Why Field & Supply Is Our Can't-Miss Shopping Event This Fall
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All good things are born in a barn, aren't they? When interior designer Brad Ford founded Field & Supply in 2014—in, yes, a renovated barn at a four-corner intersection in the Hudson Valley—it was a humble little pop-up for friends and family, cars parked fruit-stand style on the side of the road. Having long outgrown the charming agrarian outpost, it's returning October 6-8 for its ninth year, drawing design enthusiasts from all corners of the northeast for a now-epic riverfront bazaar of handcrafted, collected everything—a fall carnival for devotees of fine art and craft featuring woodworkers and weavers, sculptors and metalworkers, makers of jams, chocolates, wines and more.
And this year we're told, it’s bigger than ever: There are more than 300 makers and artisans under the vendor tents, with 16 new to the show this year. And the newcomers are no lightweights. Luxury textile firm Castel (owner Stephane Silverman's parents formerly headed up Manuel Canovas and Boussac), ceramicist Devin Wilde (the Brooklyn artist's work has graced the pages of Elle Decor and other top publications), and Philadelphia-based furniture makers Fuugs are among the debuts, joining show veterans Sawkille, Heide Martin Design Studio, and scores of other VERANDA favorites.
But I'd argue it's more than shopping firepower that makes this market a can't-miss event. For anyone who prizes the might of American craft over the ubiquity of American convenience, there's a powerful spirit worth breathing in, particularly at Field & Supply's current location in fiercely indie Kingston, New York.
Now it comes alive at Kingston's historic Hutton Brickyards, in what has unfolded as an atmospheric tribute to the might and influence of the builder, shaper, molder, and innovator. As a region, the Hudson Valley was a brickmaking titan throughout the 20th century, and for more than 100 years (1865-1980) the Hutton Brick Works Company loaded up their freshly dried bricks and sent them down the river to make some of the most iconic buildings in New York (Yankee Stadium and the Empire State Building among them). This brickyard not only helped define the region, but its bricks went on to build cities.
For the three-day art and craft fair, it stands as a refurbished, open-air tribute to a new generation of artisans—an exciting clutch of visionaries whose influence far and wide is very much in the making.
Head to Field & Supply from October 6-8 at Hutton Brickyards (200 North St, in Kingston, NY) and shop each day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase here. Make sure to follow @verandamag and @fieldandsupply on Instagram to discover our favorite finds of the weekend.
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