Notes from the workshop
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IMG · open book, raking light
Chapter 11 is about empty space
The Tao Te Ching spends a whole chapter on what a room is not. We keep re-reading it before we design anything.
IMG · unlit sticks, close
In praise of the unscented
Why our best-selling incense has almost no smell when it is cold — and what that has to do with honesty in a catalogue.
IMG · ledger page, hand-written
What “handmade” costs, itemised
Kiln time, breakage, and the eleven percent that never survives firing. The full numbers for one censer, in public.