Here at Handful of Salt, we love seeing great contemporary craft. But more than that, we love the stories of the people behind that craft–our heroes and heroines. We hope you agree.
WOOD
- Wood Design: Thibaut Malet
By John Burrows, Wood Design.
“I love to explore the different possibilities of innovation and minimalism through my designs. I find it really important to think about the durability of any creations”
Thibaut Malet is a French designer from a fa...
GLASS+RESIN
- Profile: Vetro Vero
By Regina Connell.
There’s only one word for glass from Vetro Vero: intense. Exquisitely crafted, yes. But essentially, it’s intense: passionate, strong, focused. Whether it’s one of their more carafes in glorious colors, or the baroquely minimalist (o...
METAL
- Noticed: Golden Gate Bridge Furniture
By Nicole Bemboom.
Ever start a project that seems insurmountable? Do you shudder every time you look in that back closet, the one where you stuffed all that overpriced tupperware, now immortalized in cloudy plastic from that time you skipped over the in...
TEXTILES+PAPER
- Profile: Cotton & Flax
By Meghan Urback.
Erin Dollar has many qualities one hopes for in a small business owner and maker of handmade goods: vision, spunk, a love of her materials, a taste for working solo, and a willingness to experiment. She’s got the c...
DESIGN
- The Craft of Costume at the SF Ballet
By Natalie Powell.
Swarovski crystals. Satin. Silk brocade. The San Francisco Ballet’s costume department dazzles and tantalizes at every turn.
Taking a welcome respite from the grit of city life, I met San Francisco Ballet Costume Supervisor Patti Fitz...
ART+INSTALLATIONS
- Noticed: A different kind of artisanal denim
By Regina Connell.
One day, UK's Ian Berry did what most of us has done at some point: he looked at a huge pile of old jeans he was clearing out of his childhood home, and wondered what he could do with them.
And then this art director got inspired...
LIFE + STYLE
- Noticed: emiko oye
There are few people as seriously FUN as emiko oye. She’s one of those spirits who, when you meet her, projects such vivacity, energy, generosity, and intelligence that you can’t help but smile. And that’s exactly the same feeling you get when you see h...
SURFACES
- Profile: John Whitmarsh
By Regina Connell and Natalie Powell.
Funny, he doesn’t look like an iconoclast. There’s no wild-eyed look, no unhinged affect; there’s not even a hint of that intensity that can make a person go from intriguing to frightening in the blink of an eye.
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