Serdar Zanati LLC
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Serdar is a family name. Zanati means craft. I make cookware and tableware from salvaged wood. I also make cards and prints using the traditional Japanese woodblock printing technique know as mokuhanga. The studio is in a beaten down Airstream in rural Thurston County.
Aspirations / ethos
Sustainability: I endeavor to use salvaged or waste as material for goods. My objective is to create no demand for virgin raw material (i.e. not cut down trees). The exception will be for mokuhanga. I will still use sustainable, handmade Japanese paper (washi) and cherry or shina blocks for carving. I will use the most nontoxic supplies available and be transparent about what I use. I will also regularly review every part of the operation for opportunities to increase sustainability. Long term, I hope to operate the studio using on-site solar.
Justice: I will try to be as racially just as possible. I will try to give to and support communities that have experienced discrimination and suffered from white supremacy by sharing profits. I will try to mitigate cultural appropriation: whenever I make and sell a product that does not have an origin in my own cultural or ethnic background (Mediterranean and Adriatic) I will acknowledge the cultural source and make a contribution of profits to try to respect the source.
Humanity: I commit to continuous learning, being open, and active listening. I will make mistakes, but I will own them and take corrective action. But, for all these aspirations, I will not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Transparency: I will share, upon request, information on all donations made in the prior year. I will also disclose the makeup of everything I sell (e.g. type of wood, type of wood glue, type of finish, etc...)
