Postcards at Doris Menzel
The Teddy bears at Doris Menzel
Screen printing in 4 steps
New masks at DORIS MENZEL
Our atelier is located in Berlin Mitte. This is the place where we work almost every day in creating all of our colorful, original and one of a kind products. For the past weeks we have been working hard in creating different styles of masks. We made something different. We created masks in completely different styles, colors and forms.
If you want to see all our products or our new awesome masks, visit our website and find more about us. Of course, we are also very happy to see in you in our atelier in Berlin.
#handmadeberlin #Berlin
Our new products
We decided to unleash a little bit of our creativty and try something crazy. What do you think about our new scarfs/masks? We have many different designs in different colors and styles. Each one is weirder and better than the last one.
The best part of it is that you can wear them in different situations and also once the pandemic is over.
If you want to see more of our masks, visit our webshop at www.dorismenzel.com and get our products online.
An idea starts with a sketch
Our creative process starts by an idea. This idea can come from things we experience on our daily lifes or places we visit.
Once the idea in our mind, we start doing many sketches on paper until we find the perfect one. This is what makes our catalogue of products so special.
We think about every single detail on our products and we try to create a piece of art for you to wear. We want that each of our products have a story to tell and represents what a handmade product is all about.
If you want to learn more about us and our philosophy, visit our website or come by to our shop. We are happy to see you here
A blooper or a masterpiece?
Sometimes we imagine some designs in one way and they turn out completely different. This was just the case of this checkered bandana and the colour yellow.
Still, like any form of art, some people love it and other find it weird. We have now a full selection of bandanas available in our online shop.
Simply visit us and take a look. You can order them with just a couple of clicks!
#handmade #handmadeBerlin #Silkscreen
New designs at Doris Menzel
We are working in new styles and designs for the upcoming season. However, we are still on the preparation process.
As you can see, it is not a simple process. It will take Doris several days to complete the design she wants to print and a couple more until we finally can start painting on clothing.
New things are coming soon! Stay with us to find out.
Going outside during corona virus times?
A scarf or a mask? In the past weeks we have been producing these simple and colorful scarfs, that you can wear outside as a mask.
They are light, comfortable, washable and once the pandemic is over, very easy to wear and combine with your personal style.
Our scarfs are available in our online shop or in our atelier in Berlin Mitte.
#handmade #Berlin #madeinBerlin #mask
Keep the contact with us
Although our shop is close, we still like to come here for working in future projects. We still miss you all visiting our shop. However, you can still purchase most of our products online or send us a message. We are very happy to reply to you and hear more from you.
Proud to be local
It is nice to be different and we are so proud of being as local as possible. As we have mentioned before, all our products are designed, sewed and completely done here in Berlin. Homemade and handmade are becoming very important words these days. It is the time to support our small local busineses and the beauty of orginality.
Time to follow back some old hobbies
It is a time to be creative. It is the perfect moment to leave our creativity unleash and Doris is doing exactly that at our shop. See what kind of projects are Doris focusing on these days and tell us. How are you spending your time at home.
Repairs, cleaning and taxes - Our plans at DORIS MENZEL
Repairs, cleaning, taxes.. Some people find these very boring tasks and leave it until the last moment to do them. We are a little bit bored without you as well, but we are still busy working on new things. How are you spending your lockdown times?
Staying at home = more time for ourselves
What should we do while staying at home? As Doris mentions, it is a time for concentrate on ourselves, take care of our health and try to learn something new and different
Our shop is closed - What are we doing these days?
Many are asking what is happening now with our shop and what are we doing while we are staying at home? Although all shops in Berlin are closed until futher notice, Doris has a lot in her mind and she is happy to share a more insight view of what she is doing these days and how our brand is also developing. DORIS MENZEL is closed, but we are still working hard for you
Another day - another piece
Our Sabine is getting everything ready for a new day of work. We are ready to create new hand-made designs using new colors and different styles. If you like our work and want to get one of our pieces, you can simply order it in our online shop or if you are located in Berlin, you can also come by to our store and find the perfect design for you
The real test
Durability is important for us! That's why we test the quality of our products in the most extreme and complicated enviroments. This is the real test! Can our products survive a pillow fight? I can tell you. All our products in our shop are pillow fight survivors!
testing Durability
Doris is checking for the durability of our products. All our products passed many rigurous tests in order to make sure that all our clients are happy and satisfied. This is just the first test - hugs incluided.
Life as an intern
Well, not everything is hard work at our shop. Doris is simply too nice and part of being with us is simply having fun and enjoying the ride.
Learning as an intern
As an intern or someone just starting in the fashion industry, it is important to learn the very basic cuts of materials. Although designing, printing and having fun is big part of the job, there are some moments we have to focus on details like these.
Our new Intern: Louise
This is our new intern Louise.
We welcome him in our team and I'm pretty sure in just a short time he will be ready to rock in the shop.
Step 3: Checking the design
Now comes our favorite part. We have to lift everything off our material and see the final result.
However, we have to be careful. If we drag any part of the screen the paint might smear and we would damage our full design.
What do you think?
Maybe you can just come to our shop and see how we do it in person.
Spreading colors
Step 2: Now we use something called squeegee and spread all the paint over the whole mesh.
As you can see, our goal is to do it in only one go and with the least amount of strokes.
This is where our experience comes in.
Step 1: Applying color
We spend weeks in designing and preparing new screens for our new products.
However, having a screen is just the first step for creating a new piece in our shop. After puttiing the stencil on top of our material and the screen on top of the stencil this is what we do:
Step 1: Apply the paint. Here we spoon out some paint in several key spots.
We have to consider that we want to use not too much or less to complete our design.
