Ferndale’s Naka boutique grows with local artists

Who needs the mass produced/mall style jewelry when you have Ferndale’s Naka boutique? All this shop needs is a healthy stock of local artists and crafters. Excerpt: “I was already making my own jewelry, and most of my friends are artists of one kind or another,” she says, as she sits with the shop’s mascot, a black rescue dog named Ava, in Naka’s sunny front window. “I thought it would be cool to have a place where we could sell our goods at a reasonable price point.” “Cool” is definitely the word for it. Pettibone LaPointe’s penchant for attractive, unusual objects has made Naka the “go to” boutique for one-of-a-kind gifts, clothing and jewelry. Named for the Shona, Zimbabwe, word for “beautiful” (Pettibone LaPointe studied abroad in Africa), the shop features the work of more than 140 artists, many of them based in and around the Detroit area. Read the entire article here.