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Water lilies and the colour of ink
December 8, 2025 · 4 min read
Stand close enough to the water lilies and the painting dissolves into separate strokes of lavender, sage and rose. Step back and it's a pond again.
Our whole palette came from afternoons like that one. It's also why there's a little gold in so much of what we choose, like the foil on our midwinter washi: a gallery frame you can tear off by hand.
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