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- Hello.
Oh, my name is Garrett Colton.
I'm the Retail Manager here
at Oklahoma Contemporary.
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Really, the premise behind
the shop is a microcosm
of what we're doing as
an arts organization,
trying to work with as many local artists
and creatives and businesses.
We wanted to highlight product
that you don't see at every
other shop or gallery.
We wanted to work with
people that have some sort
of touch point to our
great state and city.
One product that I really love is just
our simple Oklahoma contemporary tote bag.
This is a collaboration between
Oklahoma contemporary and Metaphor,
and they came up with this design for us,
which is a Oklahoma native plants
that they dipped in ink and pressed it.
And the result is this radical tote bag.
And then we had our
friends down the street
do the actual printing.
Another fun brand is called Steadybags,
which is a brand by Bryan Couchman,
who is a avid bicycle rider.
He couldn't really find a
bag to accompany his ride.
So he just decided to make
various sized bike bags.
You don't need to be a bicycle
rider to use these bags.
I just bought the large fanny
pack because I'm a corny dad,
but no, it's a great bag, you
can do the old waist thing
or carry it around your shoulder.
Again, it's made and designed
and manufactured here
in Oklahoma city.
We worked with Bryan on doing
exclusive colorways for us.
Next is Simpiwa Buniza,
who is a South African,
and he's been working in
the ceramics department
at the University of Oklahoma
for the last couple of years.
And he typically throws pots that are
about three or four or
five feet in height.
So we worked with Simpiwa to
throw some smaller sized pots
that range about 16 inches in height.
We definitely want to
make your time at home
a little bit more creative,
and whether that's a great book
by Penny Candy books out of Oklahoma city
or a Gradient Puzzle to keep
your kiddos entertained,
or yourself, we wanna go the extra mile.
And so, even if it's just
having an online shop up,
we want it to be a
really consumer friendly
and easy way to shop with us.
Thanks for checking out the shop
and hope to see you here very soon.
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