Our collection of videos and small essays from behind the scenes.
Between you & me notes
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Story of the little lock
(2 minute read) We had imagined the new owner opening the box and discovering the serving pieces waiting there perfectly in place, gleaming peacefully if not a little mysteriously...
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The games we play
(4 minute read) Since when does play, and lightness have to look childish?
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In defence of the humble garnish
Does not the act of garnishing resist, in a small but luxurious way, the pressures of efficiency and hyperactivity?... Approximately 4 min read.
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And they asked us, why chairs?
Enjoying tiny things does not mean you are not a serious person. It just means that part of you is not... (Approximately 2 minute read)
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Let the gift sit!
Making everything even and fair all the time takes a lot of effort... (approx. 3 minute read)
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Video series 2, part 2: The fly press
What has the force of three hippos? Introducing the beautiful vintage 1940's fly press...
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Which came first, the tick or the box?
How do we know when something is done? That it deserves the mark?...Evaluation may slow us down... (7 min read)
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Video series 2, part 1: Gary domes a circle
Watch as Gary cuts a flat circle of stainless steel and transforms it into an accurate dome...
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Dolores, Dolores
Dolores, the polishing chicken... (approximately 3 minute read)
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Video 1, part 3: Gary curves a circle
Watch as Gary curves a flat piece of stainless steel into an accurate ring shaped handle for Those Two salad servers...
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Funny poems and more funny poems
As soon as you have more than one, stories start to surface...
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Video 1, part 2: Gary cuts a curve
Watch as Gary works the flat end of the rectangle of metal into an accurate curve...
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What would be the chances?
Just because we tell ourselves something, doesn't make it the 'truth'. Words do not make a thing so. Isn't it more likely that we only have a grasp of a...
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Video 1, part 1: Gary cuts a sample handle
In this 5 minute video Gary demonstrates the initial stages of making a sample handle for our 'Those Two' salad servers...
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That which bites: Some thoughts about tongs
You know where you stand with a tong, and these days knowing where you stand with anything, is pleasure. The simplicity of open, closed... (approximately 3 minute read)
