where Seirup and Mazdzer find inspiration in the urban landscape and discover new techniques to bring handmade goods to a wide audience.

“We're relatively new to fabric dyeing, so we're in the rule-breaking and problem-solving stage,” Seirup says. “You have to allow yourself to make mistakes-but the results are so encouraging. - Hadley Keller

Ceramics

D-Haene Studio / @dhaene_studio

I try to make something every day, even if it's small and even if it's not to be saved, says Jane Yang-D'Haene, the Korea-born founder of Brooklyn-based D-Haene Studio. Motivated by memory, history, nature, and the minimalist forms of traditional Korean pottery, the ceramist finds calmness in the process of hand building and wheel throwing.