The journal · Process
Letters from the village
What we saw in the workshops this month, written down on the way home. Process, people, the weather that makes lacquer cure. One letter with each new moon; the rest whenever there is something to say.
Process · October 2026
Twelve layers, three months: how a lacquer panel is born
One board in Hạ Thái from raw jackfruit wood to its last polish under running water.
Process · July 2026
A season of mornings: one embroidered lotus, stitch by stitch
Lê Thị Hoa works only before ten, when the light is flat. We counted the stitches so you don't have to.
A letter with each new moon.
One story from the villages, one new work, once a month. Nothing else, and never a sale.