halfstreetstudio

ecoprint refashions & rustic stone jewelry

Belleville, Illinois
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Announcement    COLLECTIONS DROP ON NEW MOON and FULL MOON
My name is Teresa and you are in my Half Street Studio Etsy market. Please consider following @teresa.halfstreetstudio for narratives on each collection's inspiration and the creative process in making.
I am a mixed media maker that thinks like a landscape painter, observing natural textures and rhythms in my surround to help me image my work. My approach reflects a creative journey with lunar cycle energy, wild craft, resourcefulness, and purpose to honor the accounts recorded within each natural material. Collectively my body of work exhibits a rustic, earthy, intuitively imagined character. Individually, each design reveals a unique combination of materials, construction and natural pigment theme. Rustic Jewelry handmade with metals, natural gem and mineral focal stones combine skill in hand hammered, cold connections, flame solder joins. Eco-refashions combine two skill sets, first upcycled clothing construction and second surface dye on natural fibers with leaves. To create a refashion garment I source, piece and stitch together re/deployable postconsumer clothing. Then, I print abstract motifs over my refashioned garment surfaces with locally gathered wind fallen leaves in a bundle-dye immersion process.

EXTENDING THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR ECO-REFASHION:
I construct eco-refashions to last more than one life. An occasional modest re-mending and or a seasonal print re-fresh adds character. I offer a custom Mending service listing here(add link here) and a Print Refresh service listing here(add link here). Print refresh outcomes are serendipitous and often begin darker than the original birth. As such I cannot guarantee custom requests in refresh outcomes suggesting the overall appearance will be more muted and the printed motif more abstract. Note, with extended enjoyment each life will gradually fade to beautiful opaque under layers from each past life.

WASHING SUGGESTIONS:
For garments printed with leaves, the first 2-3 WASHINGS are very important and done with as much care as possible. While I have taken extra steps to fix the prints, some of the natural pigment may still wash off during the first 1-2 washings. It is unlikely that any residual natural pigment will stain another garment however it is advisable that you wash your garment by itself during the first 2 washings.
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Over exposure to direct sunlight and harsh detergents
will shift natural pigments.
Do not use bleach or enzyme detergents or dry clean.
It is suggested to use artisan soap , mild shampoo or soap nuts
****************************************************************
I suggest the Artisan Soap Mini Pouch In the Sink Washing Method:
~each purchase includes an artisan soap sample with pouch. ~
*Use the artisan soap while INSIDE pouch to assure concentrated
cleaning agents do not come in direct contact with fabric surfaces.
*To prepare wash water, wet soap pouch while rubbing between palms to generate suds, swish palms and sudsy pouch in wash water until cloudy. Soap pouch can also be used like a tea bag either steeping in wash water or hanging under running water.
*Fold garment in half and half again
* Immerse folded garment in wash water, continue immersing in and then pulling up out of water with up and down motion. 3 to 5 minutes.
*Drain soap water. Refill sink with clear rinse water.
*Repeat immersion action in Rinse water 3-5 minutes.
*Gently wring out cotton fabrics. silk and wool fabrics blot between two towels. I often run cotton garments through a gentle machine spin cycle then hang to dry
*Hang or lay flat to dry.
AVOID HANGING IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT

If using machine wash, method ~Turn garment inside out. ~
Cold wash on a delicate cycle with shampoo , remove promptly, Hang dry is preferred, iron if desired.

SHIPPING;
Shipping in United States:
~Shipping is USPS with tracking # notification at time of shipping.
~ Items are shipped to address listed on buyers etsy account, If your etsy address is incorrect please make adjustments prior to purchase. I can ship to a different address however I must be notified during purchase checkout.
~items are shipped within 48 hours of purchase. Custom orders are dependent on terms of agreement made at time of purchase.
~ In effort to be certain your package is delivered timely and to correct address, please leave feedback on delivery.
INTERNATIONAL ORDER: USPS firstclass mail or priority if military APO is stated
~I am not responsible for shipments lost or damaged in transit.
~Insurance (if available) is at the buyers expense . Customs fees, taxes and all other nominal expenditures is the responsibility of the buyer

RETURNS:
If you are not satisfied with your purchase please contact me within 5 days of delivery. Returns or exchanges are welcome however return shipping is at the cost of the buyer and please contact me within 5 days of purchase receipt. If you have an issue reach out I will work with you no problem. I take pride in creating a quality product and will bend over backwards to resolve an issue but you must reach out with message and communicate with me, again the sooner we talk the sooner we can work a solution, please contact me with in 5 days of your delivery.

Announcement

Last updated on Apr 6, 2024

COLLECTIONS DROP ON NEW MOON and FULL MOON
My name is Teresa and you are in my Half Street Studio Etsy market. Please consider following @teresa.halfstreetstudio for narratives on each collection's inspiration and the creative process in making.
I am a mixed media maker that thinks like a landscape painter, observing natural textures and rhythms in my surround to help me image my work. My approach reflects a creative journey with lunar cycle energy, wild craft, resourcefulness, and purpose to honor the accounts recorded within each natural material. Collectively my body of work exhibits a rustic, earthy, intuitively imagined character. Individually, each design reveals a unique combination of materials, construction and natural pigment theme. Rustic Jewelry handmade with metals, natural gem and mineral focal stones combine skill in hand hammered, cold connections, flame solder joins. Eco-refashions combine two skill sets, first upcycled clothing construction and second surface dye on natural fibers with leaves. To create a refashion garment I source, piece and stitch together re/deployable postconsumer clothing. Then, I print abstract motifs over my refashioned garment surfaces with locally gathered wind fallen leaves in a bundle-dye immersion process.

EXTENDING THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR ECO-REFASHION:
I construct eco-refashions to last more than one life. An occasional modest re-mending and or a seasonal print re-fresh adds character. I offer a custom Mending service listing here(add link here) and a Print Refresh service listing here(add link here). Print refresh outcomes are serendipitous and often begin darker than the original birth. As such I cannot guarantee custom requests in refresh outcomes suggesting the overall appearance will be more muted and the printed motif more abstract. Note, with extended enjoyment each life will gradually fade to beautiful opaque under layers from each past life.

WASHING SUGGESTIONS:
For garments printed with leaves, the first 2-3 WASHINGS are very important and done with as much care as possible. While I have taken extra steps to fix the prints, some of the natural pigment may still wash off during the first 1-2 washings. It is unlikely that any residual natural pigment will stain another garment however it is advisable that you wash your garment by itself during the first 2 washings.
*****************************************************************
Over exposure to direct sunlight and harsh detergents
will shift natural pigments.
Do not use bleach or enzyme detergents or dry clean.
It is suggested to use artisan soap , mild shampoo or soap nuts
****************************************************************
I suggest the Artisan Soap Mini Pouch In the Sink Washing Method:
~each purchase includes an artisan soap sample with pouch. ~
*Use the artisan soap while INSIDE pouch to assure concentrated
cleaning agents do not come in direct contact with fabric surfaces.
*To prepare wash water, wet soap pouch while rubbing between palms to generate suds, swish palms and sudsy pouch in wash water until cloudy. Soap pouch can also be used like a tea bag either steeping in wash water or hanging under running water.
*Fold garment in half and half again
* Immerse folded garment in wash water, continue immersing in and then pulling up out of water with up and down motion. 3 to 5 minutes.
*Drain soap water. Refill sink with clear rinse water.
*Repeat immersion action in Rinse water 3-5 minutes.
*Gently wring out cotton fabrics. silk and wool fabrics blot between two towels. I often run cotton garments through a gentle machine spin cycle then hang to dry
*Hang or lay flat to dry.
AVOID HANGING IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT

If using machine wash, method ~Turn garment inside out. ~
Cold wash on a delicate cycle with shampoo , remove promptly, Hang dry is preferred, iron if desired.

SHIPPING;
Shipping in United States:
~Shipping is USPS with tracking # notification at time of shipping.
~ Items are shipped to address listed on buyers etsy account, If your etsy address is incorrect please make adjustments prior to purchase. I can ship to a different address however I must be notified during purchase checkout.
~items are shipped within 48 hours of purchase. Custom orders are dependent on terms of agreement made at time of purchase.
~ In effort to be certain your package is delivered timely and to correct address, please leave feedback on delivery.
INTERNATIONAL ORDER: USPS firstclass mail or priority if military APO is stated
~I am not responsible for shipments lost or damaged in transit.
~Insurance (if available) is at the buyers expense . Customs fees, taxes and all other nominal expenditures is the responsibility of the buyer

RETURNS:
If you are not satisfied with your purchase please contact me within 5 days of delivery. Returns or exchanges are welcome however return shipping is at the cost of the buyer and please contact me within 5 days of purchase receipt. If you have an issue reach out I will work with you no problem. I take pride in creating a quality product and will bend over backwards to resolve an issue but you must reach out with message and communicate with me, again the sooner we talk the sooner we can work a solution, please contact me with in 5 days of your delivery.

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Sales 2,464
On Etsy since 2006

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit" ~Emerson

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