New Poppy Colors
Our brightest colors yet! Like spring flowers pushing through dark earth – our new Poppy Sendak Colours bloom brightest against our earthy hues.
We sent a message out on Instagram asking for help with the naming. Thank you for all the great suggestions! We chose these three sweeties:
- Egg Yolk – a classic cartoony egg or grocery store yolk.
- Persimmon – a favourite fruit that grows abundantly here.
- Cochineal – the colour that comes from bugs used to make paint!
We can customize any Poppy Colour Sendak!
Egg Yolk (Cartoon Eggies)
Classic in Persimmon
After finding this old newsboys bag last autumn in bright orange and yellow, we couldn't resist the waxed canvas colours that have been beckoning for years. We added cochineal due to the endless requests for reds.
What is Waxed Canvas?
Waxed Canvas is a cotton canvas with wax embedded into the fibers. The wax darkens the colour of the textile, and makes it water resistant, giving it protection from the elements. It also shows marks of use, giving it the charming rugged look that we were drawn to sixreen years ago when we started Peg and Awl, and continue to love as we use it throughout the years. The wax reflects lighting differently so the range of tone in the photographs reflects the range of tone you may perceive in life. The colours may vary slightly from batch to batch because they are hand dyed. The wax will fade with use and the colour of the bag will lighten and evolve. We love all of this. Your bags will change through use, giving each one a one-of-a-kind patina with the stories and marks from your life!
We use two different canvas weights for our Sendaks and Bags. The Sendak canvas is thinner and lighter to acommodate so many pockets and treasures. The colours vary between the weights.
All About Our Canvas and Colours!
What are the marks on my bag?
Wax canvas looks cozy and worn in from the start, because of the crazing – the creases and marks – that show up with use. Some colours are craze-ier than others! The Coal is the least mark prone, and shows the most dust and pet hair in the beginning, but with use, as with all the colours, the wax works its way into the cotton fibers, protecting it from the elements, including pet hair.
Can You Make a Sendak in _____?
We use two different canvas weights – one for the Sendak and another for our Bags. The Sendak canvas is thinner and lighter because of all of the layers and intricacies of the artist roll.
Some limited colours are only available in one weight. This is why we may introduce a colour in Bags that we don’t offer in Sendaks, and vice versa.
Why is this Canvas Softer that the Others?
Most of our canvas comes from Fairfield Textile, and the waxiness is fairly consistent, but we love finding new colours and new manufacturers, so there can be variation in the canvases.
Sweetshrub, Radish, and Rook are all a little softer and waxier than the others at first, but again, all wax works its way into the fibers with use.
Our Leather
We use black and brown vegetable-tanned leather from Wickett and Craig for our bags and Sendaks. Fog and All Black are paired with black leather and all other colours are paired with brown leather.
We can do any leather and canvas combination that you wish!
Just email us or write your request in your order notes.
Our Collections Explained
If you’ve been following along with us for a while, you may have noticed that not all launches are the same – some products stay for years, some fly off the shelves, and others fall somewhere in between. Here are some explanations to distinguish between our various collection types.
Standard Collections: Everything in our standard collections will be ongoing until we decide to stop making them! They may include some vintage or antique materials, (ex. journal fabric lining) but these details will vary subtly to ensure their ongoingness.
Small Batch Collections: Limited batches incorporating vintage or antique materials where larger batches can be made, but are not infinite! The quantity ranges, but we aim for minimum of 100 in these collections.
Of a Kind Collections: Limited batches incorporating vintage or antique materials. Each object will be limited from 1–20 items depending upon our findings.
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