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Michael Lett

Gallerist Michael Lett shares with us his favourite Everyday Needs pieces.

1. Japanese Incense // Brilliant Peaks

This amazing incense instantly invokes a sense of calm.

2. Japanese Kami wooden beer glass

Once you drink beer from one of these incredibly light wooden tumblers, it’s hard to go back to anything else.

3. Beeswax candles

Since I can’t have my own hive at home, burning one of these is the next best thing.

4. Godmother Stansborough Grey Wool Blanket

My grandmother used to wrap my brother and I up in any number of mohair blankets. These woollen versions are rather more luxurious than my Grandmother’s, but I can’t help but equate the sensation of being cocooned in one these rugs with the memory of her.

5. Bamboo plant cloche

Believe it or not we have a rabbit and a peacock problem at our cabin up north. These keep our more fragile seedlings safe from harm.

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Holly Houston

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Prairie is the creative studio of Holly Houston - self taught jeweller, ceramic artist, mother & gardener. Holly lives with her partner & children in a small beach town in Te Ika-a-Māui, North Island. Each Prairie treasure is made by hand out of her home studio, tucked in amongst the cottage gardens.

We chat to Holly about her essential everyday needs treasures and things that merge effortlessly into a lifestlye of mothering, working and being.

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