Rocky Mountain Punk Nature Art & Oddities may be in a normal strip mall near the Jefferson County DMV, but its offerings are anything but ordinary.
is rather unassuming. It's just another small business in Lakewood's Parkridge Plaza strip mall, nestled among spas, pet stores, restaurants and the plaza's main attraction: the Jefferson County DMV. A small sign in the window of Rocky Mountain Punk stands out against the white brick building, with temptations such as vintage, vinyl, plants, oddities and local art listed in neat neon letters. But a cursory peek into the glass storefront reveals far more than the sign can describe.
"We had a niece that was a toddler at the time. Their shirts are always stained with food, and onesies are always white, and we were like, 'That seems kind of dumb,'" Emily says, describing how their short-lived tye-die vision was born."So we started tie-dying the little onesies for our niece and then noticed you couldn't see any of the stains once it was all brightly colored. So we started selling those with little matching socks or a little baby beanie.
"I was born and raised here. I'm a fifth-generation Colorado native," Emily says."So I wanted that reflected how I felt about Colorado. We also grow our own food; we have a huge garden in our backyard. So punk is more than great music; it's an entire lifestyle. Anything against the norm, anything that doesn't follow the lead that everything else is going for — to me, that's punk.
The store carries vintage records, jewelry, crystals, Joe's homemade coffee pour-over stands and, of course, art. The couple crafts magical pieces out of found objects and ethically sourced bones, insects and plants, engaging in minor entomology through their work. Cat and coyote skulls coated in amethyst and quartz, mounted butterflies and gold hoops with small, dangling animal bones are just a few examples of the unique artworks the pair creates.
"Sometimes I have an exact idea, or if it's a custom piece, I have an outline of what I'm going to do, and I lay everything out — kind of storyboarding it, if you will — and then it just comes together," she says."It's hard to explain since it's different every time, but I listen to the pieces.
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