Elements - Bloomington, Indiana
October, 2010
I am very pleased to share that my work is available at Elements, 2901 E Covenanter Dr, Bloomington, Indiana.
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Elements is a delightful store full of light and color, and containing a wonderful selection of fine art and craft objects, and home furnishings. It's simply a very pleasant space in which to spend some time. Please drop by!
More information about Elements, from Bloom Magazine:
When two Bloomington couples opened Elements in 1992, their goal was
to expand the already-flourishing local arts and crafts scene by bringing in
interesting work from across the country. Today, the store is still filled almost
exclusively with U.S.-produced furniture, home accessories, and gifts. But
now that the economy has gone global, the lens has shifted: Buying these
American-made products is now, by many standards, buying local.
“The whole fuel footprint is reduced,” says Peg Pejeau, who owns the
store with her husband, Larry Pejeau, and partners Tom and Kathy Kemerly.
“Things don’t have to come that far to us. We’re not depending on goods
coming in containers across the ocean.”
The Elements owners find plenty closer to home: glimmering décor and
dinnerware crafted from recycled glass; a cushy throw woven from what was
once T-shirt fabric; a pair of bookends carved from limestone that was mined
right near Bloomington. Much of the furniture comes from two companies that
work with sustainably harvested hardwoods from forests near their Vermont
and Pennsylvania factories to cut down on transportation, thus using less fossil
fuel and emitting less carbon dioxide.
“The idea when we started was to expose people to the wonderful work
that was being done in the United States,” says Pejeau. “At the time, the fine
array of arts and crafts sold in Bloomington was mostly local. We were interested
in bringing in crafts that the community might not have seen before.”
The other Elements principle—quality—has also become timelier than ever
in a world of mounting landfills and disposable everything. “We pride ourselves
on selling heirloom pieces, not throwaway goods,” says Pejeau. “These are
purchases meant to last more than a generation.”
Hours: 10 am-6 pm Monday-Saturday, noon-5 pm Sunday
