The Family Business News – Brooklyn Bambini

Making Inner Knowing
Jun 20, 2015
Written by Kelley Shields
Filed under child development, creativity, hand made, parenting

Watching work being done by hand always brings me back to my childhood. Both my parents were 'makers' although that term was not one that was thrown around in their time as a qualifier of the merit it carries now.

Matters of the Heart
Mar 31, 2015
Written by Kelley Shields
Filed under art, baby shower gifts, hand made, heirlooms

Matters of the Heart

When we're young, we carry our important treasures with us--special pebbles, a piece of beach glass, petals from a flower, a shell, a piece of pottery or something that belonged to a loved one--any object can become imbued with powerful meaning to us.

The Artist in Every Child
Nov 01, 2014
Written by Kelley Shields
Filed under art, child development, hand made, play

The Artist in Every Child

Encouraging our children to create freely, without concern for mastery or representational accuracy, helps them develop on many levels. Establishing a relationship with their creative intellect does not have to develop into a life path.

The Evidence of Hand
Sep 20, 2013
Written by Brian Sullivan
Filed under birth gifts, hand made, inspiration

The Evidence of Hand

Artist handpolishing a piece of sculpture

There is a certain quality of energy transferred into objects that are handmade that resonates and can be detected by anyone, regardless of their relationship to the object or the act of ever having made something by hand themselves.

Make-ing Life Beautiful
Aug 23, 2013
Written by Kelley Shields
Filed under birth gifts, hand made, heirlooms, labor talismans

Make-ing Life Beautiful

Mine has been a life full of beauty on many levels; the people in my life are most definitely the love-liest part of my day-to-day. On the physical level my life is visually beautiful because of the talent that has always surrounded me.

Lost Wax Method
Jul 18, 2013
Written by Brian Sullivan
Filed under birth gifts, hand made, labor talismans

Lost Wax Method

Everything we create at Brooklyn Bambini is made using the lost wax method, a process that has remained largely unchanged for 5000 years.

Dad's Deliver, Too
Jun 14, 2013
Written by Kelley Shields
Filed under birth gifts, hand made, labor talismans

Dad's Deliver, Too

"It takes two to"....there more than a few ways to finish that line. And in thinking about what it takes to raise a family, it can take more than two adults to do it effectively. Attempting to quantify the commitment required to be emotionally and spiritually present in the process is folly.