In lieu of a bio, here is a collection of things I’ve recently heard, borrowed; seen and made; coveted.

Pair of scallop-shell dishes from Count Orloff's silver service, gifted to him by Catherine the Great, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, 1771–73, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"To think of life is to think of oysters, all year round, almost as if you could hear all those millions of them breathing when the tide is out."
Clark, Eleanor. The Oysters of Locmariaquer. Pantheon Books, 1966.


My drawing of meconopsis.

Soymilk, strawberries, and bread found in Shanghai.


A mantra, a mascot.

Mancala Board by Kindred Black x Don't Let Disco via VESTIGE

The Insect Chorus, Charles E. Burchfield, September 5, 1917 via Burchfield Penney Art Center.

“Burchfield’s career was defined by his desire to develop a system of gestures and symbols that synthesized and gave form to sentient perception in all its dimensions.”

From a review by Christopher Bedford of the 2010 Frieze show curated by Robert Gober for the Hammer Museum.


Sheryl Oppenheim’s suminagashi marbling, via the Center for Book Arts.

A patterned moth.


Baguette Dia Signet Ring by Komi Designs.


An early spring arrangement of discards from my Emily Thompson Flowers days.


Irreplicable homemade ink test.


Fritillaria and black poppies from Oron Peri.



Last summer’s cherries.