ISSUE 05 ~ M.PATMOS MUSE - JANE D'ARENSBOURG
ISSUE 05 ~ M.PATMOS MUSE - JANE D'ARENSBOURG

In time for the Valentine’s holiday, we caught up with one of our favorite jewelry artists and super moms, Jane D’Arensbourg, on a recent morning between the scuffle of remote school and a trip to the dentist. We spoke of her new life outside the city, pandemic gardening in a bookcase, how anyone found anything before Instagram, and the way that glass can hold memory and be stronger than you’d think.

ISSUE 04 ~ M.PATMOS Muse - ISABELLE ORMIÈRES
ISSUE 04 ~ M.PATMOS Muse - ISABELLE ORMIÈRES

Even with travel in its restricted state, we touched base with our French friend, collaborator and natural dye artist, Isabelle Ormiéres. Founder of I DYE FOR U, we enjoyed our rendezvous with her on a rooftop this summer where she taught us to dip dye cotton masks in marigold and madder before her move back abroad. We spoke on post-election vibes, dreams of dye houses and indigo farms and bringing Brooklyn with you when you leave it. And for a moment, by a phone screen’s eyeview, through a window of classic style set in Isabelle’s new apartment, we saw Paris.

ISSUE 03 ~ M.PATMOS MUSE - DEBORAH FORMAN
ISSUE 03 ~ M.PATMOS MUSE - DEBORAH FORMAN

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we spoke to our friend and collaborator, Deborah Forman, an abstract painter, artist...

ISSUE 02 ~ M.PATMOS MUSES: JANET & MADELEINE
ISSUE 02 ~ M.PATMOS MUSES: JANET & MADELEINE
Recently, we caught up with our friends, Janet MacGillivray and Madeleine MacGillivray Wallace, on our respective couches as best anyone can these days through the waves of WiFi; waves that sometimes roar but more often fizzle our sound connection. Still, we leaned in closer to our screens and did not let the occasional Zoom disruption distract from our talk on their lives as environmental activists...
ISSUE 01 ~ M.PATMOS MUSES - LESLIE & JANNEKE
ISSUE 01 ~ M.PATMOS MUSES - LESLIE & JANNEKE

On a recent, summer Sunday, we donned our masks and visited the beautiful Harlem home of a United Nations staff member who supports the work of the Economic and Social Council, Leslie Wade and her filmmaker daughter, Janneke...