Chapter II · The Principles
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The Practice of Making

Beauty Born of Patience

Each pattern demands weeks of hand-drawing before a single block is ever carved.

The Maker Must Also Design

No division between the hand that draws the cartoon and the hand that cuts the wood.

Ornament Grows from Structure

Pattern is not applied to a surface — it unfolds from the material as vine from stone.

Honesty in Every Material

Natural dyes, hand-ground ink, wool spun by touch — never by haste or industry.