Field Notes
Things worth reading.
Considered notes on materials, making, and the slower domestic life. Written from the shop floor and the makers we visit.
Living
The Slow Shelf
On building a home with objects that resist the quick decision
The shelf is the last honest place in a home. It holds what you actually chose, not what looked good in a cart.
·6 min readRead
Craft
Material Memory
Why the objects we live with are allowed to change
The patina on an old piece of linen is not damage. It is the record of every wash, every use, every morning it did its job.
·5 min readRead
Ritual
The Morning Ritual
A short defence of the deliberate beginning
The morning is the smallest unit of a life's design. What it contains tells you almost everything about how the rest will go.
·4 min readRead
Good reading deserves good objects.
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