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Slide Show: Trophy Case | October's Best PDX Stuff

October 1, 2013

WORKSHOP

Katie Freedle prizes the hands-on work behind her jewelry line RillRill and its sci-fi-meets-archaic fall line. “Many designers claim ‘handmade’ but use water-jet and laser-cutting methods,” she says. “I saw everything by hand—solder, sand, polish, every

Photography by Courtesy Mikola Accuardi

NIGHTSTAND

Two new Oregon State University Press books meld food and history. Tami Parr’s Pacific Northwest Cheese traces that magical substance’s regional path from fur traders to modern artisans. In Grow Food, Cook Food, Share Food, historian Ken Albala draws on

Photography by Courtesy OSU Press

NIGHTSTAND

Photography by Courtesy OSU Press

BAND OF THE MINUTE

The eclectic band Old Light made five albums this year. On cassette. Which only sounds precious, because even the dance tracks are heavy, like disco in a gutter. This exercise in groove, melody, songwriting, and obsolete technology is now available as a

PERFECT STORM

A Bridge and Burn/Poler collaboration begat shorts, a matching shirt, and some serious local cool. “Our stuff tends to be more subdued,” says Erik Prowell of Bridge and Burn. Outdoor company Poler “wanted something bright and fun. We took some of our exi

Photography by Courtesy Bridge and Burn

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