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Kure & Co. creates premium, hand-poured candles with jars and packaging materials that can be reused and recycled.  Scents are natural and pleasing.  Kure & Co. believe there is one candle for every occasion and that oneness of body, mind, and spirit is just a flicker away.   Made in Vancouver, Canada.

South African ceramicist Loren Kaplan has been working with clay since the early 1990’s.  During this time she has developed an idiosyncratic philosophy towards the hand crafted artifacts she creates. “I make vessels because containers are about potential”, she says, further describing her sculpted and engraved containers as “defined spaces of emptiness that can be filled with something, or nothing”. The empty spaces she speaks of are more than just empty voids.

“The whole purpose of a vessel is that it be filled.  But it is in the making of vessels, rather than filling them that is life’s greatest challenge and most revolutionary achievement”.  Chassidic Quote

For Loren, her vessels are loaded with symbolism and suggestive of the opportunity and change we all experience during our lives.

Monica Calderon is a Mexican designer and independent curator. Calderon’s background in design spans over 20 years. Since 1997 Calderon designed and produced a line of handmade resin homewares inspired by the Pre-Hispanic designs of ancient Mexico to accompany Farca’s architecture practice. In 2001, Calderon founded her eponymous design studio and production arm. Over the last 20 years, with her team of over 30 artisans, Monica Calderon Studio has been dedicated to ideation, design and production of accessories and furniture. 

Obakki is a purpose-led lifestyle brand that connects people through modern design. Everything we curate is handcrafted and produced in partnership with our network of world-class artisans—real people making products that bring meaning and connection to your home.

At Obakki, artisan partners are part of an extensive global family. They are in touch on a regular basis and their quality of life—and ability to sustain themselves and their communities—will always be their top priority as a company. Their happiness, health, and financial independence all matter to Obakki. By respecting the creativity and technique of every artisan, Obakki helps to give communities a stronger sense of cultural independence and pride.