{"title":"Boxes","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"neo-organic-linden-wood-box-sho-sugi-ban","title":"Neo-organic Linden Wood Box · Shō Sugi Ban","description":"\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHand-carved from a single piece of linden wood in the village of Iohanisfeld, Romania, this domed lidded box is finished using shō sugi ban charring - a matte black surface that is both water-repellent and quietly commanding. An organic finial lifts the lid; the smooth interior holds jewellery, treats or small keepsakes. An object that transforms the ordinary act of storage into something considered.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tm6\"\u003eThe Craft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn the southern Romanian plains, the artisans at LUN work with locally sourced linden wood - a material they regard not as raw matter but as a living record: each piece carrying its own grain density, its own scent, its own response to the tool. They describe their practice as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eneo-organic design\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- a commitment to letting the wood's natural character lead the form. To finish the surface, they use\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eshō sugi ban\u003c\/em\u003e, an ancient Japanese technique in which the wood is charred to create a stable, carbonised layer that is both water-repellent and visually distinctive. The result is a depth of surface that changes in different lights - matte and tactile, quietly commanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tm6\"\u003eThe Heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIohanisfeld is a small Saxon village in the Olt Plain of southern Romania, one of the quiet agricultural settlements that shaped the region's relationship to wood and land. Romanian woodworking traditions are embedded in everyday life - from structural timber to domestic objects - and the forest has long been understood here not as resource but as collaborator. LUN draws on that understanding whilst looking outward: the \u003cem\u003eshō sugi ban\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etechnique, developed in Japan and now practised by craftspeople across the world, finds unexpected harmony with the linden groves of Wallachia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tm7\"\u003eThe Maker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Manuela Marchiș Blînda and Cezar Blînda united their lives and blended their visions to create LUN, a space where they explore the relationship between art and craft. Their objects are designed to spark curiosity about wood and activate the senses through aesthetic sustainability. In nature, elements flow and undulate in perfect symbiosis, and humans are part of it. The artisans at LUN brought this concept into their creations, in an attempt to create through objects a connection of humanity to nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Handmade in Romania","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45718698000650,"sku":"","price":68.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/1013\/1978\/files\/lun_box_edit_01.jpg?v=1763737257"},{"product_id":"hand-stamped-ceramic-box-ibis-finial-fayoum","title":"Hand-Stamped Ceramic Box · Ibis Finial · Fayoum","description":"\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheel-thrown from dark Aswan clay,\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e this lidded ceramic box is made by master artisan in Fayoum, Egypt. A burnished black body incised with geometric medallions is crowned with a sienna-glazed lid from which an ibis head emerges as finial. The ibis, now extinct in Egypt but once sacred to Thoth, god of wisdom and knowledge, appears here as both signature motif and quiet act of remembrance. An object to keep on a desk, a shelf, or an altar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tm6\"\u003eThe Craft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWheel-thrown from dark Nile clay sourced in Aswan, this lidded box is shaped on the potter's wheel before the surface is worked by hand and burnished to achieve the deep black sheen of the base, then incised with geometric medallions using hand-carved stamps. The sienna lid, crowned with a sculptural ibis head finial, is thrown and finished separately before the two pieces are matched and fired together. The techniques employed at the Fayoum Pottery School draw on both ancient Egyptian traditions and contemporary methods, including the Japanese \u003cem\u003eraku\u003c\/em\u003e firing technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tm6\"\u003eThe Heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlthough pottery-making was widespread in Egypt during Pharaonic times, by the late twentieth century decreasing demand had brought the craft to the edge of disappearance. The turning point came in the 1980s, when Swiss-born potter Evelyne Porret made the farming village of Tunis, in the verdant Fayoum oasis, her permanent home. Together with her husband Michel Pastore, she founded the Fayoum Pottery School — teaching the village's children to work with clay and, in doing so, reviving a tradition that had been all but lost. Those students have since opened their own workshops, developing distinct voices whilst remaining in conversation with the school that formed them. Tunis village is today one of Egypt's most quietly remarkable centres of contemporary craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Normal tm5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tm6\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaker.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSameer el-Sattar is a master ceramist working alongside his brother Abd al-Sattar in their workshop in Fayoum. Where many graduates of the Fayoum Pottery School work in the vivid, painted style for which the school is known, Sameer has developed a quieter aesthetic — raw and refined in equal measure, with a minimalist sensibility that sets his work apart. His signature motif is the ibis: a bird now extinct in Egypt, but once sacred to the god Thoth, ancient deity of wisdom, writing, and knowledge. Its recurring presence across Sameer's work is both a personal preoccupation and a quiet act of remembrance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Handmade in Egypt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51328904233226,"sku":"","price":72.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/1013\/1978\/files\/WEB_Ibis_Box_by_Sataar_01_c406a358-f95b-411a-9137-93651833ac04.jpg?v=1774336900"}],"url":"https:\/\/omagoshop.eu\/collections\/boxes.oembed","provider":"OMAĜO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}