Excited to announce the addition of new designs and colors to our line AND a collaboration with one of our favorite jewelry designers: Teresa Robinson ofTiro Tiro, debuting this weekend at WEST COAST CRAFT!  Mark your calendars and find us sharing a booth this Sat/Sun Nov 17th + 18th at the Fort Mason Center Festival Pavillion in San Francisco from 10-6 pm. Free and open to the public - Come n' get your holiday shop on early!

You can also find us at these holiday shows:

SEATTLE Dec 1st/2nd:
find us at Urban Craft Uprising Sat & Sun 10-5 

PORTLAND Dec 21st:
Late Night Solstice Party at the 811 building from noon - 9pm
811 E Burnside 
(all shops will be open late that night!)

PORTLAND Dec 22nd: 
LONE/WEST Holiday Pop Up 820 N Russell Street 11-7pm

So many incredible makers at all of these events! ​

First Friday we are excited to have Risograph portraits of some of our favorite artists, musicians and performers (!) by Michelle Leigh this Friday Oct 5th from 6-8 pm! Come celebrate LOCAL ART (and new bags in new color-ways in celebration of our gorgeous Pacific NW Fall!)
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We'll have snacks and bevs and as always... good vibes!

Bio:
Michelle Leigh makes work that involves pop culture, analog
textures, and the opportunity to learn more about new subjects. They
currently work as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator and
would love to make and draw things for you (in particular editorial
illustration, illustrative packaging, and anything involving animals).
See more of Michelle's work and get in touch at michelleleigh.co

michelleleigh.co
michelle.leigh42@gmail.com
Instagram: @myopicmisanthrope

"​​For a time in middle school I would ritualistically purchase teen
celebrity magazines every month at Borders. 
I wasn't particularly interested in most of the celebrities
featured. Still, it was comforting to see those same faces month after month, finding out what new tidbits about them could be spun into what barely could be considered an article — a favorite color or snack, what they were looking for in relationship (vague enough to possibly describe YOU!). And of course each issue had pages and pages of pin ups and posters, usually with questionable background and typographic choices. I named my show with this in mind — I wanted to approach this brightly-colored portrait series with the same spirit as one flips through a magazine.

I love the challenge of drawing portraits — how can I translate a person's appearance into my style? What features are essential to capturing their likeness? Is this even what this person looks like?
Drawing someone whose work and/or aesthetics I admire is a good opportunity to meditate on the nature of identity and examine what draws me to them.

I enjoy playing with analog textures and printmaking techniques. Each portrait started off as layers of colored pencil drawings before being printed on a risograph (a printing method that's in between a
photocopier and offset printer, with colored inks that create a similar layering effect to screen printing). The risograph has quickly become one of my favorite tools for art making — I love working with its bold inks, experimenting with color overlays, and the room for messiness and imperfection the medium allows."

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Portraits:
Poly Styrene
David Bowie
Divine
Shelley Duvall
Sissy Spacek
John Waters
Kate Bush
Prince
Cookie Mueller
Grace Jones

Limited Edition Risograph, 5x7 inches, $12

We are super stoked to be featuring work by Leif J Lee for First Friday at xobruno! Leif's drawings are evocative and dreamy and we love them all and can't wait to pick out a shirt (finally!) Each piece is a hand dyed, hand drawn one of a kind image on fabric. 

Friday Aug 3rd 6-9pm at xobruno 811 E Burnside #119

Leif J Lee is a non binary artist grown out of the Pacific Northwest. Their education stems in and out of academia, holding degrees from the Evergreen State and Pacific Northwest Colleges of Art. Lee practices drawing the unseen on paper and fabric by utilizing their experiences with subconscious states of being. These drawings reflect other spiritually based worlds, question heteronormative perception, and occupy expansive spaces that defy linear time. In order to imagine a way out of destructive psychological and physical traumas Lee vigilantly seeks higher vibrations through performance, experimentation of mediums, and fascination with the unknown.

WEBSITE: www.leifjlee.com
IG: @LEIFJLEE

ALSO: We'll have a vintage pop-up happening outside with IZIT VINTAGE who will be kicking out the jams. 
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First Friday Artist reception featuring the quilt wizardry of Jeri Cain Rossi for the month of April. We're delighted to have had the pleasure of collaborating with her on a very limited series of Japanese style boro bags. Each quilt and bag are one-of-a-kind works of art. Available for purchase at the shop. Join us for the opening reception Friday, April 6th from 6-8pm!  RSVP HERE 
xobruno: 811 E Burnside #119 Portland OR 97211

Born & raised in the rural Midwest and educated at University of Illinois (BA) and Massachusetts College of Art (MFA), Jeri Cain Rossi is a published author, musician, filmmaker, and fiber artist.  Her quilting influences include Boro (Japanese patchwork), Gee’s Bend, Amish, and master quilter Maura Grace Ambrose.

“I like the meditation of hand quilting.  I enjoy employing traditional and modern patterns and making them my own, being part of a grand handing-down tradition of artists before me.  In doing so, I create art that is both functional and beautiful.”  

-Jeri Cain Rossi

Super excited to announce a new collaboration! We've been working closely with Portland artist Nathan Rice on a first run of hand-stenciled canvas and leather bags, including a tote, a clutch, dopp kit, duffel bag and small zipper pouch. To celebrate the launch, we are also featuring Nathan's illustration work on our gallery wall for the months of December and January! 

Hey babes... It's our last day for our biggest sale of the year! 20% OFF with FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHOPSMALLBIZ at checkout to get that bag you've/they've always wanted until midnight tonight! xo

Holy crap, it's been a crazy year... (I'm still reeling from LAST November)!  That said, I'm feeling beyond grateful for my lil' business and storefront at 811 (alongside 11 radical women-owned and run sister shops!).  Thing is, we wouldn't be here doing any of this without you so THANK YOU for your continued support of handmade goods and small business!  We hope you enjoying the day with friends and fam this holiday!

This Friday, we avoid getting trampled by the masses at the crack o dawn in favor of sleeping in, basking in cold leftovers and chillin' with a cup of coffee... So, in all cheekiness, we bring you BLACK (coffee) FRIDAY!  It doesn't even start til 11 so you can snooze the morn away before getting your buns over to our shop at 811 E Burnside for a FREE hot cup of delicious Random Order coffee from 11-6 (or until it's gone.)  Don't worry, we'll have cream and sugar and maybe with a wink... a little extra "warmth" in your cup!?

If free coffee isn't enough, (or you live outside of Portland) we are offering FREE SHIPPING now through Monday and donating 15% of all Friday's sales (online and in-store) to Portland based non-profit JOIN - a wonderful organization that helps homeless individuals and families to transition off the streets and into permanent housing. 

Shop small business while supporting folks less fortunate than us this Friday! 

PS. we're offering free shipping now through Monday, so if you're not able to come by for coffee, at least you get a consolation prize. 

This Sunday November 5th from 11 - 5 xobruno will be selling our leather goods at SUNDAZE COLLECTIVE along with 14 other makers/designers offering clothing, leather goods, jewelery, textiles, apothecary, ceramics, art, home goods, vintage, and more!  
The Cleaners Next to the Ace Hotel - 403 SW 10th Avenue Portland, OR 97205 

Candles, ceramics, leather goods, clothing, jewelry, prints, wool scarves, skin care and more. At one of my favorite venues in Portland (coffee shop by day - FLIPSIDE / music venue by night - Turn! Turn! Turn!) There will be food and drinks available! I'll be at the December 17th sale! xo 
At TURN! TURN! TURN! / FLIPSIDE coffee 8 NE Killingsworth Portland OR 

Excited to be at Urban Craft Uprising - Seattle’s largest FREE indie craft show for 13 years running!
If you're in Seattle, don't miss it - incredible talent and treasures to be found at this show!
(We'll post a map of our booth as soon as we get deets)
Sat/Sun December 2nd and 3rd 10-5 both days*
URBAN CRAFT UPRISING - Seattle Center Exhibition Hall: 301 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109

​*(Note: there is a paid preview night Dec 1st from 5-9 pm Tickets HERE)