The Matriarchy™: The Women Who Actually Run the Kitchen
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Every kitchen has one.
The sous who runs the pass tighter than the chef. The line cook who's held sauté for eleven years and outlasted four owners. The pastry lead nobody talks to before noon. She doesn't need a title on the door. Everybody already knows who's running the room.
Our Saints have always been about the loud ones, the ones who earned their halo the hard way. But look at the wall long enough and you notice the canon was lopsided. So we built a counter-canon.
The Matriarchy™ is that wall.
Dolly. Stevie. Betty. Ruth. Frida. Cher. Martha. April. Marie Laveau. Morticia & Gomez. Alexandria. And Saint Anne, Our Lady of Mise en Place, for the ones who still write their prep lists by hand.
What this isn't
It isn't pink. It isn't a "for her" line. It isn't the same design with the edges sanded off.
Same ink. Same attitude. Same refusal to take anything too seriously except the work. The women in this industry never asked for a softer version of anything, and we're not about to start handing them one.
Who it's for
Anybody who's worked under one of these women, or become one. Hang the poster in the office. Light the candle on the pass. Wear the tee to family meal and let people ask.
Why it matters to us
Cleaver & Blade was never meant to be a merch table. It's a crew. No competition, only family. Some of the best cooks pushing this brand forward are women, and the art on our wall should look like the people in our kitchens.
The Matriarchy: straight answers
What is The Matriarchy™ collection?
Cleaver & Blade's collection of female Saints: parody icon art honoring women who shaped food, music and culture. It's available as prayer candles, candle + poster bundles, posters, tees, a mug and a kitchen notebook.
Who's in it?
Dolly, Stevie, Betty, Ruth, Frida, Cher, Martha, April, Marie Laveau, Morticia & Gomez, Alexandria, and Saint Anne, Our Lady of Mise en Place.
Is it a women's line?
It's built around women in the industry, but the art is for anyone. Same edge as every other Saint.
Where does it ship from?
Saint candles, Saint posters, mugs and notebooks are packed and shipped by us out of our Florida shop. Tees are printed to order by our print partner.
Is there free shipping?
Orders over $50 ship free.
The canon's bigger now. Go meet the family.