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Needles & Pens3253 16th StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103 map cross street: Guerrero & Dolores district: Mission Tel. 415.255.1534 Website |
| About Needles & Pens The cozy, quirky space (formerly a tattoo shop) is a zinester's mecca featuring everything from Xeroxed and stapled musings to beautifully screenprinted and handbound runs. The zines cover topics as diverse and personal as a stripper's account of working in New Orleans (Rocket Queen) to the telling of an Oakland resident's disastrous band tour (Suburban Bitch). They range in price from $1 to $5 and you can be assured it is money well-spent. The store carries some widely distributed magazines as well but leans toward the more independent glossies like Anthem, Venus, Bust and Index. The rest of the store is filled with handmade, limited run items, many created by local artists and crafters. Culbertson designs a line called Strandid which features reconstructed thrift store items such as shirts redesigned to include hand stitched hearts and silkscreened birds ($34), or blouses turned into one-of-a-kind dresses with vintage fabric. - Excerpt from review by Lisa Butterworth Hours Sunday: 12 noon - 7 pmMonday: 12 noon - 7 pm Tuesday: 12 noon - 7 pm Wednesday: 12 noon - 7 pm Thursday: 12 noon - 7 pm Friday: 12 noon - 7 pm Saturday: 12 noon - 7 pm |
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Editorial Review Needles & Pens By Lisa Butterworth (05/14/2004)" With all the creative folks who call San Francisco home, it's about time a shop successfully synthesized writings, art, homespun clothing, and accessories the way Needles & Pens does. Tucked away in the Mission, this gem of a d.i.y. store used to be the stuff of daydreams for Andrew Scott, a writer/designer who's been involved in the zine scene for years, and Breezy Strand Culbertson, a sewing machine queen. After returning from six months of travel, the couple decided to give themselves a job by opening a spot that incorporated their own interests as well as those of their artistic friends and the creative community in general... " |
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