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Get Linked with Permanent Jewelry at Poet and the Bench

We now offer custom fit permanent jewelry bracelets without a clasp that we join on your wrist at Poet and/the Bench in Mill Valley. Our "Together" link chains celebrate a moment... with yourself or others! #getlinked #doittogether

Join us! Small Business Bash

December 1

5-8pm

Celebrate our 7th Anniversary + Small Business Bash throughout Downtown Mill Valley with participating Shops, Galleries and Restaurants

Stacking Rings Chain Stacking Rings by Metal Atelier Modern Punk Rock Jewelry in Mill Valley at Poet and the Bench

Conversations with an Artist: Metal Atelier

Anna Butwell of Metal Atelier practices sand casting in her jewelry collection. She tells us it gives her the ability to experiment with one form in multiple ways, which can accommodate slight idea changes on the spot. We love the results and excited to introduce you to this Berlin-living cool jewelry artist!

Laura Roebuck Abstract Paintings Mill Valley at Poet and the Bench

Fertile Soil Series Finale by Laura Roebuck

The finale of the Fertile Soil series by Laura Roebuck. These paintings will be for sale ongoing until they sell out.

Ian Hazard Bill Ceramics in Mill Valley at Poet and/the Bench

Conversations with an Artist: Ian Hazard Bill

We love Ian Hazard Bill's philosophy of ceramics as a way to build connections to life around you and how he has mastered the art of wood-firing. His culinary functional and home goods decorative vessels are modern rustic at their best.

Julems Ceramics unique handmade stoneware pottery by designer maker Judith Lemmens. Thrown on a potters wheel and hand decorated piece by piece in Mill Valley, CA and Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Julems In Person!

JULEMS AT POET AND/THE BENCH
In town from Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Saturday July 30
2-5pm
11 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley

Travelogue: Montana

400 acres create the most beautiful backdrop in Northern Montana for soul-filling glamping. Read more about our trip to Tobacco River Ranch Glamping!

Kikuko Kohno Wheel Thrown Porcelain Hand Illustrated Ceramics

Conversations with an Artist: Kikuko Kohno

Kikuko Kohno embraces narrative in such powerful and charming ways in her porcelain wheel thrown and illustrated ceramics that exemplify the connection to our hearts and minds. We so appreciate Kikuko's honesty in her work and look forward to delighting you with her fantastical worlds.

Michael Cheney Alchemia Artist loves drawing and screenprinting skulls, skeletons and other characters.

Conversations with an Artist: Michael Cheney

We met Michael Cheney through the organization Alchemia which mentors neurodiverse adult visual and performing artists. Supporting their efforts by giving artists a platform became a passion of ours the more we got to know their programming and meeting some of the artists.

Spacecat Ceramics Monsters by Amy Breed Mill Valley

Conversations with an Artist: Amy Breed of SpaceCat Ceramics

Amy Breed of Spacecat Ceramics delights in the most charming ways with her monster characters. Fun-loving creatures from her imagination, they bring joy during the best of times and a silly smile when it's needed most.

Short History of El Paseo Lane

We love the natural environment and building complex of our shop location at 11 Throckmorton Avenue and El Paseo Lane in Mill Valley. It has a storied history recorded in print and orally. We've taken some excerpts and paraphrased from their accounts as well as others we've read and been told along the way.

Jaton Gunter Sommelier author of wine book Fruit In Glass

Conversations with an Artist: Jaton Gunter

Jaton Gunter is a certified Sommelier and author of Fruit in Glass, a book now in our shop that helps you navigate facts and myths about wine.

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