I have to share some great news that made my Monday morning shimmer. Senior editor Megan Lane Patrick wrote me, “I just wanted to let you know that we at HOW Magazine were so taken with your site that we have listed it as one of our Top 10 sites to see this month.” Considering that I worshiped this publication throughout my college years, I am pretty ecstatic to have caught their eye. -Of course this is all the doing of Also-Design who created our website and have actually been featured in HOW Magazine for their animation talents.

Ashes & Milk is happily mentioned here for all of November. Also, I must mention Megan’s fantastic caption about us, “I’m not sure which I love more, the design of the products sold here or the site itself.”

The above piece is a gift to me from the artist Yoran Morvant and his partner Julia. The motif is drawn perfectly to fit the natural curve of the stone resulting in the most unexpected and gorgeous use of pattern.

When I inquired about the story behind the creation of these stones, Julia told me that Yoran composed the very first Pierres Graphiques as a present for her. I, of course, thought this was absolutely romantic. I guess I am sucker for things like this. -When the act of making is motivated by some sort of adoration and its purpose is to offer a part of oneself to another.

Yoran created a fantastic collection of these stones especially for Ashes & Milk. You can see the whole collection right here.

Packaging off three Pierres Graphiques in brown kraft paper, nettle yarn, and Yoran’s hangtags which are artworks in themselves. Each one is a drawn by hand and an extention of the actual stones.

This post is part of a two part series. You can view the second post [ here ].