
welcome to our curated collection of goods; a lil bit fun, queer & local alike.
retail artists/brands
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A Darling Deer/Vivian Gay
A Darling Deer Pottery/ Vivian Gay (they/them) makes thoughtful, whimsical and unique ceramic home goods that hope to inspire a cozy sense of home to all who use them. They are inspired by intimate moments of sweetness in the domestic and natural world. instagram: _adarlingdeer_
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Allie the Brave
Allie Martineau (any pronouns) is a queer writer, artist, and illustrator from Western Mass. Their work- ranging from poetry, drag performance, and fine art- is influenced by the forests and gardens of New England, hybrid poets, queer history, fandom and film. Recently, their art has explored how the heart and body are transmuted by desire and restraint, hunger and home.
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Brigit Cotter
Brig (they/them) is a photographer & printmaker combining themes of natural beauty, the queer experience, and everyday joys.
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Emma Cornwell
Emma Cornwell is a disabled hard femme lesbian who uses a wheelchair full time. Her zines and art draw on these experiences of the world. Like pretty much everything in Emma's life, her works are all collaborations with her communities and chosen family. Originally from San Francisco, Emma has lived in Northampton, MA for 14 years and been making art for the last five
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Esther White
Esther S White is an artist, reader, self-publishing evangelist, and nonbinary mama unschooling in Northampton, MA. Esther makes functional pottery using imagery from mythology and heroic poetry. “As a potter, I am interested in exploring narrative decoration. I’ve used Beowulf, Hecate, Argus, Helios, Arachne, Batman, and Wolverine as motifs on my pots. As a reader, I love adventure stories, heroic poetry, Shakespeare, and comic books. I make functional pottery with sometimes irreverent, other times legendary, decoration. You can find them on instagram @estherxesther
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Heart Stone Gallery / Kerri Michaud-Bagley
Kerri Michaud-Bagley is a potter and visual artist from Connecticut. She aims to bring joy and the beauty of nature into your home with her designs. She hopes her pieces allow you to connect with your special place in nature and within yourself. You can find her on instagram and facebook at HeartStoneGallery
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Ian Paul Roger Nelson
Ian Paul Roger Nelson creates one-off and repeatable designs and patterns using mostly found & thrifted rubber stamps with archival ink on paper. These works explore texture and color and negative space and find themselves on greeting cards and frame-ready sheets, embracing an organic imperfection with each impression applied free-hand.
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KEP! / Kelly Potter
Kelly E. Potter is a sculptor, painter, and ceramicist working from Easthampton, MA. Her ceramic critters channel themes of awkwardness, dissociation, and bliss - they are misunderstood, sometimes stubborn, but almost always undeniably cute. They act as comfort objects to keep you company, carry with you, or gift to a friend. Her instagram is @kep.ceramics
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Lauren Anabela Beaudoin/Creative Dexterity
Lauren Anabela Beaudoin is a Salvadoran born metalsmith, craft educator and sole proprietor of Creative Dexterity. After taking her first metalsmithing class as a teen, Lauren knew this was a passion they wanted to pursue. Her series explores color, nostalgia, daydreaming and human morality through the trope Memento Mori. You can find them on Instagram (@creativedexterity).
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Liliya Miller / Art by Liliya
Hi, I’m Liliya — a queer artist from Amherst, MA. I turn pour paint drippings into one-of-a-kind necklaces, earrings, and keychains. Each piece is handmade, sustainable, and perfect for gifting or treating yourself . Social Media Handle: ArtbyLiliya
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Lo and Behold Pottery / Lo Roux
Lo Roux (they/them) is a local queer potter working out of a studio in Ware, Ma. For the past 5 years they have been focusing on making functional yet whimsical vessels. Each one of Lo’s pieces is unique and reflects their love for the silly things in life.
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Maya Malachowski Bajak
Maya Malachowski Bajak is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in the language of architecture and construction. Her etchings, sculptures and drawings play with the forms in these disciplines while lingering on questions of the social forces created within our everyday built environment.
Website : mayambajak.com
instagram: @mayambajak
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Ms. Green Jeanne Designs
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Salted Snail Studio / Jasper Alexander
Salted Snail Studio is the work of Jasper Alexander, a queer relief printmaker & various-media-dabbler. His prints contain the whimsical & uncanny in equal measure - they’re inspired heavily by folk tales, myths (ancient and contemporary), stories told over dim light, and the mundane magic interwoven into all of our hum-drum lives.
instagram: @SaltedSnailStudio
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Siggie Zampa / Mal Petty
Mal Petty is a visual artist and illustrator based in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Their Siggie Zampa cartoons use two vibrant and specific hues - red (HEX: #f11d1c) and yellow (HEX: #fbdc13) - to play with words and images in all kinds of humorous and abstract ways (but mostly so people will laugh).
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Stickiemi / Emi Gregory
Stickiemi is a project by Emi Gregory (she/her) a local mixed media artist and farmer. Emi is inspired by her connection to nature and the need to express deeply felt values through art!
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Sweet Cheek Designs / Cate Cantler
Cate (they/them) is a queer crafter who has spent their whole life sharing their creations with those they love. Based in Ashfield Ma, Cate uses a variety of mediums including fabric, illustration, collage, bead work, and found materials. Cate believes that functional objects can be filled with joy and playfulness and hopes to provide others with that feeling of finding the perfect little treasure they can use day to day.
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Talia Lefton
Talia Lefton is a fiber artist who creates sculptural pieces through felting, sewing, dyeing, and incorporating natural materials. Inspired by nature and folklore, Talia’s work often depicts plants, animals, stones, and playfully combines form, texture, and light. Talia also teaches fiber arts classes and workshops in the Northampton and Hilltowns area.
website: talialefton.com
instagram: @amalgamforest
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Test Print Pottery/ Barb Chalfonte
Test Print Pottery makes prints and pottery reflecting rustic-styled images of nature and daily life. The first few prints made using carvings in linoleum and wood blocks are “test prints” used to assess quality and details. Barb also throws and hand-builds functional pottery, decorating some surfaces with sgraffito (Italian for “scratched”). You can find them on instagram or email them at testprintpottery@gmail.com
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The Fantasies of Youth / Elayna Sturm
The Fantasies of Youth blends plants, queerness, quilts, and yearnings to remember our interconnectedness into buoys of hope for hearts and spirits alike. The Fantasies of Youth is the project of muralist and interdisciplinary artist Elayna Sturm. Connect with them via instagram: @thefantasiesofyouth, substack: elaynasturm.substack.com, or their website: elaynasturm.com
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Thrifty Gifty / Kathleen Barth
Kathleen has been sewing since she was a teen and has turned her hand stitching skills into upcycled embroidery. Her thread and fabric come from local creative reuse stores Swanson's Fabrics and Paper City Fabrics. She also teaches sewing classes at Paper City Fabrics in Holyoke, MA.
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To Encounter Belonging
Exploring the intersection of relationship to the sacred, the natural world, identity, and belonging beyond the binaries and boundaries of systemic oppression and -isms.
IntereSTed in selling with us?
We are always looking to expand our collection of retail artists! If you are interested in selling with us, please fill out the linked form to let us know a little about who you are and what you make! We can’t wait to hear from you!