Deep in the heart of the Amercian Return to Craft are hand tools and the leatherworker. MAKR began as a one-man workshop sewing up small goods with a nice touch, and is evolving into an authentic cottage industry of perfectly-conceived small-batch carry goods. These are things you want to touch. And handle. And live with, for a very long time. We hope that one day there will be a maximalist version of the Minimal which will accommodate the change that women do not like to carry in pocket.

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Occasionally you see something so incredibly beautiful and resonating that it simultaneously breaks your heart and pastes it back together again within the same moment. This is that something. Spaghetti bench from Argentina-born, Paris-dwelling artist and designer Pablo Reinoso. Gorgeous.

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Happening upon a window installation of Portland artist Hillary Pfeifer is to be instantly delighted. Her Bunnywood exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Craft last winter was our favorite of the season, producing smiles at every passing. Wander past Guardino Gallery this month for some further friendliness.

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