Lazy Point Boutique Is Back

Lazy Point, an Amagansett boutique that blends curated goods and artwork from locales near and far, is on the move. The store has decamped from Balasses House, and will reopen across the street tomorrow in the former LaCarrubba’s. That space was recently divided, with Ille Arts taking occupancy of half of it last month after its own move across Main Street. 

The shop will be open year round, said Mark Wilson, who owns and operates it with his partner, Claudja Bicalho, save for their journeys around the world in search of merchandise. They sell an eclectic collection of items including furniture, art, clothing, and jewelry.

This season’s theme at Lazy Point is Danger Island, said Mr. Wilson, who is from Australia. “It has to do with some kind of fantasy mythical place,” he said. “There’s a great tradition of that. Also about islands: All oceans are rising, and we live on Long Island. This Danger Island thing is part of that, but also the idea of exotic species and rarities. We’re going to have a lot of things from the South Pacific, specifically Papua New Guinea.”

Also to be featured are a series of volcano paintings, 18th-century prints, black-and-white photography, and clothing, “ethnographic in nature but very fashion-forward,” Mr. Wilson said. Last week Ms. Bicalho, who is from northeast Brazil, previewed handmade lace created exclusively in that region using a 17th-century technique. “It’s so nice to meet all the artisans who devote their lives to this,” she said, displaying video of the creative process, shot during a recent expedition, on her smartphone. 

From closer to home, furniture made from the Baker elm, a 283-year-old tree that adorned Main Street in East Hampton until it fell victim to Dutch elm disease and was cut down in 2001, will also be featured. “It was milled, and then sat in a woodshop. I bought it,” Mr. Wilson said. Bowls made by a North Fork artist were also on display in advance of tomorrow’s opening.

The partners are planning exhibitions, “not formal programs, but working with galleries in the city,” Mr. Wilson said. “We will bring in work associated with the Danger Island theme.” Also in the works is an event to showcase a collection of “serpentology” drawings made by a now-deceased artist from India. “I bought the last of his work,” he said. 

“It’s a combination of things we love that are handmade,” Mr. Wilson summed up. Lazy Point, he said, is “a concept of curation and artwork, how you can reach around the world.” But, he allowed, “it’s still the American way to make a product.”