Container Village · Philadelphia
KOSHER
MISFIT
A gallery of handmade work — wearable art, custom furniture, hats, bags, clothing, shoes, jewelry, and cultural artifacts. Forty years of making by hand, one of one, rooted in Philadelphia graffiti culture and Black cultural history. Nothing mass-produced, nothing imported.
The Work
Eight rooms of one-of-one
Every category is made by hand, in small numbers or one at a time. Walk the rooms — or walk them here first.
Wearable Art
Painted, stitched, built to be worn
Hats
Blocked, trimmed, and finished by hand
Bags
Cut, stitched, and built to carry
Furniture
Ordinary pieces turned into conversation pieces
Clothing
The names and hands of Philly graffiti legends
Shoes
Built, rebuilt, and finished by hand
Jewelry
Made metal, made by hand
Artifacts
Collected history and cultural objects
Why it can't be copied
The work is the only one like it
This isn't a store that competes on price or convenience. It competes on the fact that the work cannot be replicated anywhere else. Forty years of making by hand, rooted in Philadelphia graffiti culture and Black cultural history. The apparel renders the names and hands of Philly graffiti legends. The furniture turns ordinary pieces into conversation pieces. The artifacts are collected history.
Kosher because the work is real. Misfit because in a field full of imitation, the real ones are outsiders.
The Misfits
He takes in artists other people wrote off
The founder brings in artists and creatives and teaches them to make a living from what they already know how to do. His students render the names of Philadelphia graffiti legends — and the original writers recognize their own hand in the work. He keeps an archive of everything the artists make.
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See new work first
A behind-the-scenes look at work in progress. New one-of-one pieces get seen here first, because they sell and they don't come back.