The Artist: Gifts for Artists

Gifts for artists, chosen for the quiet joy found in making. A pair of Japanese scissors balanced so well that cutting feels like drawing. Kyoto pastels in thirty-six colors, waiting to be answered. A brass Høvel sharpener that turns a pencil into an instrument. Washi tape from small Japanese mills, printed with dots and moons.

Every piece here was picked for what it lets a hand do. Some belong in the studio. Some belong on the kitchen table on a Sunday afternoon, which is where a good deal of the work begins. The books, Ruth Asawa, Sheila Hicks, Donald Judd, are for the days when what an artist needs is to be reminded why.