Monat: Mai 2026

For Yixing clay teapot care, use only boiling water.

A Yixing clay teapot is a tool, not a stock.

In an age of injection-molded everything, a woven rattan lamp shade is a reminder that perfection isn’t the only goal.

Workshops on Chinese traditions aren’t just about learning calligraphy or folding paper.

wooden trayTechnically bamboo is a grass, not wood.

The material life-cycle matters—from forest to workshop to landfill.

A wooden bowl is the only kitchen tool that seems to get better the more you use it, like a cast-iron skillet or a well-worn leather wallet.

Restringing is the most fiddly part of wooden abacus restoration.

Woodblock print carving, at its core, is a zero-waste process—when done right.

That moment split my understanding of what a print could be.