Poke Zebra Wood Tray (8in/21cm)

Poke Zebra Wood Tray (8in/21cm)Mori Kougeis Poke collection utilizes the tsuki ita technique, where sheets of wood just a fraction of a millimeter thick are carved and reassembled to form decorative inlaid surfaces. The results vary in color and grain to reflect the character and environment of the wood at hand, and are detailed with finely illustrated patterns of all shapes and sizesfrom clean lined parallelograms to sprawling butterflies.

and found the magic in its transparency – the way its semi-sheer quality picks up the colours worn underneath

this sentiment comes full circle

this wool-blend Becky cushion has a folksy hexagonal weave and pretty fringed edging

Traditionally

Its conical

with contrasting tones for a contemporary palette

rummy or cribbage at a moment’s notice

Maria Sigma’s Ariadne collection takes its name from a fated heroine in Homer's Odyssey

The design is backed onto 1950s wool – a repurposed vintage fabric – that’s been modernised to retell age-old crafting stories

they’re glazed in ‘marula’ grey – one of the pottery’s unique hand-mixed shades

amorphous bookends in patinated brass are typical of the care and restraint with which Carl Auböck II manufactured his Modernist objects for the library

placemats and napkins in natural fabrics feature delicate prints pigment-dyed with botanical tints