Essays, notes, and observations on objects, placement, atmosphere, and instinct.
Why I Notice Things That Sparkle
What it means to be drawn to objects that hold light — and why that instinct, followed carefully, becomes a point of view. This is where Modern Mineral begins: not with inventory, but with a way of looking.
Read the full essay →In My Defense, It Looked Like a Diamond
On the moment a mineral stops being a rock and becomes an object with intention. And on the particular kind of person who notices the difference before she has the language to explain it.
Read the full essay →The Hesitation
A deliberate pause before the next piece. On why the space between objects matters as much as the objects themselves — and what a three-stone arrangement can teach you about editing a room, a collection, or a life.
Read the full essay →Some Espouse. Others Do.
Two decades of luxury retail — Neiman Marcus, Saks, Louis Vuitton — is not a backstory. It is a methodology. On what that training actually teaches you about objects, clients, and the art of placement.
Read the full essay →