Notes on material,craft and process

March 2026

Process

Why we do not make mood boards

A client asked for one recently. We talked her out of it and made tea instead.

January 2026

Material

A morning at the quarry

Stone does not arrive from a catalogue. It arrives from a particular hillside, and we go and see which one.

November 2025

Material

On brass, and how it ages

We specify brass for what it will look like in four years, not on the day of handover.