Our studio is an experimentation in creating an intimate space where a balance is struck between the customer and maker. Our world today is so disconnected. We no longer know who or where the things that we engage with on an everyday basis come from. Our space is an attempt to bring this connection back to our customers.

The shop is a unique concept in that it is a split space where half of the shop is retail and the other half is working studio. This is a unique setup that allows the customer to interact and meet the makers. This intern will create a much more organic connection with the item they choose to take home.

In-house, we produce goods for Local Knits and Hardway Goods. The hope is that the studio can also be a vessel in which we can help other independent makers showcase goods in a pubic space.

The name, Lazy Eye Supply, is derived from my grandmother. She was the creative in the family, spending many years painting, drawing, beading and many other mediums. In a very literal sense, she had a ‘lazy eye‘. This condition is often stigmatized and looked at as a negative. I looked at this as an opportunity to create a positive spin. I often referred to her eye as her ‘creative eye‘. I contribute much of my creative side to her. The studio’s name is an ode to Tanya and her creativity.