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Enjoy our latest issue ✿ To Smell

Nanamu as Tongan sense of smelling: A tāvāist philosophical critique

Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino Māhina, Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai and Tavakefai‘ana, Sēmisi Fetokai Kulīha‘apai Moahehengiovava‘ulahi Potauaine share the profound meaning of smell in Tongan culture. 

The culture we breathe

Laila Al-Hamad finds in the tight-knit communities of the Gulf a social context for the appreciation of fragrance as a medium of shared experience.

Monkō (聞香): The Japanese way of listening to incense

Sachiko Tamashige offers a brief history of incense culture in Japan and the experience of visiting Kunjyukan in Kyoto.

Lotus blooms and divine blessings: A spiritual journey through fragrance and festivity

Japneet Keith recounts the floral scents associated with the deities invoked in Durga Puja.

 

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Ka rongo au: In response to senses

Rangimarie Sophie Jolley (Waikato-Tainui) and Sian Montgomery-Neutze (Muaūpoko, Ngai Tara) introduce the ways we sense Māori art.

by Rangimarie Sophie Jolley and Sian Montgomery-Neutze

Scent in 2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale

Artistic Director, KANG Jaeyoung, explicates the concept of "objet" that frames the extraordinary works of the Cheongju Craft Biennale.

by KANG Jaeyoung

Monumentalizing rituals of the Palestinian diaspora

Reema Abu Hassan has designed receptacles for the olfactory memories that are so precious to the Palestinians dispersed across the world.

by Reema Abu Hassan

A fragrant pilgrimage to the Norbulingka Institute

Japneeth Keith ventures to little Lhasa, the source of Tibetan incense craft. 

by Japneeth Keith

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Kondo Weaving Mill: Industrial Japanese craftsmanship

Alisa Tietboehl writes about a Japanese weaving mill that sustains its local craft through skill and innovation.

Sarah Khan ✿ Spoons as weapons of mass creation

Our September laurel Sarah K Khan, inspired by a sixteenth-century Indian Cookbook in Persian, decorates her spoons in honor of women’s knowledge.

The sacred garden: A photo essay of worship through flowers

Prerana Chandak shares images of the flowers that play an important role in her Hindu faith and practice.

Marking lives without trace: Bamboo weaving in a Rohingya refugee camp

Tasman Munro presents a craft collaboration between Rohingya and Australian makers inside the Kutupalong refugee camp.

Lacquerware needs two legs to walk: The wisdom of master Gan Erke

Gan Erke and Li Zhiwei talk about the inheritance and development of Chinese lacquerware.

The Mashrabiya Project: Life behind the screen

We speak with Jennifer-Navva Milliken about a project at her Museum of Art and Wood that responds to the ubiquitous lattice screen of the Islamic world.

Annette Nykiel ✿ Slow-Making Locally

Perdita Phillips visits Annette Nykiel’s exhibition Slow-Making Locally, a collection of slowly-made ecological objects

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