EIGHTEEN AND OVER

This atelier serves adults.

The collection is shown to persons eighteen years and older. Entry is a declaration of age.

Separately operated  ·  Sydney

The Obsidian Atelier

Discretion is the material.

A small standing collection, held rather than catalogued. Few pieces, chosen the way the house chooses everything: quality first, novelty never. Packaging that says nothing. Records that say less.

The collection →
Plate 01  ·  The object, unnamed

The collection

An edit, not a catalogue.

01

The standing pieces

A short list, kept short on purpose. Materials disclosed in full, makers named on request, provenance available for every piece. Shown to entrants only.

By enquiry →

The making

Held to the same standard as everything else the house puts its name to.

01

Materials

Named, graded and disclosed before purchase, never after. If a material cannot be stated plainly it does not enter the collection.

Disclosed →
02

Makers

Small workshops, vetted in person, paid properly. The list is short because the standard is not negotiable.

Vetted →

Discretion

Practised, not promised.

01

Packaging

Plain outer, neutral sender, no mark anywhere a courier can read it.

Plain →
02

Records

Statements carry a neutral descriptor. Data kept to the minimum the law allows, and deleted on request.

Minimal →

Enquiries

Written, read, answered. Quietly.