Dear Everyone ~
This year’s Studio Sale opening weekend will be Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22. Because it will be virtual, you can shop at virtually any hour, starting at midnight (CST) on Friday, November 20. The sale will continue through December 5. The savvy shopper will realize that quantities of most items are limited. The early bird will catch the slinky ribbons and elusive marbled warblers.
In years past, one of my favourite aspects of the studio sale weekend has been surprise visits from customer-friends I hadn’t seen in eons. This year, alas, there will be no friends popping up or dropping in. Happily however, because Studio Sale 2020 is online, everyone everywhere in the States and Canada will be able to “shop by.” I will be excited to see (and report on) the distribution of shoppers across various states and provinces.
A temporary Studio Sale page at barizaki.com will present all items on offer. Herewith a preview.
St-Armand scrap bundles: a stack (over an inch high!) of 100% cotton paper in assorted colours, beribboned with hand-dyed Italian linen. Scraps in the Narrow bundle (shown here) are handy for chic little shopping lists, bookmarks, doodles...and even ultra-mini-sketchbook covers. Scraps in the Notesheet bundle are dandy for printmaking, drawing, leaf pressing, and backing sheets.
Global assortment of fountain pen inks: lovely colours I may not re-stock, from Europe and Japan. Your fountain pen(s) will thank you; ditto the brush pens you can dip right in.
Hardcover books made by me in seasons past: covered in hand-marbled papers from the U.K., including some now-extinct patterns. Some medium, some large, all with elegant linen spines. Interior pages are snowy or creamy or dreamy, usually cotton, all undeckled.
Origami boxes: made from St-Armand cover paper in assorted colours. Available in three sizes, which I cannot resist naming Wabi, Obi, and Sabi. Fabulous for presenting (or storing) desk accessories, bonbons, or a lovely little card. And of course they nest.
Ribbon bags: clearly exposing my passion for satin, my constancy for cotton, etc. Assorted into a handsome handful of palettes, in lengths of at least 2 yards. Each bag also contains one ribbon bonbon, secured with a dressmaker’s pin.
The Studio Sale will also include a set of seven one-of-a-kind giclé prints of botanicals, originally drawn by me in coloured pencil. They are framed in antique-finish silvered wood, and will be on offer individually.
Miscellaneous delights will be revealed at midnight on November 20!
In anticipation, Bari