VIRTUAL HOLIDAY MAKERS MARKET

BY MOCA STAFF

VIRTUAL HOLIDAY MAKERS MARKET

MOCA Jacksonville's Virtual Holiday Makers Market features regional makers, artists and artisans to celebrate shopping local this holiday season. Find details about each of the vendors below or head to our social media to see them featured throughout the month.

C. POOVEY ART

Connor Poovey is an artist exploring the world of nature through mixed media. His work ranges from relief prints to stickers with a focus on reptiles often punctuated with bright colors and animated lines. His formal education comes from a Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of North Florida, but his refined skills are contrasted by playful techniques.

Online Shop: etsy.com/shop/CPooveyArt
Instagram: @c.pooveyart

MIRE MADE EMBROIDERY

Mire Made Embroidery is an educational embroidery business that teaches beginners and advanced stitchers alike how to embroider in Lexi Mire Brantman's signature style. Lexi's first how-to book, Beautiful Embroidered Accessories, teaches stitchers how to add floral patterns and designs to items such as hats, bandanas, fanny packs, or denim jackets.

Website: alexismire.com/book
Instagram: @leximire

MOVER & SHAKER

Mover & Shaker is a bartending lifestyle brand based in Jacksonville that has worked with more than 300 bars and spirits brands, including Amaro Montenegro, Angostura, and Belle Meade. The brand creates a variety of merchandise including pins, barware, and graphic tees. Mover & Shaker's brick-and-mortar location is open by appointment and located in Riverside.

Website: moverandshakerco.com
Social Media: @moverandshakerco

JOYFULL

Joyfull is a local delivery service and online shop providing low-waste, sustainable alternatives to household kitchen, cleaning, and bath products. Most of the products offered are compostable or reusable alternatives to single-use plastics. Joyfull's goal is to encourage more mindful consumption and to help local communities move towards a more circular economy.

Website: shopjoyfull.com

JOHN QUICK CERAMICS

John Quick is a queer artist who primarily works with clay. He began his ceramic journey years ago after falling in love with the medium and has since received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and cultivated his passion into a full-time business. John works to create ceramics that are not only functional, but feel special and timeless. He's attracted to mid-century design aesthetics and often draws inspiration from nature, architecture, and fashion.

Online Shop: john-quick-ceramics.myshopify.com
Instagram: @johnquickceramics

DEVINE YOGI VEGAN BAKERY

Devine Yogi Vegan Bakery is a local home baker crafting desserts such as cakes, cookies, and cinnamon rolls. The goods are created to aid those who have adopted a plant-based diet and never include eggs or diary. Other dietary restrictions, such as intolerances to sugar or gluten, are also catered to. The healthy alternatives are decorated and iced, so no one will know the wiser unless sneaking a peek at the ingredient list.

Instagram: @devineyogi_vegan_bakery

HOUSE OF PALE

House of Pale is a Jacksonville-based stained glass company exploring depictions of fun, cute and kinky objects. Danielle Clark, the creator behind the works, is a self-taught artist who became infatuated with the medium in 2015 and has since immersed herself in it, striving to perfect age-old techniques and present fresh new possibilities.

Website: houseofpale.com
Instagram: @house_of_pale

ROOTED WITH LOVE

Rooted With Love is an indoor plant service offering houseplants, pots and vessels, and workshops. The Arlington shop brims with healthy specimens, from plants that do not require much maintenance for those working on developing a green thumb. Beyond greenery, Rooted With Love offers workshops such as creating upcycled planters, putting together charcuterie boards, and making macrame.

Website: rootedwithlovejax.com
Instagram: @_rootedwithlove
Facebook: @rootedwithlovejax

JUICE CERAMICS

Juice Ceramics is a partnership between Noah Mackenzie and Sasha Lute, two Jacksonville natives. The two met at Flagler College in Saint Augustine while studying fine art. Juice combines Sasha's design background and wheel-throwing skills with Noah's illustration and hand-building expertise to create unique and whimsical homeware.

Website: juiceceramics.com
Instagram: @juiceceramics

SPLENDID WORKS OF ART

Splendid Works of Art creates handcrafted jewelry and accessories with a crochet twist. Products range from dainty studs to colorful statement earrings fashioned with crystals, shells, or tassels. Find pieces at Coconut Barrel in St. Augustine or shop the full collection on her website.

Looking for something outside-the-box? Gift a MOCA Membership this holiday season for the creative in your life. Get started!