Field notes.
Workshops, travels, visits to lime kilns and craft villages. What we are learning at the studio, season by season.
A weekend with permaculture, in the soil
Notes from a two-day workshop on regenerative land design — what stayed with us long after the participants left.
At the lime kilns of Athangudi
A short journey to Tamil Nadu's tile country, and the slow patience of fire, sand, and pigment that gives Athangudi tiles their light.
On Kaudi: the affection of stitched cloth
Why the rugs, blankets, and floor cushions we live with carry the warmth of the hands that made them — and how a centuries-old Karnataka tradition still teaches us about layering.
Three months of compressed earth at Wild Pour
The construction journal of a pub built in CSEB and lime — including the masons' thumbprints we decided to keep.
Visiting a Lambadi village in north Karnataka
Old textiles, older songs, and what a craft village teaches us about layering colour and pattern in a contemporary interior.
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Occasional letters from the studio. What we are reading, building, and learning.
