Stories

On Sunday, February 23rd, we celebrated the opening of Second Nature Art's latest exhibition, Material Gestures. Material Gestures features the works of California-based paper artist Britt Fabello, and New York ceramicist Sabina Magnus- a beautiful collaboration between Marcia’s spring line and their nature-inspired collections. Second Nature Art highlights the work of emerging and mid-career women artists through exhibitions, interior consultations and artist support. Co-founded by Lauren Epstein and Dora Somosi, the initiative blends artistic sensibility with industry knowledge to create a model where art and community intersect. We spoke with Lauren and Dora to learn more about the origins of...

On a warm, late summer day, Marcia took a stroll through Boerum Hill to Gowanus to meet up with artist Sue Allbert. Touring Sue's studio and the Gowanus Canal, Marcia and Sue chatted about Sue's New York Textile Month's exhibit, materials, process, and inspiration.   M.PATMOS: Can you share the inspiration behind this year’s New York Textile Month Textile Installation? What themes or ideas do you explore in your work?   Sue: I have been thinking a lot about time. This strange concept that we organise our lives around and that can feel so confining sometimes -like the opposite of creativity. My process...

On her way upstate for a little post holidays in the shop getaway, Marcia took a detour to do a studio visit with artist, Gemma Gambee. Around a sunny dining room table, Marcia and Gemma chatted about meditation, mindful practices, color and inspiration while carefully selecting paintings to bring down to Brooklyn for the upcoming exhibit at M.PATMOS.   M.PATMOS:  How do these pieces relate to your own meditation practice?   Gemma: These paintings are a mindfulness practice.  Mindfulness practices are practices we use to integrate the personal exploration and findings we discover in our closed eye meditation practice.  For me, I...

On a recent quiet and sunny day, we visited our founder, Marcia Patmos, at her Boerum Hill home to catch up on all that is new with the M.PATMOS brand and revisit her journey as a designer. Seated amidst the work that follows any small business owner home — pots and mordants used for indigo dyeing, idle softbox stands for website photography, racks of clothes — we were able to squeeze in a conversation before an afternoon model fitting.   It's like a workshop in here! It really feels like a designer's space. Do you remember what first drew you...