Back in May, I featured papier mache birds from Stray Dog Designs as part of my Mom’s Day gift guide. Chattanooga-headquartered SDD follows a remarkable eco and humanitarian business “dogma” so I thought I’d give ‘em a second look. Here we go…

 

Stray Dog Designs — founded by Jane Gray and Bill Pritchard after a particularly inspiring trip to Mexico as newlyweds — produces an array of home accessories and furniture … everything from tables to finials, waste baskets to “object d’ arf.” A majority of the items are handmade by artisans in Mexico and Haiti. My favorite pieces, as you can see from the photos, are the ones made with recycled content papier mache. Designed by Gray, they’re true stunners and mercifully avoid falling into the “cutesy handmade folk art” category. They’re hip, modern, unique.