Father’s Day is Sunday, June 21 and you can find an outstanding array of handcrafted, silver gifts for Dad in my online Shop! Cufflinks are an excellent gift for a stylish Dad or my Bar Accessories are great for a Dad who likes his cocktails!
Shop now and purchase directly at http://www.kaminerhaislip.com/shop/.
Contact Kaminer directly if you would like your gift wrapped. Gift wrapping is complimentary and free of charge!
REESE WITHERSPOON LAUNCHES A SOUTHERN-INSPIRED LIFESTYLE BRAND
Text by Colleen Egan
Reese Witherspoon’s latest role isn’t as an actress, but as an entrepreneur: The Oscar winner has recently launched Draper James, a clothing and lifestyle brand inspired by her Southern upbringing.
Named for her grandparents, Dorothea Draper and William James Witherspoon, the brand offers clothing and accessories as well as home items such as throws and mint-julep cups. Draper James has also commissioned items from Southern artisans and stores, including a magnolia-shaped sterling-silver bowl by Charleston, South Carolina, silversmith Kaminer Haislip and a set of linen cocktail napkins embroidered with sayings like “Top Me Off” by Savannah, Georgia’s Number Four Eleven. The products are available online, and a brick-and-mortar Draper James store will open in Nashville this fall.
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2015/05/reese-witherspoon-draper-james
by Warren L. Wise
Actress Reese Witherspoon launched her fashion and lifestyle website, Draper James, this week. The line includes a silver piece made by Charleston silversmith Kaminer Haislip.
Southern-born actress Reese Witherspoon turned to help in Charleston before she launched her new Draper James sportswear and lifestyle label online earlier this week.
Trying to connect with as many Southern sources as possible, she recruited silversmith Kaminer Haislip for one of her home and entertaining items.
Haislip, from her studio on St. Philip Street, provided a hand-made sterling silver bowl in the shape of a magnolia blossom. It’s priced at $400. “I love to do unusual and unique projects,” she said. “This was a fun project to work on with them. I’m excited they are promoting Southern lifestyle brands. It’s a really good fit for my work.”
Witherspoon’s company also tapped Hanna Nation Seabrook for stationery items.
Seabrook, who lived in Charleston for several years but now calls Kentucky home, provided design work for paper products, such as notecards and notepads, and creative direction for some of the home and gifting goods.
“Being included in this strong Southern line is such an honor,” she said.
The name for Witherspoon’s line is derived from her maternal grandparents, Dorothea Draper and William James Witherspoon.
I am so excited to announce my collaboration with Reese Witherspoon’s new Southern inspired lifestyle company Draper James! They commissioned the sterling silver Magnolia Bowl pictured here for their new online Shop http://www.draperjames.com.
This handcrafted, limited edition silver bowl made by me in my downtown Charleston, SC studio is exclusive to Draper James and can only be purchased through them. Visit http://www.draperjames.com/sterling-silver-magnolia-bowl to purchase it and see the details! It is sure to become a treasured heirloom!
As the International Editor at Large for Vogue, Hamish Bowles is recognized as one of the most respected authorities on the worlds of fashion and interior design. With one of the largest private collections of vintage clothing in the world, this dapper, globetrotting style icon has made a name for himself as a fashion historian.
Friday, March 13, 2015 he was the guest lecturer at the Gibbes Museum of Art spring luncheon. The Gibbes invited me to design and make a special gift for him, which were the silver Lilac Cufflinks pictured above. I was inspired by his passion for the color lilac and designed the cufflinks based on the flower. The other image is of him showing them off to the ladies at the luncheon. It was quite an honor to create something unique for such a renowned fashion figure!
Back in November 2014 I met a really interesting couple at my studio at Redux and we had a nice conversation. I just happened to be there that day as the following day I was going to the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. It was a great chance encounter and the next week Lisa and Rob Howard contacted me about being part of a photography series Rob was working on based on artists and makers. I was honored to be included and he shot me in my studio amongst my tools and equipment. The portrait he included in his series is posted here.
To see the full series, visit http://robhoward.com/stories/makers/ and for his statement about the body of work, visit http://robhoward.com/made-in-america/.
To learn more about the incredibly talented photographer himself, then check out his website http://robhoward.com!
Thank you Rob and Lisa for including me!
