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How to choose a vase for the flowers you actually buy

How to choose a vase that suits the flowers you actually bring home: height, neck shape and when a low bowl beats a vase, worked through with new pieces from...

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What Zeina Nahas is making in Toronto

Zeina Nahas works in stoneware and silver: ceramic vessels from the Melancholy collection and pure silver rings shaped by hand without molds. Both made in Toronto, both one of a...

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What Katherine Holland puts into the clay

A Q&A with Katherine Holland, Toronto ceramicist and photographer. On photography and clay, Summer Bonfire ash, the patchwork pieces that are crazy difficult to make, and that little tickle in...

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Why Handmade Home Goods Cost More, and Why That's Actually the Point

Handmade home goods cost more than mass-produced alternatives. Here is what you are actually paying for, and why it tends to be the smarter buy in the long run.

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