Trunk Show at Naka Thursday, May 29

See new work from:
Cyberoptix TieLab & their new BSD luxe-line
Phantom Limb: The Stuff You're Missing

+ food! drink!
+ brand new designs!
+ door prizes and discounts!
+ friends are welcome.

Naka is located at 9 Mile and Woodward
171 W. 9 Mile, Ferndale, MI.
Thursday, May 29 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.
248.582.9113

Metro Detroit designers host trunk show at Naka, Ferndale

The work of two Metro Detroit designers will be on view at a special event taking place at Naka in Ferndale. Naka is a boutique featuring the work of both local and internationally based independent designers. Kelly Pettibone, owner of Naka, will be hosting food, drink, door prizes, discounts and brand new designs from both The Cyberoptix TieLab (Bethany Shorb) and Phantom Limb (Stephanie Tardy). For more info, please visit http://www.nakastore.com.

Many of Naka's artists are scouted from the pages of Etsy.com. Both Shorb and Tardy also maintain storefronts on Etsy. Conceived in early 2005, Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade. It was built for consumers conscious of the true value of handmade goods and their creators, as well as to give all independent artists the technology and information they need to make a living, making things. Etsy's intention is to offer viable alternatives to mass-produced objects in the world marketplace, and to encourage consumers to be aware of the social and environmental implications of their purchases.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:



Formally trained in sculpture and photography but now focusing on product-based work full-time, Bethany Shorb received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2001 and BFA from Boston University in 1998. She founded the Cyberoptix TieLab in 2006 after noticing a void in creative yet sophisticated neckwear.

Recently featured on The Martha Stewart Show, Shorb designs and hand-screenprints each necktie, selling both to individual clients and filling wholesale accounts to shops across Metro Detroit and over 100 boutiques and museum stores across five continents. Her studio recently expanded to occupy an over 3000 square foot space in an old furniture factory on the edge of Eastern Market in Detroit.

Echoing the core environmental and socially conscious values of Etsy, Cyberoptix strongly believes that a designer's ethics need not inform nor limit the look of the object. "There is always a more reasonable alternative to the historically toxic trade of screen printing - these alternative processes can also perform better on fine fabrics. It may not be as financially viable in the short run, but the long-term effects on workers' health and our surroundings are invaluable," says Shorb. Cyberoptix is committed to being a solvent-free shop and only uses nontoxic, water-based ink, a practice uncommon especially in high-volume workshops.

Selections from the Cyberoptix TieLab can be found locally at Naka in Ferndale; The Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit; Design 99 in Hamtramck, and The Store at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills.

http://cyberoptix.com
http://toybreaker.etsy.com
http://toybreaker.net/blog
http://bsdluxe.com



Stephanie Tardy of Pleasant Ridge makes colorful paper goods under the name Phantom Limb. With the motto "The Stuff You're Missing," many of Phantom Limb's products are made from re-claimed paper culled from unusual sources.

In addition to selling her line of cards and journals, Tardy will debut a 15-piece grouping of playful, mixed media art at the Naka Trunk Show. A new series of Michigan collages, inspired by her popular Michigan mixed-paper notebooks, will also be for sale.

Tardy founded the local indie craft collective Handmade Detroit and the Detroit Urban Craft Fair, now in its third year. In 2007, she was named a "20 in their 20s" by Crain's Detroit.

http://phantomlimb.typepad.com
http://thephantomlimb.etsy.com
http://handmadedetroit.com