Values
At the center of our business is connecting people to the land through craft.
Our Values.
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Engagement
What if we had a vibrant, thriving community, working in harmony with the natural world? We aim to understand the materials we work with, how they got here, and learn to make work that is appropriate for the tasks at hand. We strive to pour our knowledge into our work, and are constantly learning more the further we go.
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Stewardship
We take the time to consider every aspect of our supply chain and work deliberately to leverage our needs to support a more thriving ecology. We love living on this planet and can’t help but show it in our actions: to try to always move more and more towards work that is more celebratory, restorative, and whole. It is a long way from the broken systems we inherit to where we are going, but love makes the steps possible. Stewardship is just another name for love.
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Community
We’ve watched our block go from nearly abandoned to thriving. We offer meaningful work to our community when we need help, and pay above living wage in exchange for their time. We practice a version of the craft from this region, celebrating the traditions of the handmade. We provide a space for gathering and learning craft, and for the resonant joy of delighting in the handmade.
Sustainability is faceted. It’s our most actionable core belief: to consider our impact in every aspect of our business.
Equity
With a multi-generational, woman-founded, woman-majority team, we aim to create a close-knit, inclusive community under our roof. Our studio assistants go through a months-long paid training to learn traditional craft techniques and are paid above the standard living wage for our region. We want our friends in craft to thrive!
Sustainable Packaging
We’re always working to exceed our own standards for sustainable materials. All of our packaging is plastic-free and meets at least two of the following criteria: FSC certified, carbon neutral, 100% recycled, produced with 100% renewable energy, or made from industry byproducts.
Reclamation
Through industry partnerships and alternative local sourcing methods, we aim to divert as much usable material from waste streams as possible. We’ve lovingly restored our historic storefront in Berea, Kentucky using salvaged materials and paints we made from scratch.
Support
Last year, we donated to the tornado relief fund, flood relief for Eastern Kentucky, and volunteered for Berea Urban Farm as a shop. This year, we are donating 10% of all our limited releases to various local initiatives.
Sourcing
We’re working to resurrect long-broken supply chains in our region and bring as much of our material sourcing back to the United States as possible. This lowers our reliance on global trade, and therefore our carbon footprint, while also contributing to our local economy.
With every broom and every board, we’re in constant search for the shortest route from the land to your home.
When we can’t source locally, we purchase the raw materials and use some of the proceeds from our sales so we can eventually start there. Our organic farming partner, Lazy Eight Stock Farm, grew our first successful broomcorn crop in 2022, just 6 miles from our shop.
By funding farmers to help us raise crops, we’re helping to regenerate a thriving, local economy and working towards a craft with a strong sense of place. We’re not all the way where we’re headed with sustainability yet, but our multi-year effort is well under way.
A space for our community
Our restored building is on a once-neglected street in our downtown and we hope to share this growth with our community of makers across the region. We carry multiple generations of folks’ work in the shop, and support and celebrate local artists with their first sales. Altogether, we share the work of over 30 regional artists.
Makers we stock at our Chestnut Street store.
Home Wares
Juno Pottery
Alley Cat Pottery
Limoncito Goods
Gina Hudson
C.R. Campbell Leatherworks
Covered In Cotton
Echo View Mills
Kids
Oh just Dandy
Copper Moon Studio
Hippie Baby
Crayon Rocks
Arrow and Apple Handmade
Pantry
Among the Oaks Farm
EV Originals Sauces
Jacobsen Salt
Michelle Weston Glass
Bath and Body
Baby Farm Soaps
Sylvatica Forest Farm
TENNECANNA
Death Valley Nails
Jewelry
Ida + Jay
Babaloo Jewlery
Seed
Twenty Two West
Katie Dean Jewlery
Admiral Row
Prints and Paper
House of Figs
Allie Biddle
Kiana Mahjub
Renmeleon
Jess Holly
Leah Naomi
Meadow House Studio
Lickety Split Press
Building a thriving community. We don’t do this alone.
Printing, Design, and Photography
Print Lex
Jessica Holly Creative
Media–Objectives
Pratt industries
Lickety Split Press
Ariana Jordan Photography
Christina Stallard Photo
Leather and Textiles
C.R. Campbell Leatherworks
Thoroughbred Leather
Earth Dyed Goods
Stony Creek Colors
Agriculture
Lazy Eight Stock Farm
Tim and Jane’s forest retreat
Makerspaces
Berea Makerspace
Lumber
Saw Whet Hardwoods
Business Development and Finance
Mountain Association
Jennifer Quillen Accounting
J.C. Phelps at Kentucky Small Business Development Center
Whitaker Bank