GREEN JEANS: WEBSITE LAUNCHED!

Greenjeans is a Seventh Avenue store (between 15th and 16th Streets in Park Slope).  A blog! And now a web site for shopping.

Greenjeans offers fine handcrafted items
skillfully made by independent artisans from around the country.
Founded on the values of craftsmanship, sustainability, and
conscientious living, Greenjeans is a unique place where you can find
distinctive items that fit your style, providing a valuable alternative
to the homogenous shopping experience.

Here’s the about blurb from the new website:

Greenjeans is the shop, website, and blog owned and
operated by us, Amy Shaw and Jae Kim, and based in Brooklyn’s
burgeoning South Slope. After working for many years in art galleries
and museums, we established Greenjeans in March 2005 as the place where
we could put our values and ideas about sustainability, craftsmanship, and conscientious living into action.

Inspired
by the principles and aesthetic ideals upheld by the Shakers, the Arts
and Crafts Movement, and the Mingei movement of Japan
, we
travel far and wide visiting studios and workshops, be they in an urban
loft or at the end of a long dirt road. We are always on the lookout
for artisans pushing the edges of craft, as well as for lesser-known
masters of continuing traditions.

All works at Greenjeans, from pottery and furniture to toys and jewelry, are created with integrity and distinction by richly talented independent artisans from around the United States, as well as one from Canada and one from Japan. Currently, Greenjeans represents nearly 50 artisans, most of whom are exclusive to Greenjeans in New York City.

Greenjeans is the next generation American craft gallery providing valuable alternatives to the mass-produced, corporate-driven wares that dominate the marketplace today.