FAVE3: EMILY COUNTS

Eliza Fernand frown vase ($25)

Eliza Fernand frown vase ($25)

“This Eliza Fernand vase is plump, shiny and makes me cheerful despite the frown. It will hold a perfect little bouquet for a frownie day.“

 

Ty Ennis, 2nd & Bernhard (Spokane, WA), 2012, ink watercolor, acrylic on paper, 15 x 11″, ($1000) framed

Ty Ennis, 2nd & Bernhard (Spokane, WA), 2012, ink watercolor, acrylic on paper, 15 x 11″, ($1000) framed

“I love visiting this Ty Ennis painting currently hanging in the back room. The bright stacked objects and dark wood grain of the floor and walls form a dramatic structure of interlocking blocks of pattern. This meticulously constructed space is the most appealing and lonely porn store I can imagine.“

 

Liam Drain ceramics ($22–$60)

Liam Drain ceramics ($22–$60)

“These gorgeous Liam Drain porcelain vessels were skillfully thrown by hand and their dark intricate patterns applied by laser. I love the combination of traditional craftsmanship and new technology. These objects are attainable treasures!“

TOMORROW EVENING: ILYAS AHMED!

Please join us Thursday, May 14 at 7 p.m. as we celebrate the release of Ilyas Ahmed’s new album, I Am All Your Own. 

“Ilyas’ music is in service to dream investigation, at once still and impermanent as an August cloud and then sweeping like a strange breeze through your thoughts. “I Am All Your Own” will wrap you in serenity but is aware that any second now you may escape. Music of a sweet morning, and unforgettable.” 
–Thurston Moore

Image Asif Ahmed

APARTAMENTO 15 NOW IN STOCK

Some images from the new issue and the magazine featured in the gallery with Emily Counts’ sculptures & in the shop with a vase by The Granite…

SAVE THE DATE: MAY 14 // ILYAS AHMED

During its first six years, Nationale hosted monthly events, from poetry readings to intimate concerts, from serious lectures to silly dance performances. We built a strong community around them and even though we had to slow things down with the arrival of baby Lou, we are back at it this month with a special record release + concert by Nationale alum, Ilyas Ahmed. Please join us on Thursday, May 14 (7 p.m.) as we celebrate the release of I Am All Your Own, his newest album on Immune Recordings.

Ilyas Ahmed’s songs exist in a sublime moment of suspended animation, calmly dwelling in between modes of music making both timeless and contemporary - deeply imbued with stillness and peace. On I Am All Your Own, his first album in three years, Ahmed employs strategies gleaned from experimental and ambient musicians, such as Lawrence English and Fripp & Eno, and applies them to song-based guitar music. Building slowly and purposefully, each individual track adds to the album’s overall, scrupulously-forged contour. His most direct work, Ahmed’s voice is brought to the fore and unobscured. Like the best work of his friend and collaborator Liz Harris (Grouper), as well as classic touchstones such as the Velvet Underground’s self-titled third album and David Crosby’s “If I Could Only Remember My Name,” Ahmed’s latest is sentimental and emotive, while remaining hushed and understated. I Am All Your Own is a record for late nights and early mornings, those times spent in solitude and reflection.

#PGFBIGSHIRT

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by this past weekend and made #PGFBIGSHIRT, our pop-up with Portland Garment Factory, such a success. It was a real delight to experience how much people LOVE clothes and to watch smart, bold, beautiful women play around in fun clothes made by the brilliant team Britt and Rosemary have built over the years.