About
A small studio with a long memory.
Oshus Store is a wholesale studio on Eddy Street in San Francisco. We supply ceramics, linen, candles, and kitchenware to retailers, hotels, and design teams who care about how things are made — and what gets left out of the box.
Candace Clark, founder. Photographed by Tomás Reyes in the Eddy Street showroom, March 2025.
A note from Candace.
I spent ten years buying for hotels before I started Oshus. Most of the catalogs I worked with were either too cheap to be honest, or too expensive to be honest in a different way.
I wanted a small, slow catalog you could trust — pieces that felt good to unpack, priced so the maker was paid fairly, shipped without theatrics. So I rented a 1,200 sq ft warehouse on Eddy, two blocks from St. Mary's, and started with nine SKUs.
Six years later we carry about 120 SKUs from thirty-four partner studios. We've turned down more lines than we've taken on. We've also made every mistake a small business can make, and a few that should have a name.
If you're considering opening an account, I read every introduction. Reach me at bango@oshusstore.com or call the studio at +1 (661) 319-6380.
— Candace Clark
What we believe
Six rules, written in pencil.
Slow over fast.
We add fewer SKUs each year, not more. A tight catalog respects everyone's time.
Maker first.
We publish MSRP on every line sheet so margin compression doesn't start with the studio.
Plain paper, no plastic.
Polystyrene-free since March 2024. Kraft, corrugated, and a polishing cloth — that's the kit.
One phone number.
No support queue. Every account has a person and a direct line.
On time, on color.
Color match within published Lab tolerance, lead times honored within ±3 days for three years running.
Quietly local.
We hire from the Western Addition where we can, and we volunteer one Friday a quarter at SF-Marin Food Bank.
Timeline
Six and a half years.
- 2019
Candace signs the lease on a 1,200 sq ft warehouse on Eddy Street and ships the first nine SKUs to four boutiques.
- 2020
Pandemic year. We pivot to no-contact curbside pickup for Bay Area shops and open our first hotel account at the Hotel Kabuki.
- 2021
Partner with the Vilnius linen mill and add textiles to the catalog. Hire Theo to run operations.
- 2022
Open a second small warehouse across the bay in Emeryville for textile finishing. Hit 100 active accounts.
- 2023
Launch the candle line out of a Hunters Point pour studio. Marisol joins as senior buyer.
- 2024
Move to fully plastic-free packaging across all 1,840 ceramic orders. Add 41 new accounts.
- 2025
Pass 240 active wholesale accounts. Add hand-loomed Oaxacan throws, capped at 60 pieces per quarter.
A small team, on the floor.
There are six of us — Candace, Theo (operations), Marisol (buying), June (accounts), Pablo (warehouse), and Anya (samples and showroom). All in the same building. No one is more than ten feet from a packing bench.
We hire from the Western Addition first, and we volunteer one Friday a quarter at SF-Marin Food Bank as a closed-studio day. It's not a perk — it's on the calendar.
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