Wall decor that invites a second look
The Secret of Southeast Asian Textile Art
We collaborate with artists and artisans to turn their handwoven textiles traditions into wall decor. These cloths were made in worlds where status, myth, and the supernatural shaped daily life, and where patterns carried meaning that could be read by those who knew the language of thread. We hang them as stories you can live with, so a room becomes a place of memory, craft, and connection.
We believe textile art can be a kind of shelter. Across the region, textiles were essential at key ceremonies, helping secure harmony and abundance for families and communities. In many traditions, designs and inscriptions were also understood as protective, from talismanic diagrams and “magic grids” to scripts used as charms. When you bring one into your home, you are not only choosing an artwork, you are welcoming a lineage of intention.
Your purchase makes you a vital part of this preservation effort. Many of these traditions, beliefs, and customs are disappearing, and the cultural memory can vanish quickly if it is not cared for. We source and present textiles in ways that honor makers and cultural guardians, especially where unsanctioned use is considered symbolic and ritual desecration. If you share our walls, you share our responsibility: to celebrate beauty without stripping it of meaning, and to help keep these living traditions from fading into silence.