Our story

We are Isabel and Decker, an oldest sister/youngest brother duo who had the idea one morning over Apollo Bagels to rekindle our love for art and creation.

After years in the corporate world, I felt disconnected from the creative and artistic aspects of myself that I treasured so much as a kid. I have found my 20s to be a decade of returning with renewed appreciation to the introverted and rich inner life of my 12-year-old self. In my art, this has taken the form of painting a whimsical world of mermaids, fairies, and lucky talismans to dot around my New York City apartment as little reminders to myself that life can still be magical.

Decker is my younger brother, and we have a dynamic that I love. He is the entertainer of the family, the rebel, the one who questions everything and thinks beyond the bounds of the obvious. He has always nurtured his creative side, returning again and again to the medium of ceramics.

We decided to team up to create Daughter Of, with Decker as the ceramicist and me as the painter, to create pieces that evoke that childhood nostalgic wonder. Think of exploring in the woods behind a childhood home, building a fairy house at the base of a mushroom-dotted tree, and a remembered sense that there is an undercurrent of magic and luck guiding us through life.

We hope you enjoy our work as much as we enjoyed creating it. Thank you for taking the time to read a little about our story, and we hope our pieces inspire you to keep returning to the magical side of life.