Morris & Essex offers a range of environmentally sustainable handmade products, hand-printed with beautiful and original patterns. Everything is designed by artist Eliza Jane Curtis, in her waterfront studio in St. John's, Newfoundland. Goods are all handmade by Eliza, with some occasional help from other talented local craftspeople. Products range from handmade denim zipper pouches made from repurposed blue jeans, to hand-printed bamboo-cotton scarves, and letterpress greeting cards, among others. Morris & Essex goods are always designed to be fun, practical, long-lasting, beautiful, and eco-friendly. Eliza Jane Curtis is a multi-disciplinary artist and craftsperson, originally from a small town near Portland, Maine. Eliza has a BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City and a BA from Euguene Lange College at The New School University. She has lived and worked in Brooklyn, NY, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Philadelphia, PA, rural Maine, and St. John’s, Newfoundland. She practices a wide range of fiber and textile arts, as well as enjoying time exploring in nature, baking cookies, renovating old houses, and raising two energetic kiddos.
