Journal
Notes from the atelier.
Quiet, occasional dispatches on fabric, on light, on the slow life of objects. We write when we have something worth writing.
Field notes · Istanbul
AtelierAn afternoon at the Grand Bazaar
On the small, dim corner stalls where the most interesting silks are found — and the patience required to find them.
On craft
AtelierWhat a lamp should do
An essay on the difference between a lamp that is decorative and a lamp that is necessary — and why we are uninterested in the former.
February 20268 minutes
Dispatch
ExhibitionsPenah at Istanbul Design Week
Notes from a quiet exhibition of six pieces, shown by candlelight in a converted hammam in the Galata district.
January 20264 minutes
From the workbench
AtelierWhy we sign every lamp
On the practice of signing and numbering each piece — and why the ledger above the workbench is as important as the lamp itself.
December 20255 minutes
On teaching
TeachingWhat my students taught me about light
A semester-end reflection on the questions my students asked — and how they changed the way I look at every piece I make.
November 20257 minutes
On language
ResearchOn the name, Penah
Refuge, in old Turkish — the place a thing returns to when the world becomes too much.
October 20253 minutes