Falling Leaves, Autumn Colors, and Forming Cocoons
As layers go on, I imagine myself forming a cocoon.
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Journal — Palatine Collection
The Spring Table in Yellows and Creams
When our friend Kate Wood invited us to set her table and sprinkle flowers around the house ahead of an exciting shoot, we lept at the opportunity. We are still building our home, and don't have ma...
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Perfecting the Living Centerpiece...or, put a chicken on the table.
Sometimes an idea pops into my head and I just have to do it.
Hanging a parachute from the ceiling of the store to create a quieter 'room' within the store? That was a late-night fever dream fueled...
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The Tension of Fall: A Slow Down, Sometimes by Force.
Fall exerts a push-and-pull on us that begs for thoughtful slowness.
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The Return of the Palatine Collection
After releasing the Palatine Collection in 2023, we hit a production wall. It took months of fine-tuning to figure out how to make our porcelain tableware in the quantities to meet the higher than ...
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Cast Iron Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
This Rhubarb Upside Down Cake is cooked in a cast iron pan, uses the produce of spring, and has been a staple of our family for over a decade.
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Summer Pasta Salad
This morning I was harvesting tomatoes in the garden, pulling weeds and cursing out hornworms. August is when my garden takes over from me. Or, rather, I resign to it. What hasn’t worked this year...
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The Making of the Palatine Collection
The Palatines didn't leave much behind. They arrived in the Hudson Valley in 1710 on ships after spending years waiting on boats in New York Harbor. They had left Europe as refugees, and they dise...
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