Stillroom

Stillroom

Journal

Notes on material, process and the things the studio keeps around. Written slowly, published when they are finished.

Notes on material, process and the things the studio keeps around. Written slowly, published when they are finished.

Six entries

The case for fewer, heavier things

Essay

The case for fewer, heavier things

The case for fewer, heavier things

The case for fewer, heavier things

On why we make objects that are difficult to move, and why that is the point.

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Oak, and the patience it asks for

Material

Jun 2, 2026

Oak, and the patience it asks for

A tree takes eighty years to become a table. We think the table should be allowed to take its time too.

The making of the Morrow chair

Process

Apr 21, 2026

The making of the Morrow chair

Fourteen months, three prototypes and one long argument about the angle of the back rail.

Notes from the workshop, winter

Notes

Jan 19, 2026

Notes from the workshop, winter

Cold hands, warm glue, and the quiet weeks when nothing ships.

Five objects we keep close

List

Nov 7, 2025

Five objects we keep close

Not ours. The things on our own shelves that we would not part with.

Why we photograph on paper

Studio

Sep 12, 2025

Why we photograph on paper

Every object we make is photographed on the same roll of warm paper. Here is why.

Most of what we write here ends up in something we make.

Most of what we write here ends up in something we make.

Fifteen objects

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