Journal
Notes on curation, from the people doing it.
August 2026
Why we stopped sorting sculpture by animal
A jaguar and a leopard tell you nothing about which one belongs on your console. Here is how we rebuilt the collection around the room instead.
July 2026
Styling a console with one serious piece
The rule professional stylists swear by: one object with presence beats five without it. A working guide to scale, finish, and negative space.
July 2026
How a Dalí painting becomes a silver object
Inside the licensing and finishing discipline behind the Dalí Edit, and why translating a two-dimensional illusion into sculpture is the hard part.
June 2026
The case for gifting silver that lasts a lifetime
Why weddings, anniversaries, and milestone gifts are moving away from consumables, and what deserves to replace them.
August 2026
How Mexico became the world's silver capital, and where D'Argenta fits
Taxco spent forty years turning Mexico into the country the world associates with fine silver work. D'Argenta belongs to the generation that inherited that standard.
August 2026
The Frida Kahlo Edition: painting into sculpture, twice removed
Translating a self-portrait into a freestanding object is a harder problem than it looks. Here is how the officially licensed Frida Kahlo collection solves it.
August 2026
Reading the Aztec and Maya imagery in the collection
An eagle warrior, a calendar stone, a figure called Chac Mool: what these forms actually depict, and why they keep earning their place in fine silver.
August 2026
Caring for silver, gold, and copper sculpture
What actually tarnishes, what does not, and the short list of habits that keep a finished piece looking the way it did the day it arrived.