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Notes from the workshop floor.
A small, irregular journal — written by the people on the bench. We post when there is something worth saying about wood, fabric, joinery, or the slow business of making furniture in a humid climate.
A short, honest guide to the Malaysian hardwoods we still trust.
Kembang semangkok, seraya, merbau, chengal — what each one does well, what each one does badly, and where we have been quietly disappointed.
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Choosing fabrics that survive a Kuala Lumpur living room.
Why heavy linen earns its place, why we are quietly cautious of velvet under a ceiling fan, and the leather hides we keep coming back to.
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Six heritage joinery techniques we still cut by hand — and why.
Mortise-and-tenon, sliding dovetail, draw-bored peg, bridle, breadboard ends and finger-jointed boxes — in plain language, with no mystique.
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We do not run a newsletter platform or trade your address. The studio manager writes the letter, by hand, three or four times a year — with one piece, one client story, and one workshop photograph.