Freshwater Pearls
CR-0001Cultured mussel pearl, Lake Biwa lineage, knotted on silk.
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Permanent archive
The Cabinet
Every entry answers the five lenses, cites its sources, and is connected to at least one other. A field note enters here only when it meets all three conditions.
- ObjectsThings made by hands, held by hands, and carried across distances.
- MaterialsWhat the world is made of, and what that costs a landscape.
- FoodsMigration, written in ingredients and repeated until it becomes memory.
- PlacesRooms, rivers, markets, and thresholds that hold behaviour in place.
Silver
CR-0002Argentum. Sterling at 92.5% pure, alloyed with copper for hardness.
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Masa
CR-0003Maize treated with alkali, ground wet. Nixtamalización.
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Belén Market
CR-0004Floating river market, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru.
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CR-0005
Knotting on Silk
CR-0005Hand-tied knot between each bead. A repair strategy disguised as a detail.
Spanish Cedar
CR-0006Cedrela odorata. Aromatic, soft, insect-resistant, increasingly restricted.
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CR-0007
The Museum Drawer
CR-0007Cabinet unit, glazed lid, hand-written label, contents arranged by kind.
The Nanay River
CR-0008Blackwater tributary of the Amazon, Loreto, Peru. ~315 km.
Documentary photograph