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Type sketching our new batch of tees

OLD PEOPLE WEARING VEGETATION

More old people wearing vegetation

Spring is here! (Which means we’re one season closer to summer!)

MEET THE ARTIST: PINKYPUNK’S PACHY SARMIENTO

In her Bushwick studio in The Deduction Cowl Neck Top

From pixels to needles, multimedia artist Pachy Sarmiento has created a dizzying array of work across multiple mediums - from videos for Beach House to paintings and collages to her handmade PINKYPUNK doll line. We met the Venezuelan born artist at her studio to ask her about her creative process.

What inspires you to move across so many different mediums? Not all mediums work the same for all ideas. Starting from this point and the everyday reality that you are “connected” all day - either in front of your computer, phone or tablet, when you give yourself the opportunity to “disconnect” from all that, what you’re doing is forcing yourself to find new ways – on many occasions more interesting ones, to address the problem. Then you come back and mix them all and you’ll get even better results.

Is there a common thread that inspires your creative process?
Going to a street fair with my PINKYPUNKs is for me like magic. At those events I get to see for myself how people (kids, teens, adults) interact with the product. They come and play with the dolls and tell you what they want, what they “need”. It’s like brainstorming all day long, so I come back with lots of new ideas and am somewhat clearer on the strengths and weaknesses of what I’m doing … Magic!

You moved to New York four years ago as a struggling artist. What advice would you give for young artists trying to succeed in their craft? At least once a year get involve in a project that doesn’t have anything to do with what you do. It gives you an opportunity to appreciate what you do (or think about it from a different perspective), and helps to get fresh ideas for future projects.

Make your own rules for your creative process …and then BREAK THEM, there is nothing more fun and satisfying than breaking rules.

So you’ve conquered motion graphics and stuffed dolls. What’s next? THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (jajajaja, – laughing in Spanish – ) I really would like to work more on my paintings and collages, which is really hard for me because they are the most personal and intimate part of my work, but the truth is that I don’t have a specific plan, so I’m curious and excited to know what will be my next adventure.

Meet Pachy Sarmiento and her PINKYPUNK collection at Brooklyn Industries Handcrafted in Brooklyn event at SoHo on Friday, March 29th from 6:30pm - 9pm. Click here to RSVP. View more of her work at pachysarmiento.com

The new Kinship Buttondown Tunic and Mavi Serena White Floral Denim

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Before the suits and ties…

We’re obsessed with Shoshanna’s donut-do.

A Dose Of Vitamin Steve: A Brooklyn Original

A few months ago, we started noticing a particular T-shirt blog that consistently highlighted our graphic T-shirts amongst many other designs. Naturally we had to meet Steve Flack, the man behind the chest - video editor, T-shirt enthusiast, comic book expert, and wrestling aficionado, and an actual lifelong resident of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. To this day, relics and original photos of his family’s history in Brooklyn are mingled with his own abundant comic memorabilia and classic movie posters, making for an endearing snapshot of a Brooklyn native.

Steve Shirt, his T-shirt blog was started because in his own words, “I had so many graphic tees and didn’t want to repeat wearing them too often.” He started documenting his day-to-day wardrobe, and it spiraled into a blog all it’s own. The blog’s tagline is “a daily look at my chest,” and he takes all his pictures at the same angle; and almost always in the same spot in his house, where behind him are his shelves chock full of comics and graphic novels.

Once you walk into his apartment, there are framed original pages from the Scott Pilgrim series, Spider Man, and even the original 1984 Masters of the Universe character poster which survived his childhood. Get him talking enough about it, and he might even take you to the White Castle down the road!

Check out Steve Shirt at vitaminsteve.tumblr.com
For more Brooklyn Industries graphics, visit The T-Shop.

Handmade in Brooklyn Event at SoHo

We’re launching our new Made in Brooklyn Montague Leather Bags with a party in SoHo with some of our Brooklyn friends. Come enjoy drinks from The Brooklyn Brewery and Brooklyn Gin, and bring home select Brooklyn products from Tatly, Anarchy in a Jar, Pinky Punk, The Good Batch, and Brooklyn Hard Candy with a purchase of a Made in Brooklyn bag. Friday, March 29th 6:30pm-9pm. RSVP here.

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