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Thinking about how wild it is that enshittification starts as a way for the rich to squeeze the populace for more money but ends up infecting everything so even luxury products decline in quality. They’ve got more money than fucking God now and for what? Literally they can’t even buy fun nice stuff for themselves because they killed craft.

Anyway this post is about Dhaka muslin but it’s also about everything.

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Tanghua糖画 /Sugar Painting is a traditional Chinese folk art where melted sugar is skillfully shaped into figures, animals, or patterns on a flat surface. Using a ladle, the artist pours the hot syrup with quick, precise movements to create delicate designs. Once cooled, the sugar hardens into an edible artwork, often enjoyed as both a snack and a cultural treasure. (cr 中国冀派糖画Hebei-Style Sugar Art)

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I love what we've done with the word "ratatouille." It's kinda like how we fucked up the popular understanding of the word inception, except we borrowed a word from a language we usually copy 1:1 and assigned it a wildly unrelated meaning. Hell with the tomatoes. Steer that man by his hair.

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Outfit of the day.

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Mori Sosen Case (Inrō) with Design of Basket of Persimmons (obverse); Monkey Eating Persimmon (reverse) Edo period (1615–1868) Lacquer, gold and silver hirame, gold, red and coloured hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: red lacquer, fundame and decoration; the interior risers decorated in gold and silver togidashi with various brocade pattern, key-fret, waves, etc.

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Chinese incense 熏香xūnxiāng

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Inordinately pleased with this one, because both sides are pretty. Made it into a lanyard for a friend. Pattern is called "garm" by lisoesac on twisted threads.

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Fausto Melotti, Contrappunto III, (brass), 1970 (1984), Edition of 4 [Fondazione Fausto Melotti, Milano. © The Estate of Fausto Melotti]

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A little quilt dragon!!

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The yangqin (扬琴) is a traditional Chinese hammered dulcimer, believed to have originated from Middle Eastern instruments like the santur. It features a trapezoidal wooden body with metal strings struck by bamboo mallets, producing bright, percussive tones. Used in Chinese orchestras and folk music, it’s known for its vibrant, shimmering sound and rapid melodic runs. (cr boa_o)

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In its entirety.

Own this BCV original.