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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...

How not to make it look precious

Handmade objects look precious when they are arranged, not used. Five principles for living with handmade things in a way that feels natural.

What a Senufo stool is, and where it comes from

A Senufo stool is hand-carved from a single piece of hardwood by the Senufo people of West Africa. What they are, where they come from, and what makes a vintage...

The case for handmade cabinet hardware

Yes, handmade cabinet hardware is worth it. A guide to what separates CERCLE by Maha Alavi from builder-grade, and how to choose the right piece.

Every Tera Lamp finish, explained

The Ceramicah Tera Lamp comes in fourteen finishes across four families. Here is what separates them.

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...

A Better Corporate Gift Smells Like a Fig Tree

The best corporate gift changes the atmosphere at home, not the appearance of a desk. Discover Flamingo Estate candles, body care and books at Mararamiro.

A hundred years of Ukrainian linen

These pillows are made from 100-year-old Ukrainian deadstock linen, woven on narrow looms for folk textiles and stored for a century. Tanya cuts and sews each one at Mararamiro.