In 1966 Graham Nash took the train, the Marrakech Express, from the port city of Casablanca to “get away to see what we could find.” He expected “charming cobras in the square, colored cottons hanging in the air, djellabas we can wear at home.” We made the 125 mile trip south by taxi, looking for treasures to live with at home. Set between the High Atlas Mountains and the steppes that lead to the Sahara Desert, Marrakesh has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. It’s cooler than we expected …I’ll need to buy a sweater.
I love “stuff.” Not just any stuff, but objects with history, character, the right color; objects with the proper proportions or improper personality. Objects, which hold depth. These treasures are not always loaded with meaning or “in your face” odd or even complicated. Rather I search for those items that speak to us effortlessly. From this, a collection is born...