Commissions

What can be commissioned?

Almost anything with a Chinese cultural source that needs authorship and real realisation: a seal, a collector's object, a painting with a secret, a wall, a hall, a destination.

How does it work?

Seven steps from a conversation to a provenance record.

  1. 01

    Discover

    A conversation, free of charge, to establish whether we are the right atelier for the work.

  2. 02

    Cultural & personal brief

    Who it is for, where it will live, what it must mean. Sources are identified and the scope defined.

  3. 03

    Concept & maquette

    A paid design stage: research, drawings, a maquette or material samples. Approval before anything is built.

  4. 04

    Material & engineering

    Structure, weight, mounting, fire and humidity, site constraints — resolved with your architect or designer.

  5. 05

    Making

    In the atelier and with its fabrication partners: clay, kiln, foundry, stone, metal, glass. Progress is documented.

  6. 06

    Delivery & installation

    Crating, insurance, customs, transport and installation by the atelier's team, worldwide.

  7. 07

    Provenance archive

    Certificate, unique work ID, source note, making record and care guide — entered into the private archive.

How long, how much, how private

Questions collectors and designers ask

  • No. Most commissions begin with a person, a place or a date — not a form. The brief and concept stages exist to find the work.