Person in a pink hand-dyed beanie holding up a Merle Works card against a pink backdrop
Hand-dyed beaniesShop beanies
Hand-dyed socksShop socks

Every piece is dyed by hand, every tag has a magic message for inspired giving and receiving

Small batch goods from the Studebaker Building, Asbury Park

Each pair is dip-dyed, speckled and rinsed by hand. The one you receive is the only one.

Why Merle Works

Small batch hand-dyed goods and other ephemera. Merle Works is an exploration of color, magic and joy, and a spirit that anything can happen.

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Found at
  1. The J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles
  2. Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston
  3. Harvard Art Museums Cambridge
  4. Portland Art Museum Portland
  5. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Fort Worth

Merle Works is carried in around 30 independent shops and museum stores across the country, from the Getty Museum to McNally Jackson Books. Reach out about your shop to start the conversation, or find us on Faire using our Direct Link.

New Jersey
Forge, Red Bank · City W., Maplewood · Wanderlust Land & Sea, Asbury Park · Sanctum Handmade, Asbury Park · Evermore Coffee Roasters, Burlington

New York
Locavore Variety Store · Magpie · Rider Gifts, Brooklyn · Colorant, Beacon · Moosewood, Ithaca

New England
Wild Water Collective · Kind Goods · Barlow Family General Store · Magnifico Home & Cafe · Mexicali Blues

West
General Store Paso Robles · Sea + Green · Watson Kennedy · Queen Anne Frame + Gift

Texas and beyond
Wrong, Marfa · The Golden Mean, Austin · Jenkins and Co., Tulsa · The Boho Depot · Virtu, Chicago · Lulu Cadiex, Saugatuck

Correspondence

We enjoy the fine art of correspondence
more than most.