Color Theory: Bittersweet & Nocturne
Time traveling with Nicole Lissenden. East Fork’s Creative Director shares the inspirations behind this season’s bold color explorations and reflects on East Fork’s 15th Anniversary.
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Introducing Helpmate
Our new Community Partner working to eliminate abuse and fear by supporting survivors of intimate partner violence
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Why Is It Called East Fork?
Alex Matisse, East Fork’s founder, on how the company got its name and why it represents a “little private victory” for him.
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Color Stories
A look back at the evolution of East Fork’s core colors and how they came to be.
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How We Make The Mug
Want to know everything there is to know about how we make The Mug? It’s your lucky day. Get the behind-the-scenes on how we make our iconic ceramic mug.
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Glassblowing with Hayden Wilson
Glass blowing is wild. The art behind the glassware and dinnerware you use every night from the expert Hayden Wilson.
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Between Two Bowls: Ice Cream Bowls vs Breakfast Bowls
Wild news, y’all. You can eat breakfast in the Ice Cream Bowl and ice cream in the Breakfast Bowl. Our handcrafted bowls can be used in so many different exciting ways.
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Visiting Asheville?
A few of many very fun, delicious, energizing, relaxing things to do, eat, see, drink, and experience in Asheville, North Carolina, home of East Fork.
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Everybody Deserves A Home
Four times a year, we raffle off a highly collectible piece from the Small Batch Studio to raise funds for a justice and equity-minded Western North Carolina nonprofit. First up for 2020 is Homeward Bound, an organization working to end homelessness in the Asheville area. We’re hoping to raise $5,000. Please help us get there!
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From the Earth: Heilbron Herbs
A warm, earthy, subtly sweet tea we love: Color Therapy. Learn how it is grown and cultivated with Saralyn of Heilbron Herbs of Western North Carolina.
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Tokens of Love
We asked our team, here at East Fork HQ, to share their plans for Valentine’s Day (or previous ones), no matter if it’s love-related or not, and we got some juicy responses.
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Mental Health
If you're feeling anything but merry and bright this season, we just wanted to remind you and ourselves that you are not alone...
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A Holiday PSA
This holiday season, we hope you’ll join us in remembering that real humans are opening our emails and answering our phone calls.
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Night Swim & Friends...
Night Swim is an unexpected JOY to behold alongside so many past East Fork seasonals.
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Colorful Pages Coalition
Kids are able to imagine a future rife with possibilities when their images are reflected on the pages of their books.
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Something wicked.
Coming October 22. What do you think we named it?
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Alone, Not Lonely
A cupcake in the bathtub. Delivery pizza on the couch. A warm meal at the bar of a neighborhood standby with a crossword for company. A Sunday spent alone at the grocery store, taking your time in every aisle, with a whole afternoon to prepare and enjoy—with no pressure to please anyone but yourself—a three-course meal inspired by a childhood vacation.
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Utah: A Farewell Letter
An explanation as to why we are retiring out dusty, dessert red.
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Pollen
When I'm sad, stressed, or too tired, I put on the brightest thing in my closet. I set my dinner table with bright yellow plates. --Connie Matisse, East Fork CEO
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Mugs for Equal Rights
“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family....
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Clay Buddies: Kirby Wolf
Our lovely Kirby, store Manager of the Lexington shop, talks about her five favorite objects which include a jar of seashells and an analog camera.
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Alex on Well Made
Does being interviewed in a podcast count as officially making it? Listen to CEO Alex Matisse talk about Lizzo and the growing pains of running a company.
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Big Feelings from the CEO
A heartfelt letter from CEO Alex Matisse.
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An Interview with Katie Button
We revisited this 2016 conversation between East Fork co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Connie Matisse and Cúrate owner and chef Katie Button on raising babies while running businesses.
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The Joys of Putting Your Heart on a Platter
Anyone else grow up writing poems about the ocean, taping posters of Justin Timberlake to their wall, collecting shells at the beach, and engaging in other...
