note: please do not order anything from amazon. support local artists when you can. this is my wish. much appreciated.

knives

• Messermeister Oliva 7" kullens santoku, 8" carving, 3.5" spear-point paring, 6" utility, 9" scalloped bread (in order of desire)
  • or, really, any decent wood-handled kitchen knives. even one at a time would be amazing. my knives are embarassing.
• Imarku 5" santoku
• Rick Gingher English left-hand paring knife (yes, the left-handed one)

practical

• desk lamp
  • or this one
• large mixing bowls
• black wool sweaters (crewneck, v, or turtleneck)
• a light box for drawing- i like this one because you can change the colour of the light
• tingle body conditioner from lush
• grass massage bar from lush
• lord of misrule scented anything, really
• gift certificate to get boots and dress shoes reheeled (Al’s on Monroe)
• vintage Stanley spokeshaves- like this one
• Ralph Lauren Rutherford Park duvet cover or comforter, queen/full size

books

• The Conservation of Furniture, Rivers and Umney, 2003
• The Goblin Market and Other Poems, Christina Rossetti. modern imprint
• absolutely anything you can find on the Library Bureau Sole Makers furniture design
• anything on arts and crafts house or furniture design, especially historical woodworking

jewelry and perfume

• a city on fire perfume by imaginary authors
• great blue heron skull earrings, white brass
• sword earring
• any kind of raw stone handmade- or antique-looking jewelry. i like garnets, citrine, smoky quartz, black tourmalines, raw emeralds, labradorite, bog oak, and red oak.

useful stuff

• glucosamine chondroitin MSM supplements
• fish oil supplements
• quercetin supplements
• little wire snips, i’m constantly ruining them
• tin snips/bolt cutters
• nice pieces of hardwood lumber