Makers

Vase Taka, Miel — mouth-blown recycled glass by La Soufflerie, Paris

Reading Hand-Blown Glass

The physical signs that a piece of glass was actually blown by hand - trapped air bubbles, applied bands that never quite match, and a base that shows how it...

Reading Hand-Blown Glass

The physical signs that a piece of glass was actually blown by hand - trapped air bubbles, applied bands that never quite match, and a base that shows how it...

A Borgo delle Tovaglie Riviera linen tablecloth laid with patterned plates and silver cutlery

How to Care for Italian Linen

How to wash, dry, iron and store Italian linen so it actually improves with age instead of just surviving it - and why the laundry does more damage than the...

How to Care for Italian Linen

How to wash, dry, iron and store Italian linen so it actually improves with age instead of just surviving it - and why the laundry does more damage than the...

A hand painting green scrollwork onto a ceramic head

How to tell if ceramics are actually handmade

What to actually look for before trusting the word handmade - the base, the glaze, and why no two pieces from a real workshop should ever match exactly.

How to tell if ceramics are actually handmade

What to actually look for before trusting the word handmade - the base, the glaze, and why no two pieces from a real workshop should ever match exactly.

A weaver at a wooden loom working blue ikat silk at Studio Naenna, Chiang Mai

What the Thread Carries

Handwoven silk ikat textiles, naturally dyed with indigo and forest plants, by the women weavers of Chiang Mai.

What the Thread Carries

Handwoven silk ikat textiles, naturally dyed with indigo and forest plants, by the women weavers of Chiang Mai.

Giulio Giannini marbled paper in swirls of red, blue and ochre

The Pattern That Cannot Be Repeated

Giulio Giannini & Figlio has made marbled paper and leather-bound books in Florence since 1856.

The Pattern That Cannot Be Repeated

Giulio Giannini & Figlio has made marbled paper and leather-bound books in Florence since 1856.

A Hanoia artisan sanding a yellow lacquer vessel in the workshop

One Hundred Days

Vietnamese lacquerware from Hanoia, Hanoi - hand-made through more than twenty stages over a minimum of one hundred days. Exclusive to Australia."

One Hundred Days

Vietnamese lacquerware from Hanoia, Hanoi - hand-made through more than twenty stages over a minimum of one hundred days. Exclusive to Australia."