Hand forged heart nail.

Made in  India / 6" Long

Hand forged copper heart nail.

Made in  India / 3" Long

In the small village of Pomaire, Chile, it is believed that 'chanchitos", little pigs, bring good luck. Three legged chanchitos are especially fortunate and are tradtionally given to friends as a token of goodwill and love.

Made in Chile / 2"

'Ecological trophy' elephant head handmade by artist and weaver Javier Medina in his shop in Madrid.

Javier S. Medina

Handmade in Madrid, Spain / Made of natural materials including bamboo, wicker, rattan, fiber and twine / 30" Long x 22" Wide at ears

Issue No. 14

At Home with the Artist: Whether it’s upstate, the island of Nevis or the Greek islands, Helen Marden keeps the doors open. The painter, jewel-box hotelier and art-world doyenne speaks with startling frankness and easy candor about creativity, money, illness, and the behaviors of some New York City gallerists.

Words Anna Godbersen / Ph: Martien Mulder

The Chair Orchard: Alice and Gavin Munro are furniture makers with a difference. Using willow and other native hedgerow species, the couple grow lamps, chandeliers, tables and chairs by shaping them from trees, for periods of up to a decade, in a painstaking process fraught with uncertainty and the vagaries of nature, which only makes it more fascinating.

Words: Mark Hooper / Ph: Chris Webb

Giorgio Morandi: Leslie Williamson’s most recent book, Still Lives: In the Homes of Artists, Great and Unsung features a stunning collection of intimate portrayals of artists’ homes and studios, including Barbara Hepworth, Derek Jarman, Georgia O’Keeffe and Isamu Noguchi, among others. We feature Giorgio Morandi, the Italian painter and print maker who specialized in exquisite, understated still lifes noted for their tonal subtlety.

Words: Leslie Williamson / Ph: Leslie Williamson

Living in a Box: This story about one tiny home could and probably should be all about climate crisis. The reality of humans and housing, though, is more complex, so this is also a story about habit, power, comfort, and one little, old cottage in Sweden called Lådan.

Words: Tony Moxham / Ph: Mattas Edwall

LA Stories: Actor and director Griffin Dunne and author Mark Rozzo discuss family, pop art, Dennis Hopper, Brook Hayward and one of the greatest collections of contemporary art in the ‘60s, as well as Rozzo’s book, Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles.

Ph: Martin Crook and archival photography from the Dennis Hopper Foundation.

Art & Craft: Kiva Motnyk harnesses nature’s bounty to create her kaleidoscopic textiles. Like artists who set up portable easels to capture the splendor of nature’s shifting moods, Motnyk, draws inspiration from hours spent walking her twenty-acre property. The rural landscape not only informs her palette but is also the source of her pigments.

Words: Sabine Hrechdakian / Ph: Carlton Davis

Right Man, Right place, Right time: Renaissance man Taavo Somer leads the way, creating a concept hotel and golf course, Inness, in Accord, NY.

Words: Paul Tierney / Ph: Martin Crook

Bringing the Bounty: With the schooner, Apollonia, it’s not next day delivery, but having your goods delivered by ship is prime.

Words: Jon Bowermaster/ Ph: Ocean 8 Films

Blueberries with a Twist: Jared Handelsman’s love of blueberries is a work of art. At his rural farm, he has created an entire ecosystem — the centerpiece of which is his Blueberry Spiral, a labyrinthine and serpentine hedgerow draped with diaphanous netting that highlights his 83-acre property

Words: Chris Hartman / Ph: Guzman

And more!

Handmade reversible block-printed percale cotton throw. Each quilt is hand-stitched using a traditional unknotted running-stitch technique. 

Studio Ford

Made in India / 100% Percale cotton / 50 x 70 inches /  Natural cotton fill / Stitched with cotton thread / Wash cold and gentle with gentle soap, hang to dry or tumble dry low heat

Bocce set that includes 8 painted wooden balls, 1 jack, and carrying bag. Bocce is a ball sport belonging to the Boules sport family and is closely related to bowls and pétanque - but the basic idea is consistent: throw a big thing at a small thing - closest ball wins!  Best played with friends, an aperitif in one hand, and the sun in your face.

Fredericks & Mae

8" x 8" x 8"

Full spectrum rainbow chalk set in a wooden box. Vivid colors that can be used to create chalk art on sidewalks and other surfaces. With its angled shape, this chalk is perfect for drawing fine lines or broad strokes.

Fredericks & Mae

8" x 8" / 18 pieces of chalk / Comes in a decorative wooden chalk holder box

Made with traditional tea from Emei Mountain in the Sichuan Province. Made using top grade green tea harvested in Spring, layered with the best Jasmine flowers that bloom in Summer, it is an elegant tea that befits the name. The preparation with the floral and mildly fruity Peruvian cacao from Ucayali River makes a chocolate that has a depth of flavor with lingering umami and jasmine fragrance.

Tasting notes: Jasmine fragrance with lingering umami

Fossa Chocolate

Ingredients: Cacao, cane sugar, cocoa butter, milk powder, green tea leaves, jasmine flowers

Made in Singapore / 50g / Contains dairy / Made in a facility that also processes nuts and milk / Limited release bar in collaboration with rare tea curator - Pekoe & Imp

This luscious bar has roasted white sesame seeds pounded and added with dried seaweed into our signature caramelised white chocolate. A generous topping of dry roasted puffed rice lends a toasty flavour and provides a crunch.

Tasting notes: Notes of caramel and sesame with a lingering umami of seaweed and subtle toasty aroma from the puffed rice

Fossa Chocolate

Ingredients: Cocoa butter, milk powder, white sesame, cane sugar, puffed rice, seaweed, sea salt

Made in Singapore / 50g / Made in a facility that also processes nuts and milk

Pewter cast incense holder.

Made in New York / 3-4" long / Pewter / Holds standard incense

Pewter cast incense holder.

Made in New York / 2-3" long / Pewter / Holds standard incense

Medium Marguerite pendant light hand molded from black terracotta and finished in a milky white glaze.

Astier de Villatte

Handmade in France / Black terracotta with white glaze / 8" W x 4" H / Twisted rayon cord / Includes matching ceramic canopy / Requires 40W max / Type E12 candelabra bulb / 120" cord

Astier de Villatte ceramics are handmade in Paris of black terracotta clay with their signature glossy white glaze. Inspired by 18th and 19th century designs, each unique piece is characteristically delicate yet surprisingly durable. In addition to their beautiful and timeless ceramics, Astier is also renowned for their candles, incense and paper goods, all of which are based around an incredibly intimate handmade process.

Tutu pendant light hand molded from black terracotta and finished in a milky white glaze.

Astier de Villatte

Handmade in France / Black terracotta with white glaze / 7" W x 2" H / Twisted rayon cord / Includes matching ceramic canopy / Requires 40W max / Type E12 candelabra bulb / 120" cord

Astier de Villatte ceramics are handmade in Paris of black terracotta clay with their signature glossy white glaze. Inspired by 18th and 19th century designs, each unique piece is characteristically delicate yet surprisingly durable. In addition to their beautiful and timeless ceramics, Astier is also renowned for their candles, incense and paper goods, all of which are based around an incredibly intimate handmade process.