Issue 01 · Coming soon
Why nothing here repeats.
A long-form companion to the Heritage page. The Simurgh, Attar's seven valleys, and why no two pieces from the bench are ever the same.
Reading soon →The journal
Notes from the bench.
Slow-cadence writing on what we make, why we make it, and the small things that go into a piece before it leaves the studio.
Issue 02 · Coming soon
The colour of leather.
What "ink", "cream", "rose" and "gold" actually mean at the bench. How the leather ages into the colour you pick. Why we no longer print swatches on paper.
Reading soon →Issue 03 · Coming soon
A bench, a brush, a Tuesday.
An ordinary day in the studio. What gets done, what gets put down, what gets undone tomorrow. The honesty of small-batch making.
Reading soon →Issue 04 · Coming soon
The mistakes we keep.
Some brushwork lands and some does not. We keep the ones with character. Here is how we tell the difference.
Reading soon →Issue 05 · Coming soon
Care, in detail.
The expanded version of the care page. Cleaning agents we use, things we have tried, things to never put on hand-painted leather.
Reading soon →Issue 06 · Coming soon
Persian flowers.
The botanical reference behind the painted motifs. Roses, hyacinths, monstera, daisy. Where we trace from. Why none of them are ever pure copies.
Reading soon →While the journal builds, the work is in the shop and the studio takes commissions.
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