10 Bay Area Makers You Should Know

Loreto Remsing is L'Aromatica, a Latina-owned and operated artisan fragrance company based in Northern California. She offer small-batch, non-gendered fragrances, made with exquisite botanical ingredients and aroma molecules. Each perfume tells a story, whether it was inspired by a flower, dessert, liquor, season, place or person.

Bespoke Watch Projects was founded in 2014 as the brainchild of John Beck McConnico, a Horologist, Brand Builder, Designer, and Visual Artist. John assembles each watch in his Oakland, California studio—incorporating hand-finished engraved dials, distinctive case designs, and customized Swiss movements. His primary goal is to offer an “accessible heirloom” for every watch collector and aficionado.

Founded by designer/architects Victor Lefebvre and Mei-Lan Tan, UMÉ is a multidisciplinary design practice that blurs the boundaries between art, craft, and experience. They formed UMÉ after years of working together in architectural practices where they discovered a shared design ethos for materiality, craft, and technique leading to design, rather than the prevailing norm of design informing craft and technique.

Coming from a family of woodworkers, Joseph Brody and his family took a risk opening a woodworking shop in the San Francisco Bay Area. After years of long nights and fighting for their dreams, the furniture they produce is now found in some of the most iconic buildings and beautiful private homes around the world. They use the same level of integrity and traditional craftsmanship for their home décor and kitchenware, continuing their family's tradition of high standards and craftsmanship.

Mixing her love for movement with design, anatomy and fashion, Kenlynn Wilson's knitwear collection weaves together her experience as a professional ballerina, her degree in international business and her studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. Kenlynn launched her collection in 2011, opened her first boutique in 2006, and relocated to San Francisco in 2023. Kenlynn knits, knots, sews and ties all of her passions together into a stunning piece to charm you inside and out. Every piece is made by her hands.

YMSF is a design and craft collaboration between Yvonne Mouser and Tiersa Nureyev, merging their expertise of fashion and furniture. While their work began with jewelry collections, continued exploration of sculpture, scale, and utility has expanded to include recent work of upholstered seating and fine art.

Jay Morgan is a self taught welder and metalwork hobbyist who knew he had found what he was searching for after taking a blacksmithing class. Inspired by the hammer and anvil, he took a class with Nick Rossi at the New England School of Metalwork on making a chef's knife, and his life was transformed. He loves making useful things, particularly tools that help people enjoy cooking, and puts that passion into every knife he makes.

Jason Stropko is a professional glass artist, maker, fabricator, collaborator & educator. Inspired by nature, especially small details and subtle characteristics in texture, hue and pattern, he creates beautiful and carefully crafted glass art heirlooms that last a lifetime. Jason has collaborated with Atelier Crenn and makes custom lighting and projects for interior designers.

Jered Nelson has hand-thrown nearly half a million vessels in his three-decade career as a potter. Starting in an old dairy barn with a self-built wood-burning kiln fed with scrap from the local sawmill in South Dakota, Jered honed his craft over four years in this self-imposed isolation. In 2004 Jered moved to the Bay Area, developing his skills as a prototyper and problem solver while hand-throwing vessels at the iconic Heath Ceramics for nearly a decade. His work there with Chez Panisse, Dwell and House Industries drew him to the creative collaboration of custom work with local chefs. Since then, he has been the top choice for hand-crafted custom dinnerware for some of the world's top chefs and designers.

Sebastian Parker Furniture Design is a San Francisco based design studio and wood shop that creates custom furniture for residential and commercial clients. Playing both the role of designer and craftsman, Sebastian is able to work closely with his clients from concept to completion, immersing himself in each project.