The coolest
Ok, a little late on the turnaround here, BUT I wanted to share two highlights from the Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair.
1- PrettyTheory.com — Her name is Cricket and she makes beautiful little pretty things. Lots of them. Specifically, she takes old, rustic hardcover books transforms them into dainty, brilliant handbags. The librarian in all of us will coo. And even if you don’t love handbags (ahem, gents), you will be wowed by the craftsmanship of this very crafty — and classy — work.
2 — Modati.com — I won’t lie, the Craft Fair was chock full of graphic t-shirts. What overdone pottery is to most craft fairs, screen printing will soon be to our generation. But Modati took innovation and turned craft time on its head. This, my dears, is what would happen if Hypercolor were cool instead of awkward: a shirt whose design changes based on the heat and light to which it is exposed. This shirt grows grass, or glows goblins, depending on whether you are in light or dark. (In the shade or regular light, it appears as pictured.) I saw the grass grow before my eyes, and was floored. Well played, Modati, very well played.
I ended up leaving the Fair with several purchases and a deepened affinity for the craftmanship and community of BK artisans. And of all of them, these two took the cake.
