Stories
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From Silver to the Bare Hand
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a covered bowl holds two histories in a single silhouette. Its porcelain was made in Arita, Japan, around 1700–1720. A few years later, between 1726 and 1732, French silver mounts attributed to the silversmith Paul Le Riche were added, with further additions later. The museum records both dates, both places and both materials together. The object crossed a border; it also took on a new form in another pair of hands.
White Reveals Colour: Four Seasons in One Cup
White need not cover an entire vessel to make colour visible. On the Snow tumbler, it settles only in irregular areas over a dark glaze, as if light had paused in a few places; the interior remains deep and quiet. When a drink appears within the circular opening, pale green, amber, copper and brown each find a clear boundary.
Mug Lune — room for a slower morning
A mug enters a life not when it impresses at first sight, but when the hand chooses it again the next morning. Mug Lune begins with that repeated gesture: holding coffee and making room for a few minutes before the day gathers speed.