Poet and/the Bench

Poet and/the Bench Fine & custom jewelry by Jeffrey Levin + designer jewelry, home decor & art curated by Bonnie Powers Remake an old heirloom or dream up a new one.

Poet and/the Bench features fine and custom jewelry, handcrafted goods, unique finds and art from makers near and far. Poet and/the Bench is a showcase for designer and goldsmith Jeffrey Levin's jewelry collection and an inviting space for you to collaborate on custom jewelry–from bride and groom to anniversary, birthdays or just because.

Coming soon. A lil ASMR teaser. When our artist adds pumice dust to her paint, it creates this beautifully layered and t...
08/25/2026

Coming soon. A lil ASMR teaser. When our artist adds pumice dust to her paint, it creates this beautifully layered and textured abstract background upon which she also writes poetry. It’s not quite hidden. It beckons to be read. This is just the foundation.

Hand delivered! Marine glaze harkens the Bay. Micro-crystallization reflects the sun. In these new porcelain bud vases a...
08/23/2026

Hand delivered! Marine glaze harkens the Bay. Micro-crystallization reflects the sun. In these new porcelain bud vases and stoneware and porcelain sculptures. 6+ layers of glaze create the sublime, handmade by Anacapa Ceramics. Restocked, in Mill Valley HQ.

An immersive evening of design, art, food + the five senses. Wed / Aug 26 / 5-8p
LIMITED TICKETS 🔗in bioCome get stimula...
08/19/2026

An immersive evening of design, art, food + the five senses. Wed / Aug 26 / 5-8p
LIMITED TICKETS 🔗in bio

Come get stimulated.
Come see something differently.
Come make something.
Come taste something unexpected.
Come meet other creative people.
Come back to your work with fresh ideas.

A four-course family-style dinner by Chef Lance Dillard, Bump Bar Sausalito bringing 30 years of Japanese cuisine to the table.

California Caviar Bump. Sausalito, focused on sustainability, innovation and education
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Rue de Rêve female-founded Mill Valley-born wine-based apèritifs inspired by the cherished European tradtion and served up with a California flair!
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Free Spirits, born in Mill Valley, non-alcoholic spirits designed to do exactly what traditional spirits do: add structure, build flavor, and provide the “bite” and body that make a cocktail actually work.

This sculptor phenom will talk to us about the textures of her process and you’ll touch clay, too

Painter Michael McConnell is a sensitive observer, documenting stories and relationships—human, animal kingdom, the land and the conversation between colors. He’ll take us through a fun, hands-on exploration of color theory

Multi media, poet, muralist multi-passionate fine artist Rachel Hébert will turn prompts into spoken word

The smell of fog rolling over the Golden Gate Bridge. The quiet beneath towering redwoods. Salt carried inland on a Pacific breeze. Bonnie will share the process capturing scents of places we call home.

Inaugural Design Marin festival. Proceeds support programming for Design Bay Area.

RESERVE TICKETS 🔗 IN BIO

Event photographer Kristen Loken

08/15/2026

Where… Mill Valley > Sausalito > San Francisco > when family visited. A reminder that we can happily be tourists, too, in this magical place people come for vacation.

1 Golden Gate Ferry. To San Francisco from Sausalito. This is one of the most stunning boat rides you can take in the Bay Area for a fraction of the price of hiring a boat. We landed at the Ferry Building and walked the length of the shops, cafés, bakeries, coffee spots, markets, and dined at NOPA Fish, which everybody loved.

2 Japan Town. Fave spots: the ever designy SF76, Chameleon Vintage, Soko Hardware

3 Cavallo Point. Around the corner from the pier is one of the best views with the thundering sounds under the Golden Gate Bridge.

4 Rodeo Beach. So close and so stunning. From the surfers to the hike to the labyrinth to the hike to the battery. Just watch out for poison oak.

5 Muir Woods. It never gets old. Lower and upper trails explored, the history, the ghosts of the past. One of the inspirations of our Forest Bath / Mill Valley candles.

6 Old Mill Park. A short walk from Poet and the Bench and you’re in the most stunning mini Redwood Forest and the trail head to the Dipsea steps, Cascade Falls, 3 Wells and the curious walks through the neighborhood where homes from the 1900s and forward and the rolling landscape keep you going.

Explore where you live!!

08/14/2026

Fogust is real. Our candle, Ethereal Fog / Golden Gate captures that fleeting moment when ocean air over Baker Beach, wild botanicals, and coastal forests collide. It’s inspired by the iconic fog that drifts across the Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge and into the Marin Headlands.

Marine layer and ozone create a cool, airy opening, while aromatic bay laurel, sage, and eucalyptus emerge through the mist.

Notes of cypress, Douglas fir, and tomato leaf add depth, grounding the fragrance in the windswept terrain and the veiled walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.

You can take the fog home!

🔗in bio for the trio of Northern California candles, Ethereal Fog / Golden Gate, Forest Bath / Mill Valley and Ocean Wander / Pacific Coast …and available at Curated Unique and Meaningful Pieces | 60+ Artists | Mill Valley HQ in Mill Valley

08/13/2026

Magic happened! 🐬 In the waters of Richardson Bay in the heart of Sausalito, we saw baby dolphins swimming in and out of schools of fish! After seeing a sea lion🦭, Jeffrey first spotted a fin of what is likely a bottlenose dolphin. Then we saw more! Possibly swimming with their mama in the calm waters closer to the shore, feeding. It was literally just a captured moment in time because then the dolphins were gone… must have moved on pretty quickly with the swift roving school of fish. 🍀 Lucky timing.

We dip into Sausalito pretty often. We love walking the shoreline, seeing San Francisco in the distance, the Bay Bridge, going all the way to Cavallo Point and around the back, past the fishing pier so we’re under the Golden Gate Bridge… with some of the most extraordinary views and heart pounding sounds overhead. 🌁
Pretty dreamy landscape. What Travel and Leisure recently called “California’s tiny Italian Riviera.” Yep.

08/08/2026

“Small things– tender shoots, shy buds– started to unfurl. Life, working underground in the quiet dark, was beginning again and in a soft yet vibrant way. This collection is an observation on that kind of growth: how beauty rises out of stillness, how beginnings often arrive quietly. It’s about cycles and earth’s eternal well of creation. A hopeful happiness.” ~ Danielle Hutchens

Topanga Canyon-based fine artist Danielle Hutchens has adopted using earth-friendly practices in her art. Her paintings primarily feature earth pigments, a beautifully archival and non-toxic medium. 🔗 in bio

Featured artworks:
By the Handful
In Good Shape
Poppy
Daffodil

Original paintings, framed in maple wood with natural pigments, pastels, and acrylic on raw canvas

08/06/2026

In his Hotel Series, you can’t help but become absorbed in the vibrant, saturated colors and purposeful brush strokes, feel the emotion captured in the frame, and want to unravel the mystery of the subjects painted. Jeffrey Palladini’s work is a study in moments where the details–life’s stimuli, memories, experiences–are simplified, leaving only an intense suggestion.

In his Fundamental Forces, he examines the influence on our lives of things outside our control, captured perspectives on very real issues in society today.  “Modern humans operate under a conceit of control and free will, while in reality the outcomes of our endeavors are mostly dictated by other factors–genetics, environment, physics, biology, history, random chance, and the actions of strangers, for just a short list. It’s a concept rich in possibilities as it applies to visual art.” ~ Jeffrey Palladini

Jeffrey’s paintings illustrate his unique vocabulary of dramatic figurative imagery, combined with compelling linear and pattern elements, which serve to enhance and inform the narrative of each work. 

Hotel Series examines forced intimacy in hotel pools. The mystery of what has transpired before and after /
Pool 36, 2022, Pool 40, 2023, Chaise 32, 2022, and Chaise 33, 2022 / all 22x30” / Oil and Charcoal on Paper, unframed / Sleeper 4 (San Pablo Bay), 2023 / 12x16” / Oil, Charcoal, & InkJet on Paper, unframed

Fundamental Forces, explores things outside of our control.
Simple Machines deals with our most basic and deep-seated desires, fears, and motivations / 2024 / 36x72” / Oil and Charcoal on Panel

Again Again is a reflection on identity / 2018 / 25x33” / Oil and Charcoal on Panel

Jeffrey Palladini works on view in our gallery and online in our Fine Art section. See also link in bio.

08/04/2026

NEW ARRIVALS “This body of work comprises visual narratives through which I examine the space between memory and nostalgia.

Abstracted color and forms compose the environment for representational depictions of animals to reside in. The animals carry their own associations and meanings entwined with those of my own personal narrative. Often, they can be symbols of prevalent relationships in my life.

At times they are presented in isolation, self reflecting. Pairs or groups form more complicated dialogues.

I am also creating a relationship within the color palette. Taking interest in how colors can provoke a mood, a feeling, or a sense of place.” ~ Michael McConnell

New works just delivered by the artist, a color field, abstract landscape and representational animal portraits painter. We’ve been struck by the emotionality that sits both on the surface and deep beneath Michael McConnell’s artworks. Without always knowing the symbology present in a piece, you can feel the resonance he has with living things.

Open late tonight. You can view these new artworks during the community Downtown Mill Valley First Tuesday Artwalk
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08/03/2026

Pops of holographic color are a dreamy study on light in these new jewels! The Garden Collection is Christine’s reflection on different perspectives and new ways of seeing. European crystals play with light in warm, golden pink, oranges, bright blues, deep blues, green and iridescent, bracelets combine crystals with 14k gold filled beads, on silk cord and earring hoops on hand hammered 14k gold filled wire. Limited edition now in our Curated Unique and Meaningful Pieces | 60+ Artists | Mill Valley HQ in downtown Mill Valley

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6 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, CA
94941

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Monday 10:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 5pm
Thursday 10:30am - 5pm
Friday 10:30am - 6pm
Saturday 10:30am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

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