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jon

arvizu refined artwork and an undefined brand

inside trapdoor studio bison made local hand crafted style the henry opens in arcadia a new home for hub clothing restory: situating the personal as narrative at asu night gallery cleaning comes naturally at truce January 2014 | Localrevibe Magazine

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Localrevibe digital magazine Issue 5 | Jan 2014 Published by Localrevibe Media Network, LLC. Chris Kontakis Contributors Tina Van Booven Kimberly Gunning Morgan Tanabe Nicole Royse Ashley Brand Alexa Chrisbacher Katie Snyder

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bison made

the henry

Hand Crafted Local Style The Henry Opens in Arcadia

14 jon ARVIZU COVER STORY

Refined Artwork at Trapdoor Studio

Hub clothing

Restory: situating the personal as narrative

Truce

A New Home For HUB Clothing

At ASU Night Gallery

Cleaning Comes Naturally at TRUCE

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l ocal made

bison made by Alexa Chrisbacher

The product lineup at Bison Made conjures images of plaid flannel after a hard day’s work, oil soaked rags strewn across a mechanic’s shop or old-timey boxers pumping their wiry arms in the ring. The wallets, smartphone cases and straight razor strops may be as modern as it gets, but you bet your bootstraps they can take a beating. Bison Made founder Sebastian Sandersius said he was inspired to make things that were built to last.

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“A couple years ago, a friend and I had a hobby of collecting vintage shaving products,” Sandersius said. “So through that I got a passion for vintage things and how things used to be made.” The heirloom quality leather goods that are sewn, ground and sharpened by hand in downtown Phoenix boast dependable design, higher attention to detail and better raw materials. But best of all, they are built to last a lifetime. So whether you’re sliding an iPhone

in and out of the baseball stitched phone case or sharpening your razor on the classic American leather strop, this stuff can take it. The craftsmen at Bison know a thing or two about quality. The time Sandersius spent scouring the shelves of antique shops showed him the care that was missing from modern consumer goods. “When you go through antique stores you realize that a lot of the things made back-in-the-day are of much higher quality,” he said.

Bison Made is focused on men’s accessories, with plans to branch out from leather, into other masculine mediums like wood and metal. The brand is poised to launch a classic steel straight razor, which is cut with machine precision before being shaved, sharpened and finished by hand. The products can be found at BisonMade.com and in shops across the globe, including stores in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

No. 1 Front Wallet in Whiskey

Horsehide Razor Strop

No. 4 Wallet in Wheat

No. 6 Wallet in Whiskey

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food/di ni ng

the henry by Kimberly Gunning

the henry opens in arcadia Fox Restaurant Concepts opened its fifteenth venture on December 17. The Henry and XV Coffee Bar and Larder, located at 44th Street and Camelback Road offers something for everyone in a unique, modern-industrial renovated office building. The Henry, an American brasserie, serves lunch and dinner seven days a week with breakfast on Saturday and Sundays; while the XV Coffee Bar opens daily at 6:30 a.m., serving a unique blend of coffee, as well as bakery items, breakfast and lunch. For those on the go in the morning, XV Coffee Bar offers a walk-up ordering window. Others looking to settle in for a few hours of work or a meeting with a client can relax in the lounge, among the comfortable and uniquely upholstered chairs or at the communal tables with WiFi access. Lunch and dinner offers a full dining room and outdoor seating area overlooking Camelback Mountain. The interior of the building flows together nicely, from the coffee bar and lounge area and in through the dining room, set with large tables, ample spacing and the open kitchen. The décor is a classy mix of navy and gold-studded walks, traditionally patterned couches and chairs and a library wall near the bar area. “The Henry is a very special restaurant,” said Fox Restaurant Concepts Founder Sam Fox. “It’s housed in our company’s home office so we view each and

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every guest as a member of our family; a guest in our home. We hope the service our guests experience at The Henry will reflect our passion for hospitality.” The Henry is the new hub for the corporate staff of Fox Restaurant Concepts. The 60 employees work just above the kitchen and dining room on the second floor of the spacious building. Corporate conferences and staff training sessions take place at the corporate office and, with upper management working and dining at The Henry, one can bet the chefs are held to the highest of standards with every dish that is prepared. Daily specials at The Henry are prepared based on the produce that comes in from local farmers, and each dish on the menu is made from scratch. Executive Chef Christopher Wolven has taken the lead in the kitchen, most recently having worked at Culinary Dropout at The Yard.

“the henry will reflect our passion for hospitality.” Wolven says, “As the home of the culinary creative house for the company, expect to see the absolute best of everything on our menu from pork chops cooked on our Argentinian wood-fired grill served with cauliflower polenta, to a warm salmon salad with Skuna Bay Salmon, Brussels sprouts, white beans and mushrooms.” With a variety of dishes come a variety of cocktails and Mixologist Mat Snapp has compiled a hand-selected variety of bourbons, whiskeys, ryes and Scotches. The cocktail list highlights custom-craft cocktails, old favorites and a bloody Mary cart that makes its way around the dining area for a completely custom experience. 10

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all, though! Behind The Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen is a separate Teaching Kitchen, where cooking classes, wine-pairing parties and private events are planned to be held. With 14 other restaurant concepts, this unique space will allow fellow Fox Restaurant Concepts chefs to experiment with and learn new recipes. The Henry and XV Coffee Bar is located at 4455 East Camelback Road, and offers ample guest parking. January 2014 | Localrevibe Magazine

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featured arti st

jon arvizu by Kimberly Gunning Photos by Zach Ismael & Chris Kontakis

refined artwork & an undefined brand at trapdoor studio

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Growing up, Jon Arvizu admired his brother’s comic books, pop culture cassette tapes and records. He was fascinated by skateboard artwork and intrigued by Cracker Jack packaging and Bazooka Joe comic-strips, the Bones Brigade logo and Van Halen’s “1984” album cover. “I was less interested in the actual stuff than I was in the artwork that was on it,” Arvizu explains.

ployees working in all different mediums, Arvizu said it felt like a great academic environment. While there, he designed some of their watch tins and explains that, “Designing and illustrating a series of tins from first sketch to finished, printed product was a positive and motivating experience for me. It taught me about the entire life cycle of a project and what it took to get a quality, finished product.”

After a couple years with Fossil, Arvizu had his first child and he took a new position with a design firm. A lack of creative freedom at the firm led Arvizu to Arizona where he worked for Rockford Fosgate for a year. Included in a round of layoffs, he began freelancing in October 2002 under his company name of Trapdoor Studio.

Influenced by Burton Snowboards designs, classic illustrators and retro and Americana styles, Arvizu finds that much of his art has a vintage feel to it. However, an eclectic taste in mediums and styles as a child has defined Arvizu’s eclectic artistic brand as an artist.

“I’ve had really shitty times and pretty good times,” Arvizu says about his last 11 years as a freelance artist. In the beginning, he would take on whatever came in—saying yes to any and everything. With the tougher projects outside of his comfort zone, Arvizu says, “I made my stomach hurt until I figured it out.” Then he would move on to the next.

“I like not having a style,” Arvizu says. “I feel like people who pin a style on me clearly haven’t seen my body of work.”

Arvizu says he became, “a ‘hired gun’ of sorts. Whatever the situation calls for, my goal is to provide a thoughtful solution.”

Arvizu has been working as a freelance artist in the Valley since 2002. Previous to that, he earned a graphic design degree from Texas Christian University. Having no formal training in illustration, aside from one illustration class he would take at TCU, Arvizu decided on graphic design as a way to make a living.

He began putting out artwork he liked and wanted to make more of. Eventually, the people who liked his artwork also became the people coming to him for work. “Now I’m making more of the work that I want to be doing.”

“I feel like people who pin a style on me clearly haven’t seen my body of work.”

He interned and worked briefly for the Fort Worth Star Telegram before taking a job with Fossil, designing some of the company’s in-store artwork. With 70-80 em16

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Using Illustrator for most of his pieces, Arvizu says, “Each project is different. Sometimes it’s illustration, logos, design layout; other times I carry a project all the way through the printmaking process.”

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Arvizu has worked with a number of well-known brands on projects, including Dole, Frito-Lay, Popular Science magazine and the American Liver Foundation. He created the menu covers at local Oregano’s and, most recently, designed an infographic for Netflix. “In school they preached, ‘you’re are only as good as your last project.’ My best work is my next project. That doesn’t always pan out, but the idea keeps me motivated. I get genuinely excited at the thought of making something new or learning a new skill,” Arvizu says. Although working with a variety of advertizing and design firms on illustration and design projects make up his primary business and source of income, Arvizu does screen printing and letterpress printmaking on the side and recently created a line of coaster sets hand printed on an antique letterpress. In addition to his coaster sets, the Trapdoor Studio online store hosts a variety of monoscreen art from hand-cut stencils, design posters and letterpress prints. “Whatever I feel like making, I’m gonna make it, and that’s what my brand is.”

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hub clothing by Kimberly Gunning Photos by Chris Kontakis

a new home for hub clothing HUB Clothing has found a new place to call home in central Phoenix. The 22-year-old, locally owned, luxury denim and fashion boutique opened its doors at 5213 North Central Avenue this past October. HUB began its journey on Mill Avenue in Tempe, and spent the past 20 years at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Shopping at HUB since she was 13 years old, Own-

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er Jennifer Mumford said, “It was always my favorite boutique.” Mumford’s mother, a friend of HUB’s original owner, brought her into the shop, “Kind of giving me the HUB experience from a young age,” she explains. Over the years, even when living out of state, Mumford continued to return.

Eight years ago, upon moving back to the Valley, Mumford bought into the company. Since 2010, she has been running the store on her own, from purchasing to operations. Despite being placed in a high-traffic, luxury retail area in Scottsdale, Mumford began to make new plans. “It was time to evolve the HUB brand and make it what I always dreamed it to be,” she said.

Pane Bianco, Mumford says, “I think that people are gravitating towards this area because there’s so many unique restaurants and things to do.” And, as another locally owned, small business in the area, HUB gives residents even more opportunity to keep their dollars in the local economy. The reaction from her loyal customer base has been overwhelmingly supportive of the new location, Mumford says. “What I keep hearing from everyone is this is where HUB should have always been.”

“it was time to evolve the hub brand and make it what i always dreamed it to be”

She began looking for a more unique venue—one with character and surrounded by locally owned businesses. Craig DeMarco, Owner of Upward Projects restaurants including Windsor and Postino, showed Mumford a space in the revitalized Central Corridor close to his restaurants. “I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was scared,” Mumford admits. The move from a well-known shopping area to a “lifestyle” area makes HUB more of a destination store than it was previously.

HUB carries unique brands that are rarely found in other retailers around the state; and, unusual for a boutique, men’s clothing accounts for 60-70 percent of inventory. “I think it’s really cool to bring a male-focused point of view to downtown Phoenix, but also to bring our female clients, you know, the denim and one-of-a-kind fashions we’ve always been known for.”

Neighbors to Windsor, Federal Pizza and Postino, and just down the road from St. Francis, Lux Coffeebar and

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art

Restory: Situating the Personal as Narrative at ASU Night Gallery by Nicole Royse Have you ventured over to Tempe Marketplace and explored ASU’s Night Gallery yet? It is a high traffic gallery space that features ASU students, faculty, and alumni exhibitions. This month they are featuring the exhibition “Restory: Situating the Personal as Narrative”. This is a multimedia group exhibition including photography, video stills, 3-D animation, sculpture, fiber art, and painting by local artists: Cherie Buck-Hutchison, Cheryl Brandon, Madison Creech, Anthony Desamito, and Julie Ganas. This exhibition seeks to explore personal topics faced by females and gay men in contemporary society through the use of 34

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narratives. By visually telling the audience a story, the artists are able to use through artwork as a platform to examine and explore a variety of topics. A fascinating ceramic sculpture and found objects titled “Attachments” by Cheryl Brandon ushers you into the exhibition. Also included are three additional sculptures titled “Three Muses for Empty Nesters” by Brandon focuses on three women with collaged hair with found objects. These ceramic sculptures are boldly painted, quirky and everyday items from life adorn their heads, refer to aging and the collecting objects.

Ms. Brandon went on to say “I explore the feelings, memories, and emotion that may be attached”. Adjacent to these captivating sculptures is the fascinating photography of Cherie Buck-Hutchison, which will take you back in time to the 1950’s. Her eight photographs definitely stand out in this exhibition, her photographs contain such detail and emotion concentrating on the imagery of childhood, family, and religion. The overlapping of images creates such an intimate portrait and provides the viewer with a narrative of the time, such as with the piece titled “Sisters lead at Dinosaur National Monument”. Ms. Buck-Hutchison said went on to say “I reinvent spatial boundaries by placing the private onto public land through the use of digital double exposures and I employ my methodologies as a way to travel the interiority of American religious and hegemonic rhetoric and its influence on society over time.“

depicts an old home, writing, delicate stitching, and birds, which are echoed in all the works currently on display. Her work includes wall appliqués of birds, curtains, and hand-painted fiber. Ms. Creech states, “my work questions the accuracy of memory through exploring the spaces surrounding familial settings and I use a repetitive process in order to discover, invent and circumnavigate the typical.” This exhibition spans a broad range of work and ideas while still providing an intriguing cohesive show. Each artist was given a wall of space to display and intriguing selection or narrative of work. Take time to meander through the gallery and examine this stimulating collection of work. This exhibition is on view at the ASU Night Gallery until February 2, 2014 open Tuesday through Sunday 6pm to 9pm.

Across the gallery viewers will be struck by the bold and graphic works of Anthony Desamito, who incorporates multiple mediums in his pieces based on his experiences as a gay man in Arizona. Presenting several photographs, bright pink pamphlets, which mirror the image of the pink sign, he has created. The signage is reminiscent of a crosswalk sign, which literally depicts a man plus a man equals a baby. This work is titled “Gay Men Can Get Pregnant Now, Intervention Documentation”. We also have the engaging photography of Julie Ganas, which is simple yet moving. She incorporates text which states “I Think I’ve Been Misplaced” in the piece titled “Can(not)”. Ms. Ganas states that her work “addresses barriers that confine us, and whether or not we allow them to define us; or if breaking through our barriers is what truly allows us to forge our own identities and it is meant to depict an inner struggle, which ultimately is resolved with empowerment, healing, and self-actualization.” “Cognitive Presence II” is a subtly beautiful artwork, which incorporates digital print on cotton. This piece January 2014 | Localrevibe Magazine

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truce by Kimberly Gunning

Cleaning Comes Naturally at Truce For anyone who has ever held their breath walking through an area that has just been doused with chemically driven cleaning products, wondering if breathing in is potentially harmful: 1. You are correct, and 2. There is a better option to those harsh chemical cleaners. That’s where Truce comes in. With a generation that is beginning to read labels and question our health and environmental hazards, Truce offers cleaning products with simple and safe ingredients. When looking at a cleaning product’s list of ingredients, “If you can’t pronounce it, there’s a problem,” says Principal and Visionary Diann Peart. Truce’s core values are health, integrity, wisdom, service and pleasure. Peart states, “We want to help you get the chemicals out of your house.”

Peart and her business partner, Principal and Creator Kandie Konomos, sold their first bottle of Clean & Brighten on April 19, 2008, under the original name Herb ‘N Organics, at the Phoenix Public Market. The buyer, a man who said he already made his own cleaning supplies, returned just a week later to let them know how much he loved the product.

“we want to help you get the chemicals out of your house” To date, Clean & Brighten is their most popular product with just five simple ingredients: rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, soap flakes, peppermint essential oil and rosemary essential oil. The all-purpose cleaning formula

comes in a spray bottle for firsttime buyers and is filled only with the concentrate—the customer adds the water—saving 75 percent on shipping costs. Refill concentrates of Clean & Brighten and Dust & Polish can be ordered as well as a refill package of the Scrub and Scour multi-purpose powder. All spray and refill bottles are made from PET plastic, a safe and recycled plastic material. “We’re sort of a start up with a long history,” says Peart. The company, renamed Truce just one year ago, reaches further back than April 2008. In 1996, Konomos started her own cleaning company while working in Colorado. Sick of using chemically driven cleaning products, she spent seven years carefully researching and

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developing the three cleaning products, which she continued to use after moving back to Arizona. Peart, completing her doctoral degree in ecology, had drawn the lines between human illness and toxic chemicals. She was taking steps to educate the community about these dangers and helping communities to establish organic gardens. The two met at a Sunday brunch celebrating Peart’s birthday in June 2007. Konomos was dating her now husband, a friend of Peart’s husband, and, despite not knowing one another, Konomos gave Peart a gift of a couple cleaning products she had made. The two launched a product line shortly after. To date, Peart says, “We’ve never had a complaint about the product.”

Truce has since added several other products to the lineup, including Dog Shampoo, Dog Crate Spray, Sanitizer for Hands and three room sprays: Citrus & Lemongrass, Lavender & Citrus and Lavender & Lemongrass. The next product on the list to develop will likely be a dish soap, following customer requests. Nothing is in the works yet, though, as Truce is looking to broaden distribution first. “We would like to be outside of Phoenix more…we really need people who are passionate about what we’re doing to help us do it,” Peart says. Truce will be attending the National Products Expo West, which will be held in Anaheim, Calif. in March.

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Truce products are currently sold online and in Whole Foods Market. They are also used in all of Arizona’s green restaurants and a number of Valley food trucks. A part of Local First AZ, Truce uses a local, family-owned distribution and fulfillment company called Go Green Deliveries. Truce also partners with two local charities, donating 25 cents per spray bottle of Clean & Brighten to Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s Camp Rainbow Program, and 25 cents from each bottle of Dog Shampoo to Lost Our Home Pet Foundation.

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