The Philosophy of Objects
Something very slow, and very real, is in motion.
I have spent the past twenty years shaping a curated concept — and now, quietly, it begins to move into reality.
Over the years, I have been asked, time and again, to help source objects for other people’s homes. Persian rugs, furniture, fixtures and fittings, art, books — the list continues. Pieces chosen not just for how they look, but for how they live.
Now, I find myself creating a smaller, more considered space — a niche through which to share these objects of beauty with a wider audience.
I have always believed that a home is to be lived in.
That possessions are not simply there to be kept, but to be used — to gather marks, to hold memory, to quietly record a life as it unfolds. They become part of the story: defining the past, whilst making room for the future.
There are pieces I treasure deeply.
Things passed down.
Mementos gathered on holidays, or found on those rare, magical days you hope will never quite end.
What I love most is their slow ageing.
The faint scratches on a glass bowl from a metal whisk.
The worn wood from an overly zealous sourdough slicer.
A careful line of glue holding together something once broken.
The quiet ingenuity of repair, or repurposing.
At one point, we lost the small wooden knob from the top of our cafetière. In its place, my husband fixed an ecclesiastical silver cross — once a bottle stopper I had found at a flea market.
It is mismatched.
A little dramatic.
But now, it carries a story entirely its own.
My concept is unusual, as you will come to find.
The edits are carefully curated, designed to sit together as companions – a collective story in the making. Each piece carries its own chapter, yet together they form an Opus of individuality.
Items are crafted by hand, made using natural materials.
This is not a shop.
It is a sensory stimulus – food for the soul and easy on the eye.
Drops will be seasonal, clustered around a common theme. The first will be released mid-May.
I am not a salesperson.
I am a curator.
And now my museum is available to buy too.
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