by Jen G 
Holly Fairall is proud to be a full-time mom and working artist. She draws much of her inspiration from Greenpoint itself, as seen in her illustrations of our iconic water tower.
Her company, Holly’s HeART by Hand, creates whimsical illustrations cards and framed pieces made entirely on “treeless” Sri Lankan paper. How can paper be treeless, you may ask? Try combining 50% post-consumer recycled paper with 50% elephant dung and VOILA, there you have it.…
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Typo in the second paragraph: elephant dung.
The sugar skulls are cute, but I think every Greenpoint resident should own the water tower.
I love the towers. Do you have one of the save the Palestine ! If so consider it sold.