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sherwood forest design
6 Oak Lane, Cortlandt Manor, NY
sherwood forest design
Our heirloom bowls are a cheerful addition to any home, inviting shared times around the table. Seeds of love and possibility are in each bowl we create.
As a young mother and artist, I was searching for something that could incorporate my love of art and the home—and create a way for me to stay at home with my son. I never imagined that these bowls would one day be offered around the world. No business plan, just love in a bowl, and 25 years later we are more celebrated than ever.
The magic is not just in the creation of each bowl, but about what happens in and around it. Savor, slow down, eat well, love life.
I still live on my little one lane road where we create the bowls, one by one, in my studio. My son has grown up, while he is adding his own goodness to the world, the UPS truck still picks up daily, bringing our creations to you and yours.
red rover clothing
I have been sewing since I was a young girl. My mother is an artist and seamstress, and she always had a closet of fabrics and a project in the works. We made many trips to the local mill “outlet stores” (when they were actually attached to working mills) and dug through tables of remnants to find just the perfect piece of fabric for the current project or one to be thought of later.
I graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in textile design, but spent most of my time there turning my woven or printed fabrics into clothing, some of it wearable and some weird. All of the fabrics then were of natural fibers, silks, wool or cotton. It is amusing to me now that my line is mostly made of synthetic Polartec® and rainwear fabric.
My early years in the real world were working in small studios for other designers and in retail shops both large and small. I started Red Rover Clothing in 1993 when my children, Kate and James were just starting school. I packed up my old car and with a friend headed to a crafts fair in the Berkshires. I got a great response to the clothing and was on my way.
Twenty five or so years later, I have many national galleries and stores that sell my work as well as my own seasonal store here at the studio. I still participate in the craft fairs where I began, as well as many others on the eastern coast.
My designs are influenced in part from watching what people wear and what makes them feel comfortable and special. My customers often relate stories of the many compliments they get wearing my work. I use color, texture and detail to make the clothing unusual, but not over the top. The ribbon trims that embellish my work are my own design (my textile skills in miniature width). All of the clothing is designed and sewn in Massachusetts with the help of my assistants. I feel fortunate to be able to do what I love.
Ketti North
KETTI NORTH uses upcycled materials to make whimsical pins and leather earrings. She finds inspiration from being a former fashion designer and teaching textile art to students at her studio in New York.
Kate Missett
Kate Missett makes decorative porcelain pottery using drawing and photo transfer techniques. She has been a professor of ceramics at CUNY and is currently a teacher at Greenwich House Pottery and the Artworks program at the West Side Y in Manhattan.
Mindy Kombert
Intrigued by pattern, comforted by repetition and energized by color; I work with paint, paper, fiber, found objects, beads and clay to create functional, wearable and decorative art.
Selma Karaka
Even as a young girl in Turkey, Selma knew she would become an artist. She has experimented with many mediums; knitting, crochet, wax batik, carving, glasswork, glass mosaic, stone-ceramics, fabrics, and wood. She studied painting and earned a Fine Arts degree from Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir. In 1995, she created a successful hat company in Istanbul. Intent on expanding her passion for art and design, Selma moved to New York in 1999 to create her clothing line.