
{"id":18611,"date":"2011-06-02T10:39:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T14:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=18611"},"modified":"2011-06-02T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T14:39:41","slug":"a-remix-comes-to-east-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/06\/02\/a-remix-comes-to-east-main-street\/","title":{"rendered":"A Remix comes to East Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Brooke Parker<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\n CARRBORO  \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of a kind, a work of art,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jean Marie Griffin of the unique pieces of artwork and clothing that you may find in her new store \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A Remix Art Gallery on East Main Street, right in the heart of downtown Carrboro.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18612\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/06\/02\/a-remix-comes-to-east-main-street\/remixforbizpage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RemixForBizPage.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RemixForBizPage\" width=\"400\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RemixForBizPage.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RemixForBizPage-113x90.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/RemixForBizPage-140x113.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Marie Griffin in her new store, A Remix Art Gallery Photo by Brooke Parker<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nGriffin, a Durham resident, has been a seamstress for 25 years. She is a reuse artist, specializing in functional-affordable clothing and other products.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Remix because I reuse,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Griffin said. Not surprisingly, her store has been instantly welcomed into the community \u00e2\u20ac\u201c her grand opening on May 13 was a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good old-fashioned welcome to the neighborhood,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<br \/>\nAlong with many other forms of art, repurposing has long been a passion for Griffin, and recently it became the inspiration for her new store. A Remix Art Gallery is all about\u00c2\u00a0reusing with environmentally friendly materials. Griffin considers \u00e2\u20ac\u0153green\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to be a major element of her artwork.<br \/>\nHer store features handmade products, such as wine bags, wall hangings and cell phone clutches, all made from repurposed materials, as well as works from four other artists alongside her own.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been sewing since I was 8,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Griffin said. Until a year ago, Griffin was a master tailor, working exclusively on wedding dresses. Her new store allows her to work with sewing while exploring her other passions as an accomplished artist, creating everything from portraits to sculptures made from a variety of repurposed pieces.<br \/>\nAt A Remix Art Gallery, Griffin allows her customers to get \u00e2\u20ac\u0153their hands in it too,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. Customers can pick out their own fabrics and Griffin will create repurposed items, like handbags made out of scarves.<br \/>\nGriffin said she also works on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153whatever I feel like doing this week.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s managed to combine her natural artistic gifts with her developed talents as a seamstress.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have something for everybody,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<br \/>\nHer store is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., but the hours might expand, Griffin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153People have been knocking on the door even when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m closed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nVisitors to the store should remember to ask Griffin about whatever they happen to pick up, since her collection comes from a wide variety of thrift stores and other locations.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everything has a story behind it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of a kind, a work of art,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jean Marie Griffin of the unique pieces of artwork and clothing that you may find in her new store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18614,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18611\/revisions\/18614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}