Dyed thrift, rebuilt denim, leather bags, boot straps and a few too many houseplants. Small batch, mostly one of one, made one obsession at a time.
I make things at one table in Puerto Rico. Some of them have roots, some have seams, and none of them came with instructions. If something here finds you, take care of it. Water the plants when you remember, and wear the clothes until they look like yours.
The plants and the clothes get made at the same table, so they live in the same shop.
Potted by hand in plain black pots. Each one ships with a care card, because nobody remembers watering schedules.
Mock-up: products and prices are placeholders. Story lines are draft copy.
Made from thrifted and salvaged pieces. When a piece sells, it is gone.
Mock-up: products and prices are placeholders. Story lines are draft copy.
I'm a New York City designer and creator, now based in Puerto Rico.
Some days it is plants, some days it is denim, and some days it is both before lunch. The shop is built around that, with a handful of things made well rather than a lot made fast.
I learned to make things in New York, in small rooms with bad light. Then I moved south with too many plants and a bag of old denim. The plants liked it here. So did I. Now I dye in the morning, repot in the afternoon, and stop when the light goes.
Story is draft copy, for the maker to review.
Short and honest, like everything else on this site.
Mock-up wording, for the maker to review.
Thrift finds, old denim and leather scraps become new pieces before we buy anything new.
Black, mostly. Colors vary a little from piece to piece and that is the point.
Many pieces exist once. If you love it, take it.
Paper and twine. No glossy inserts, no discount codes in the box.
Short clips and photos of work in progress. Every tile below is an empty slot for real footage.
Care cards, process and the occasional half finished idea. Every post links to the pieces it is about.
Mock-up: titles and dates are placeholders.
Three steps, one black pot, no drama.
Pick a pot one size up, not three. Knock the plant out, loosen the roots with your fingers, and set it in fresh soil at the depth it was before. Water once and walk away. It will sulk for a week. That is normal. Do not apologize to it with more water. I have tried.
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Seams, rivets and why the pockets stay.
I start with the seams, not the scissors. Unpick the legs slowly and you get two long panels and a lot of lint. The pockets stay because nobody has improved on a pocket, and the rivets stay because they have earned it. Leather handles go on last, once I know the bag can stand up by itself.
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What works on thrifted cotton and what does not.
Black on thrifted cotton takes well. Black on polyester mostly laughs at you. I wash everything first, dye it hot, and check it wet and again dry, because those are two different blacks. Old stitching sometimes stays pale. I leave it. It shows where the thing has been.
Pieces in this post
Past pieces, kept here to show the craft. These four are shown with stand-in photos until real ones go in.
Long black dress. Two thrifted slips, one afternoon, no pattern.
Moon charm on a chain. Found broken at a thrift store, rebuilt at the table.
Moss in an old glass case. I found the case first. The moss came later.
Black jar with a gold lid. Burned down, cleaned out, potted up with a cutting.
New pieces and plant drops, about twice a month. Nothing else.
