Peg and Awl, Philadelphia, PA Videos

Expedition Cards by Søren Kent (Free Downloadable)
Free Downloadable Expedition Cards: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/blogs/journal/expedition-cards-by-soren-kent Somewhere along the way, during camping trips and road trips – somewhere deep in the pandemic, Søren began to transform his Homeschool task of traditional journaling into something he was excited to do. Using Procreate on his iPad, he now creates his own alternative journal cards with personality-filled drawings, descriptions, and photographs!⁠ ⁠ It has been heartening to watch the evolution of his journaling practice, from bland journal pages to documented expeditions – completely Søren-ed and so shareable. We’ve simplified his card design into a free downloadable PDF! Søren tested the new card (on the spot!) with a local hiking adventure to Harmony Hill.⁠ ⁠ As Søren flipped through his cards for my camera, he said, “It feels like I’m reliving all of this – even just glancing at each one.” If the purpose of a journal is to create a ritual, to reflect and document, to build writing and observation skills, and to have a place to go, then Søren has fulfilled these expectations, and I am overjoyed with his finding his own way!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Music: Strange Contraptions by Real Heroes (Epidemic Sound)⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #wildandfreechildren #homeschool #homeschoollife #homeschoolclassroom #roadschool #kidartists #kidlitart #homeschooling #homeeducation #tombow #artistsoninstatagram #everexploring #childhoodeveryday #momswithcameras #uniteinmotherhood #themindfulapproach #inbeautyandchaos #fearlessandframed #human_spark #documentyourdays #nothingisordinary #gatherandtend #thesincerestoryteller #illustrations #igreels #artreels

How to make a headband for your sketchbook!⁠ ⁠ We have so enjoyed seeing many of you share your handmade sketchbooks, following our tutorial or using the prepared kit, and we wanted to share this little video again to get you ready with headbands, as it is the next step before covering your sketchbooks!⁠ ⁠ Thanks for following along and sharing all of your lovely work—it has inspired me to continue making these!⁠ ⁠ If you have any special requests, let me know! We would love to continue our bookbinding tutorial series.⁠ ⁠ Don’t forget to use #pegandawlbinds so we can find your work!⁠ ⁠ Full Tutorial: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/blogs/journal/bookbinding-at-home-part-3-covering-a-journal-with-leather Anselm Bookbinding Kit: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/products/6-anselm-bookbinding-kit 🎵 from Epidemic Sound #bookbinding #tutorial #handmade #ethicallymade #smallbusiness #diy #slowmanufacture #consciouslycrafted #igreels #artistsofinstagram

Our Scout Plein Air Box is equipped with a threaded tripod mount (standard 1/4 inch camera socket), and I use a travel tripod by Peak Design! 🎵 Nagorno Mist by Vusal Zeinalov (via Epidemic Sound) The Scout: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/products/the-scout-plein-air-box The full Scout Walkthrough: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/blogs/journal/the-scout-plein-air-box-video-walkthrough Join our Newsletter to learn about new collections and products, offers, and receive a coupon code for 10% off your first order! https://pegandawlbuilt.com/pages/newsletter-signup

We set out for Montreal a week ago, not knowing, as usual, what we’d see along the way. The foggy first morning found Walter painting at the bottom of the mountains in the Catskills, NY. "What is it? And shall I die before I find it? Then (as I was walking through Russell Square last night) I see the mountains in the sky: the great clouds; and the moon which is risen over Persia; I have a great and astonishing sense of something there, which is 'it' – it is not exactly beauty that I mean. It is that the thing is in itself enough: satisfactory; achieved. A sense of my own strangeness, walking on the earth is there too: of the infinite oddity of the human position; trotting along Russell Square with the moon up there, and those mountain clouds. Who am I, what am I, and so on." – Virginia Woolf ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠’Til All That’s Left is Ash (Instrumental Version) by Ludlów ⁠ ⁠ #landscape_painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #oilpaints #artcollector #pegandawl #walterkent #artistsofinstagram #exploreamerica #paintingoftheday #smallbusiness #artlovers #instaart #arte #fineart #landscapepainting #contemporaryart #landscapeoilpainting #writingcommunity #exploremore⁠ #outdoorlife #campinglife #naturelovers

Coming soon! These vintage waxed canvas mini totes will be available in our upcoming Of a Kind collection. @pegandawlbuilt and I went on our first road trip together in 2008 and stopped at flea markets along the way. We found two old wooden cots (that I had to have) with thee magical stripy textiles. We ditched the wooden parts (I wish we hadn't!) and saved these for some future something. Here they are! I LOVE them. What do you think?⁠ ⁠ PS: We are having a tiny colour battle. Is the stripe red or orange?⁠ Tell us in the comments! ⁠ ⁠ Join our newsletter to receive the launch preview and announcement!⁠ https://pegandawlbuilt.com/pages/newsletter-signup

A peek into our jewelry process! ⁠ ⁠ This was an exciting week at the Peg and Awl workshop – Walter completed my first jewelry casting of botanical rings in gold and silver. He also snuck one of our new rings — from our upcoming collection — into the cast!⁠ ⁠ We've always considered our jewelry collections to be outliers to the pragmatic nature of Peg and Awl. Each one takes us down a new meandering path, that leads us to ask new questions and happen upon new discoveries. Our Botanical Collection takes a closer look and celebrates the beauty and usefulness of seven plants often considered weeds.⁠ ⁠ Our newest work challenges us to step out into the world, to look up, and to partake in the ritual of creating and observing everyday.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Have a look at the preview in our Stories over on @pegandawljewelry!

How to Adjust Straps on The Franklin Maker's Apron
Our Franklin Maker’s Apron is made with suspender style vegetable tanned leather straps and belt that have multiple settings that comfortably fit a variety of statures. This video shows how these leather straps are designed to adjust and secure to the button studs.⁠ The Franklin Maker's Apron: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/products/the-franklin-makers-apron

The Franklin Maker's Apron is nearly here! Have a look at our process videos and make sure you are signed up for our newsletter for the launch...⁠ The Franklin Maker‘s Apron: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/collections/stationary/products/the-franklin-makers-apron Newsletter signup: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/pages/newsletter-signup

Making Paint from Wissahickon Schist
For this Of a Kind Collection, we made a small batch of petite paint sets, including hand mulled paint and a brush rest. Our Ghost Green watercolour is made from Wissahickon Schist that was pulverized when digging the well for our barn. This paint is set in Bioplastic Pans, made by Poems About You, that fit in our Painter’s Palettes.⁠ https://pegandawlbuilt.com/collections/spring-of-a-kinds-2022/products/handmade-paint-with-brush-rest Explore our Spring 2022 Of a Kind Collection! https://pegandawlbuilt.com/blogs/journal/spring-2022-of-a-kind-collection ⁠ ⁠ 🎵 Malvas Polska by Sandra Marteleur

Making Paint for our Painter's Palettes
I stumbled into the paint making world one, cold, wet, and sleety grey day in New York — on a mission to find a gift for Walter. Maps sent me to Kremer Pigments and I must have looked like a proper alien when I walked in, my face rearranged with wonder.⁠ ⁠ Since then I've been seeing the world differently, tucking colours from the earth into my pockets, pouches, and lunch containers for to later sift, grind and mull then swipe across my pages. ⁠ Our Painter’s Palettes: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/collections/painter-s-palettes Join our Newsletter: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/pages/newsletter-signup

Peg and Awl is hiring! If you are hardworking, efficient, organized, detail-oriented, and not afraid to get dirty, read on… But first, a little about us – our workshop is located in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, and our design studio is in Chester County, Penna. Our team here does everything it takes to run a business – from imagining to prototyping, designing to manufacturing, shipping, marketing, and more! We started this business so we could spend our days doing what we love, and we want to include people with the desire to learn new skills and use their hands to make objects that they feel good about. ⁠ Dry Goods Production Assistant (Full-time) – We work with leather, paper, waxed canvas, fabric, and metal. This entry-level position requires assisting many of us throughout the shop with production tasks including leatherworking, bookbinding, finishing bags with hardware, cutting fabric and zippers, tagging and inventorying products. ⁠ Graphic Design & Marketing Assistant (Full-Time) – This entry-level position requires working in two locations – the production shop and the design studio. It will involve assisting Margaux, one of our co-founders, with tasks including packaging design, organizing and utilizing the digital marketing assets and schedule, filming video and editing for social media, and proactively researching marketing practices. This role requires experience with Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and Illustrator, in addition to Social Media platforms, Excel, and MAC IOS; experience with a DSLR Camera would be helpful. If you are interested in either position, please email your inquiries to [email protected] – we will not be accepting inquiries via Instagram or Facebook DMs. Please include your name, resume, some tidbits about yourself, and any questions you might have. We will reach out with more details.⁠ We look forward to hearing from you! ⁠W. and M. Kent P.S. If you know anyone who would fit on

It’s Black Friday! Visit our website and and use code WILDRUMPUS for 20% off of most treasures! Our @etsy shop is already marked down 20%! #shopsmall ⁠ ⁠ #creativebusiness #dreamersanddoers #ethicallymade #smallbusiness #deskie #slowmanufacture #blackfridaysale #consciouslycrafted #sendakartistroll #artistsofinstagram #shopsmallbusiness #thenativecreative #documentyourdays #livethelittlethings #simplepleasures #pegandawl #themindfulapproach #makeitmeaningful ⁠ #standwithsmall #shopsmall #foundandforaged #inspireddaily #morningscenes #doitfortheprocess #madeinphilly #etsystore #artistsoninstagram #kidlitart #illustration

Since posting the video of my portrait painting, we've received a handful of requests for a video dedicated to scraping and cleaning the glass palette. Here it is!⁠ Scout Plein Air Box: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/products/the-scout-plein-air-box

I am pretty sure I illustrated this book. The reality is coming in and out of focus. Also pretty sure this was one of the most extraordinary projects to partake in… Have you read Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket (@authordanielhandler ) yet? Poison for Breakfast Collection: https://pegandawlbuilt.com/collections/poison-for-breakfast

Peg and Awl is Hiring for a Woodworker!
Peg and Awl is hiring! We are in search of a full-time Woodworker! We are a small production workshop located in Port Richmond, Philadelphia. ⁠ ⁠ Woodworker - We make home goods and furniture out of locally-sourced, FSC-Certified and reclaimed wood. We are looking for someone with experience in a woodshop. ⁠ If you are interested please send your inquiries to [email protected] and we will reach out to you with more details.⁠⠀⁠ ⁠⠀⁠ Also, if you know anyone looking for a job in Philadelphia, who would fit one of these positions, please share this post. Thank you!⁠ Music by Father Sleep @j_brey

We've been going back to our roots, concocting four Of a Kind collections throughout the year - made from antique textiles and other miscellany gathered from abandoned houses, flea markets, and wherever else we can find them! This collection took a dramatic colour change and blends in with a lot of the treasures from nature that have been accumulating on my desk! ⁠ ⁠ These collections go fast - we will send out an email announcement 3 hours before they are available – you will be able to look through each item in the collection at that time.⁠ Join our newsletter to receive the preview and launch announcements!

We love to extend birthdays into birthmonths and are headed to Elk Neck, Maryland for the weekend to continue our pandemic camping birthdays!⁠ ⁠⁠ The weather channel promises a thunder and lighting tonight and this is our first Mantis trip with Pearl! Thunder and lightning, cozy habitat, Pearl, family, friends, good food, art and words—a kind of heaven, I say. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Here I turned a 7-minute Sendak deliberation into a 1-minute speed packing! I also brought 3 books. I am very hopeful and a touch indecisive. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #outisin⁠⁠ #dreamersanddoers #ethicallymade #smallbusiness #slowmanufacture #consciouslycrafted #standwithsmall #etsyshop #artistsofinstagram #pegandawl #makeitmeaningful #smallbusinesss #watercolour⁠⁠ #sendakartistroll ⁠⁠ #artistsofinstagram ⁠⁠ #toolroll⁠⁠ #documentyourdays ⁠⁠ #livethelittlethings ⁠⁠ #pleasingtotheeye⁠⁠ #let_there_be_delight ⁠⁠ #createinspring  ⁠⁠ #simplepleasures ⁠⁠ #liveunscripted ⁠⁠ #morningscenes ⁠⁠ #toolsoftrade⁠⁠ #calledtobecreative ⁠⁠ #waxedcanvas⁠⁠ #roadtrip ⁠⁠ #themindfulapproach ⁠⁠ #thesweetlifeunscripted

Packing My Sendak Artist Roll for an Adventure by Peg and Awl
Our Sendak, handmade with waxed canvas and vegetable-tanned leather in our Philadelphia workshop, is a delight for any adventurer – be it to your stoop or beyond! For my family at, this weekend, ‘tis beyond! We are on our way to a campsite in Northern Pennsylvania for our 6th pandemic camping birthday party. ⁠ ⁠ Our easy-to-fold traveling case comfortably holds bunches – including notebooks, palettes, and many little things in the zipper pouch.