Field trip to Selfridges!

On our recent trip to London, we checked out the Supermarket Sarah installation at Selfridges and found our Chi-Chi necklaces and Electric Love rings happily on display.

New: Electric Love Bangle

We're excited to launch a new bangle version of our Electric Love rings!

Made from the same reclaimed electrical wire sourced from Seattle and Portland-area building salvage stores, the bangles are available now for $28.00 from our online shop and at Supermarket Sarah's shop in Selfridges in London.

Grain and Supermarket Sarah at Selfridges!

We're delighted to be participating in Supermarket Sarah's new shop at Selfridges in London. The shop will open January 10th and will include designers such as Patternity, Henrietta Swift, Eley Kishimoto, and Donna Wilson.

Electric Love featured in Seattle Magazine!

Check out the November issue of Seattle Magazine to find our Electric Love ring featured on page 36! You can enter to win the pictured ring through their website or get one from our online shop right now for $19.00. Thanks Kate!

More Electric Love Press!

Electric Love has been getting some great press over the past few days. Thanks Sunset, Design For Mankind, Mother Nature Network, Design Milk, Ethical Style and Color By Numbers for helping to spread the word!

DIY Tutorial: Electric Love

On Monday we posted the how-to steps for making your own Electric Love on Ecouterre. Here they are if you'd like to give it a try:

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

• Small needle-nose pliers
• Wire cutter
• Ring mandrel (shown) or dowel, carrot, thumb, etc.
• Reclaimed electrical wire

STEP ONE

Find some wire in a color you like. The best wire for this project will have a solid core (it holds its shape better than braided wire) and a
thin plastic coating.

If it comes wound with other wires (as shown), carefully split out the color you’re after. You’ll need about 19 inches (50 cm) for the ring.

STEP TWO

Start your ring by twisting a tight hook on the very end of the wire. Make it as small as you can, then clench it flat with the pliers.

If you left a long tail, snip it down close to the bend with the wire cutters. This step shall henceforth be known as the “hook” and will prevent
the finished ring from coming undone.

STEP THREE

Locate your ring mandrel (or other sizing device mentioned above). Hold the hook down against the mandrel with your thumb and begin to wrap the wire around the mandrel. This step will determine the final size of your ring, so wrap it tight.

STEP FOUR

Three full wraps around the mandrel should do it. On your last time around, go past the hook a touch, then bend the remaining wire up at 90 degrees (shown).

STEP FIVE

Slide the ring off the mandrel and begin the top wrap by bringing the free wire over the top and through the ring. Pull.

STEP SIX

Be sure to place the first loop before the hook to keep the ring secure, and make it tight so the hook won’t come out. Then, make a few more loops sending the wire over the hook and through the ring in the same manner.

STEP SEVEN

Keep wrapping tightly until you’ve covered the hook, then do two or three more wraps beyond the hook but keep the loop diameter the same (shown). This will allow some space underneath the loops to tie off the end of the wire.

STEP EIGHT

Bring the wire around and poke it back through the loops from step 7.

STEP NINE

Pull it tight so it feels secure under the loops. Snip of the excess wire as short as you can manage.

STEP TEN

The loops probably separated a bit during this process so tuck in the loose end and mash everything back into shape. Voilà!

The finished ring, which can also be purchased from Grain’s online store, ready-made, for $19.

The ring in action.

Grain at D&A in Los Angeles June 14 - 16

We'll be in LA next week to show our jewelry and accessories at Designers & Agents. Designers & Agents is an international marketplace featuring clothing and accessories from more than 1,000 independent designers and the D&A Green Room (curated by eco fashion website Ecouterre) will exhibit a selection of up-and-coming sustainable designers.

We were thrilled to be invited to submit (thanks Jasmin and Ecouterre!) and can't wait to check out all the great work. See images from the recent D&A Green Room in New York on Inhabitat here. We'll send pics from our booth once it is set up on the 14th!

New Electric Love colors!

We're super excited to have new Electric Love ring colors available in our shop. It has been raining for a month here in Seattle (no joke) so it feels good to be working with some bright new colors.

Joining our white and red/pink rings, we are now offering blue, orange, green, and yellow. Each one is handmade here in our studio on Bainbridge Island from upcycled electrical wire that we source in the Seattle-area. Check them out here!

New Packaging and Hang Tags!

Our Electric Love rings now arrive in these custom recycled content chipboard matchbooks. Chi-Chi and Sololá have new hang tags too!

New Electric Love Colors for Model Citizens!

James knotted up these new Electric Love rings for the Model Citizens NYC store last night. They are all handmade from upcycled electrical wire that we find here in Seattle.

We only have white and pink available in our store so Model Citizens NYC (May 15 - 17) will be the only place to find these new limited colors!

New Chi-Chi in the shop!

We just added new 3 strand Chi-Chi necklaces to the Grain shop this afternoon. They are available in green (pictured above), blue, orange and pink/red for $36.00.

Chi-Chi is made from 100% cotton by Guatemalan artisans, and like all our products, their sales support our commitment to 1% For The Planet.

Chi-Chi joins Sololá in our shop!

Our Chi-Chi necklaces, made in collaboration with artisans in Guatemala, are finally up in our shop!! They join our Sololá purses also made in Guatemala from upcycled vintage textiles.

To read/see more about Chi-Chi and Sololá, check out our long overdue press release and/or download some high-res images here.

Above is Chi-Chi short multi cluster. Below is Chi-Chi long green cluster, Sololá small multi, and Sololá large multi.

Electric Love is here!!

Electric Love, our new hand-knotted rings (above and below) are made of reclaimed electrical wire and come in pink or white with more colors on the way. Each ring is handmade with love in our studio on Bainbridge Island. Visit the Grain Shop for more info!

In Seattle? Don't miss the SCRAP opening tomorrow!!

Here is a little sneak peak!

SCRAP will be up for a couple months, so you have no excuse to miss it! The opening is tomorrow night, November 13th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

Above is a hanging lamp by Greg Bethel. Below is a new table by by Iacoli & McAllister, bow tie by Loc Trinh, our Links necklace and Sleepers in walnut (made especially for this show), necklaces by Free Time Industries, a walnut ring by fortyfive09 and &c., and a new stool by Iacoli & McAllister.

The show will also feature work by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, Laura Yeats, and Trey Jones and Darin Montgomy for urbancase. See you there!