Incense & Accessories

Incense is one of the few things you light and then simply watch until it is gone.

These holders are turned from oak and cherry, then dyed with iron until the grain settles into a deep tone. They ask for a corner rather than a shelf. Light one at the end of the day and the smoke gives your eyes something to follow, and a quiet stretch of time opens up.

The wood is oak and cherry, turned on a lathe and then dyed with iron. The iron reacts with the tannin in the grain and darkens it from the inside, so there is no coating sitting on the surface and the colour holds for years. The same thinking applied to lacquer is covered in what urushi lacquerware is. If you are furnishing one quiet corner, a room with wabi-sabi in it is a useful read.