Spring Cleaning With... Anna Sheffield

It was a true pleasure to catch up with the always alluring Anna Sheffield and her big-hearted brother Kevin Kearney (President/CEO of Bing Bang and Anna Sheffield Fine Jewelry) Wednesday at the special family and friends night of their still ongoing sample sale (underway until 7 p.m. this evening at 153 Lafayette Street). Hailing from New Mexico, Anna has adroitly applied her Academy of Art San Francisco BFA background in blacksmithing, welding, and fabrication to sculpt her sought-after simple pieces in New York City since 2002.

THE BASICS
Name: Anna Sheffield
Age: 34
Location: Manhattan
Chosen occupation: Jewelry designer
Unchosen occupation: I would be a naturalist or vaudevillian circus performer
Side-gig: Cleromancer and art collector
Best spring of my life: If I get to be in New Mexico at all, that ensures the ultimate springtime. It's much easier to appreciate the small things in a place that's so vast.

ANNA'S SPRING PICKS
Park for picnicking: I anxiously await the seasonal re-opening of Storm King Art Center (Mountainville, NY) and my very favorite place to picnic is that monastery with the beautiful hidden gardens –- Saint Luke's, I think -– which is where I fell in love with Barton (487 Hudson Street).
Stroll route: I enjoy getting lost in the West Village, alone or with a favorite person and some cookies.
Massage: Milton Rivera comes to my home or Angela at Infinite Spring on 636 Broadway.
Haircut: D.I.Y., really!
Pet groomer: I often groom my brother's dog, Oscar. He's fuzzy.
Upcoming event: The Final Four -– or as we say in the South "March Madness" –- go Tarheels!
Upcoming exhibition: Just get on the mailing list for Cinders Gallery (103 Havemeyer Steet, Brooklyn)! It's the best.
Spring salad: I like to make salads at home: dressing, especially. But if I do go out for one it's the "Cavolonero" black kale caesar salad at Il Buco (47 Bond Street). Stellar, every time.
Outdoor café: Marlow & Sons -– it's kind of like Cheers only with fancy food and majorly tasty ice cream (81 Broadway, Williamsburg).
Springtime cocktail: Once it's warm, I'm happiest with a good glass of rosé.
Farmers' market: Hollywood (Ivar & Selma Avenue, Hollywood CA)
Staycation hotel: I am never mad about a short stay at Soho House (29-35 Ninth Avenue)
Spring flower: I don't know what season these are naturally gathered or even if they're natural... but there's a carnation which looks like a fern that I'm certainly obsessed with. And Emily's bourbon roses.

ANNA'S SPRING ESSENTIALS
Jeans: Uniqlo
Underwear: Urban Outfitters has the cutest neon-colored bras that I've ever seen
Basic T-shirt: Unis
Soap: Honey almond bar soap with the gritty stuff in it
Lipstick: Nars –- any shade scarlet to plummy
Mascara: I recently got a burgundy-colored one from Duane Reade -– some cheesy brand.
Moisturizer: Care by Stella McCartney
Hair product: I use far too many to even mention...
Springtime fragrance: Fresh air as my windows are wide-open for the first time in months...
Springtime candle: Thorn Apple from D.L. & Co.'s signature collection
Dinnerware: Delft porcelain will do
Table linens: antique
New episodes of: Mad Men and Built to Shred
Film release: Grey Gardens (on Apr. 18)
Spring escape: Upstate –- Hudson Valley, Saugerties...
Spa weekend: Great Jones Spa -– well, it's good for a whole entire day, if not the whole weekend!

Anna Sheffield Fine jewelry is available for purchase in New York City at Barneys and 3.1 Phillip Lim; Bing Bang is available at Barneys Co-Op Steven Alan, Anna Store, Bird, Butterflies and Zebras and Moonbeams, Otte, Only Hearts and TG-170.

**Previously featured on "Spring Cleaning With..."

Bonnie Morrison
Aya Kanai
Chrissie Miller