Denny
Knight a native of Louisiana began his art and
craft facination at an early age. Growing up with
his grandmother Joyce Lee next door he had an
active summer schedule. Mrs. Lee never worked
outside the home and was intrigued with making
things with her hands. Denny started early in
sewing clothes for Apple Dolls and Cornshuck dolls.
Together they learned how to pour candles, make lye
soap, macrame, croche, knit, fry marbles for
jewelry and with his grandfathers help make almost
anything out of wood. One year they entered over
120 items in the local parish fair and received 67
first place ribbons and over 100 winning ribbons.
There was definately never a dull moment in the Lee
household during the summer months. This
inquisitive nature of how things are made is what
drives him today to create functional products from
artwork.
After high school he left the small town and
moved to the big city of Baton Rouge where he
attended LSU and focused on getting a degree in
Business. After LSU he began developing software
for Corporate Clients including the Tech Grant for
the Federal Department of Eduction. Teaching
classes on Photoshop and Quark Express and working
with facilities that provided active treatment for
persons with disabilities.
In 1998 he moved to Mobile, AL where he
partnered with Ron Rutherford in an online and
physical retail store. He continued writing
software for their efforts in the collectible
industry with over 27 titles of collectible
software. They partnered with Amazon in testing
their one-click payment systems and their zshops.
Lauched with Iwon and Inktomi as one of their
development partners in their window shopping
online. In 1999 it became apparent that their
customers were searching for products that were
missing in the current marketplaces. With the help
of some technical alliances, their online business
and retail store added a new element of producing
what their customers were requesting at their
location. The beginning was slow to start but, if
you asked the right questions and remain focused
you can create some unique items.
In the fall of 2000, he met and partnered with
Sylvia Corban. Denny, a native of Louisiana brought
a new direction for Sylvia's artwork. His expertise
in printing fabric and creating functional products
allowed Sylvia's artwork to come off of the walls
and into different parts of people's lives that her
artwork had currently not been able to reach. Today
the list of products is approaching almost 100
different options. No matter what you are emotional
about or what type of decor you like, they should
have something functional and perfect for that.
Together they have created a complete line of
functional art items that extend from the garden,
to the bath and into the kitchen. Visit the
collection of products online @ http://www.the-store.com
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