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| Welcome to our blog, the place to find out what is happening at Pfeifer Studio. Discover what inspires us, when new products debut, the story behind our exclusive designs, what's going on at our studio in New Mexico, meet some of our wonderful clients, be the first to know when a sale begins, send us images of our designs in your space, read our latest press coverage, learn about our recent custom projects and keep up to date on all things Pfeifer. |
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| New In Store: Cotton Blankets from India |
6/4/2010 5:52:00 PM
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We will be pushing 100 degrees over the next few days here in Albuquerque. Not exactly blanket weather! We still love our new handwoven cotton blankets from India that just hit the showroom floor. The cool cotton fibers are perfect for a summer night. We are in the desert after all, and the temperatures are known to drop after the sun goes down.Plus they are huge! Measuring a significant 71 x 102 inches, they offer some serious coverage.  Handwoven Cotton Blankets From India - $119 - In Store Only
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| Pfeifer Studio in The New York Times |
2/10/2010 6:53:00 PM
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 Our beautiful handmade Saddle Blankets from Bolivia are featured in The New York Times weekly 'Shopping With' column. We offer them online in four colorways and two sizes. They are great thrown over the foot of a bed or used as a rug. Each is handmade and supports local artisans in South America. Click here to see them and all the styles in our popular Blankets & Throws category.We would like to extend a big thank you to New York Interior Designer Brad Ford for including us on his shopping trip! Click here to read the article now. Posted By: AJ (aj@pfeiferstudio.com)
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| Pfeifer Studio in The New York Times |
4/30/2009 8:11:00 PM
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 Our Bolivian Saddle Blankets were featured in New York Times last week in an article on the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Titled, Low-Cost Means to High-End Design Ends, we thought that the feature was the perfect venue for us, since we strive to offer high-end design directly to our clients.
Although we have carried the blankets for several years now, they still feel fresh and continue to be one of the most popular Pfeifer Finds in our collection.
These traditional hand-loomed wool blankets are durable enough to use as a rug and also great thrown over the foot of a bed. Woven in the town of Vallegrande in the mountains of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, famous for its horses, the beauty of its women, and where Che Guevara finally met his end, they are used as saddle pads by local horsemen.
 They are sturdy, beautiful and woven by hand with sheep wool from local herds. Each rug has minor variations in size and shades and are available at 24 x 36 and 50 x 75 inches.
The rugs are sourced for Pfeifer Studio by former Peace Corps volunteers, Kathryn Krubsack and Kristen Evans. In 2004 they arrived in at a small village in rural Bolivia and soon fell in love with the 50 families, 20 cows, several monkeys, and dozens and dozens of children, who accepted them into their lives as their own.
By supporting the art of Bolivia you are also strengthening and preserving some of the most fascinating indigenous cultures of the Americas, and you are directly benefiting the producers by buying from artisan cooperatives. Additionally, a percentage of profits is donated to youth music education projects in Bolivia. We think that you will be enchanted with the unusual beauty of these hand woven saddle blankets. Each piece carries cultural and historical traditions found nowhere else and brings with it the story of its unusual journey to reach you. Click here to learn more about them. |
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| Stansborough Wools of New Zealand |
11/12/2007 2:35:00 PM
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 Pfeifer Studio is proud to be the exclusive online retailer of Stansborough Wools of New Zealand. Their hand made wool throws and blankets are some of the most popular styles on the site and we recently decided to expand our offerings to include select styles from their fashion collection, including the ever-so inviting pink suede sheepskin slippers that you see to the left. -
What makes Stansborough Wool's designs so unique? Well for starters Stansborough founders, Barry and Cheryl Elridge, take a hands-on approach to the production of their wool designs.
The Elridges raise a rare breed of sheep, known as 'Stansborough Greys' on their 3000 acre farm, nestled in New Zealand's Wairarapa Valley. Over 10 years of selective breeding has developed a silky and lustrous fiber. Their flock is now over one thousand strong, still the only one of its kind in the world.
'Stansborough Alpaca' are also bred at the farm. With more than 20 different natural shades, the Alpaca wool expands the color palette and is used to enhance the natural colors of 'Stansborough Greys.'
Barry and Cheryl personally sort the fleece and only select the finest quality fibers for use in their production. Stansborough's luxurious wool throws are woven at their Wellington Mill on looms dating from the early 1890’s and have a unique, handmade and natural feel, distinguishing them from mass-produced, commercial soft goods.
Their sumptuous wool felts are individually hand made, creating subtle variations that make each piece completely unique.
The time spent producing each Stansborough design is evident in their quality and each style produced in Stansborough Wool can truly be called handmade.
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| Product Preview: Jamavar Wool Throw |
10/30/2007 2:27:00 PM
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 The latest Pfeifer Find to land online direct from Kashmir, India is a traditional throw hand-woven in sheep's wool in shades of Burgundy, Blue, Black and Rust.
Known as Jamavar, the centuries-old technique of weaving used to create the intricate patterns in the throw was brought to Kashmir in the 15th Century under the patronage of one of the kingdom's most admired rulers, Zain-ul-Abdin.
The patterns are created using weft threads of various colors that do not run the full width of the fabric. Rather, they are woven back and forth in small areas to create the desired, tiny color blocks.
Jamavars became fashionable with European aristocracy in the 18th Century. Because of the costly weaving technique, the patterns often covered just the edges and ends of the shawls.
Even so, only the wealthiest people could afford them. The invention of the jacquard loom in the 19th Century meant that shawls with the traditional jamavar designs could be produced cost-effectively for a much larger market. And the motifs began to cover larger portions of the shawls. Click here to learn more about this beautiful design. |
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| Product Preview: Bolivian Saddle Blankets |
8/23/2007 6:19:00 PM
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We are pleased to introduce a new collection of saddle blankets from Bolivia. These traditional hand-loomed wool blankets are durable enough to use as a rug and also great thrown over the foot of a bed.
Woven in the town of Vallegrande in the mountains of Santa Cruz, famous for its horses, the beauty of its women, and where Che Guevara finally met his end, they are used as saddle pads by local horsemen. The blankets are sturdy, beautiful and woven by hand with sheep wool from local herds.
The rugs are sourced for Pfeifer Studio by former Peace Corps volunteers, Kathryn Krubsack and Kristen Evans. In 2004 they arrived in at a small village in rural Bolivia and soon fell in love with the 50 families, 20 cows, several monkeys, and dozens and dozens of children, who accepted them into their lives as their own.
By supporting the art of Bolivia you are also strengthening and preserving some of the most fascinating indigenous cultures of the Americas, and you are directly benefiting the producers by buying from artisan cooperatives.
Additionally, a percentage of profits is donated to youth music education projects in Bolivia. We think that you will be enchanted with the unusual beauty of these hand woven saddle blankets. Each piece carries cultural and historical traditions found nowhere else and brings with it the story of its unusual journey to reach you.
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| Stansborough Wool Blankets |
9/28/2006 12:57:00 PM
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 It is starting to feel like fall and what better way to welcome the new season to your home than with a warm wool blanket?
As the exclusive US retailer of Stansborough Wools of New Zealand, we have a throw for almost every interior. A favorite is the luxurious Cuddle Blanket (pictured) in soft gray with white checks.
Stansborough's luxurious wool throws are woven at their Wellington Mill on looms dating from the early 1890’s and have a unique, handmade and natural feel, distinguishing them from mass-produced, commercial soft goods. Talk about hand made elegance!
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| Name: Angela Shaffer |
Location: Chicago |
| Email: loftshoppe@gmail.com |
| About: An all around creative my entire life, I have a background in the performing arts, I’ve been sewing since I was tall enough to reach the foot pedal, and I’m always looking for the next opportunity to build something. My true love being anything related to design...interior, graphic or fashion, I’m also an entrepreneur at heart. Currently working on designing my own line of textiles, I’m also contemplating some furniture ideas for children’s rooms. |
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| Name: AJ DeForest |
Location: Albuquerque |
| Email: aj@pfeiferstudio.com |
| About: I began Pfeifer Studio over 10 years ago as an aspiring designer in New York. Much has changed over the past decade, we are now located in beautiful New Mexico and most of our clients find us online, but one thing has not. I love contemporary designs created from natural materials mixed with traditional handicrafts made by GLOBAL artisans. That's Pfeifer, that's what we do. |
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