Category: Makers Alongside

Meet Juliana Hung, our first 2015 Makers Alongside collaborator and the creative force behind jujumade.

Creative at a young age, years of reassembling and reimagining jewelry and fashion led Julie to begin creating her own wearable pieces. Following a career in industrial design, Julie founded jujumade as a platform from which she could illustrate her work and inspirations. The jujumade line and her creative process granted Julie the freedom she lacked as an industrial designer, and in 2012 Julie introduced a 2013 Autumn/Winter collection featuring handcrafted leatherwork and ceramic and stoneware jewelry.

Julie finds inspiration in the details around her: from intricate knots and trim to collaborative projects to her mother’s own style, Julie mixes materials together to create something unexpected.

The jujumade line embodies Julie’s passion for well-crafted design and attention to detail. Each piece is beautifully handmade from carefully selected materials which inspire Julie as much as the world around her. Julie’s deeply personal process result in pieces that are as unique as the wearers themselves.

Jujumade pieces can be purchased directly through jujumade’s website and in select stores around the United States. To purchase our jujumade x HDH porcelain and gold eclair earrings, visit our online store, and be sure to visit Julie on the jujumade website and Instagram!

Photos courtesy of Juliana Hung and jujumade.com

To wrap up the year, HDH has collaborated with the woman behind Spring, Finn & Co. for our final 2014 Makers Alongside edition. Meet Talin Spring, a French expat, mother of two, and a wonderfully talented leather-craftswoman. 

Talin was born in Istanbul to a European family and grew up in France. Her family was skilled in various mediums such as sewing and shoe making. Surrounded by a home of hand-made creations, Talin gained an appreciation for the great value of the hand. 

Following her graduate studies at Columbia University in NY, Talin returned to Paris with her husband. After a twelve-year banking career and two children, she began to play with the idea of reorienting her career toward an artistic area. In preparation for this path, she took night classes in various studio and art history courses at ´Ecole Duperré. Then in 2002 after moving to Marseille and ending her banking career, she began her craft. Before beginning her own company, she spent time freelancing for French clothing companies as a designer where she was further enthused by the artisans and design and craft process. 

Finally in 2011, Talin established Spring, Finn & Co. in Minneapolis where she now resides. Her leather works of bags and accessories, like HDH, are of chic minimal yet utilitarian designs in limited edition or one-of-a-kind. Her works are of only top grade American leather and canvas and hand stitching. Additionally, the highest level of quality is applied to every phase of each piece, assuring a beautiful result that lasts a lifetime. We are proud to close out the year with Spring, Finn & Co.!

To purchase the Spring, Finn & Co. x HDH black tote, visit our website. For more on Talin and her company, visit her website and follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook!

Photos by Paul Vincent. 

Meet the folks behind Leather Works Minnesota and our most recent Makers Alongside collaboration:  Kent, Lee & Nathan.

LWM consists of husband and wife team, Kent and Lee, along with their son Nathan and a few other team members. Kent and Lee began the company from a basement in 1999 but have now grown to craft their quality leather goods from the famous art district of Lowertown, St. Paul.

Not only is the company helping rejuvenate the Lowertown neighborhood through a massive development project, but they are supporting the American Made movement. Like HDH, bringing back American made through quality products and materials is at the forefront of the LWM’s motivation. In fact, the majority of their leather is supplied by Red Wing’s S.B. Foot Tanning Company which is located less than one hours drive south of St. Paul.

Each LWM product is made by hand and thoroughly inspected at each phase to ensure that the final product is of the finest standards. This excellence in quality and care is made to be affordable for the average customer, something that the company takes great pride in. It’s no wonder why LWM’s customer base is incredibly loyal and rapidly growing!

To purchase HDH x LWM’s rich black leather journal cover, visit our website! For live updates on Leather Works Minnesota, follow them on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Visit their online store or stocklist to purchase other LWM leather goods.

Photos by Paul Vincent. 

Meet Maggie Pate, the maker and creative genius behind the textile collection, Inks + Thread. We are excited to work with Maggie as our latest Makers Alongside to create the Maggie Top, a silk top with a pattern designed by Maggie.

It is difficult to pinpoint when exactly Maggie got started in her craft. Her escapades in the fashion industry began early with modeling at age 13 in New York City and working for designers. Never able to sit still, Maggie knew that she was not built to sit at a desk all day. With an aesthetic driven mind and a love of creativity and fashion, Maggie segued into silk painting in 2010.

Following Maggie’s move to Tennessee, Inks + Thread came to be after a creative lull in 2012, “there weren’t many outlets here so my best option was to conjure up something for myself.” No later than one year later, Maggie’s first release of prints came out.

For Maggie, prints and patterns are a poetic visual language formed by a synthesis of texture, repetition and geometry. Inspiration for her work comes from everything, including the color palette of wildflowers to geometric architecture to the texture and patina of aged metal or cultural symbols. Maggie’s latest fixation is with The Quilts of Bee’s Bend.

You can buy the silk top for $165 on our website. To keep up with Maggie you can shop on her website and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.