Made byone pair
of hands.
I build each terrarium alone, in a small studio in West London. Everything I make is numbered, sealed by hand, and sent with a care note I write myself.
- Studio
- London W9
- Founded
- 2024
- Method
- By hand, sealed
J. Joseph · maker
I started making terrariums because I wanted something alive on my desk that didn't need much from me. A closed jar of moss that just existed, breathing its own air, making its own weather.
I got obsessed with the glass. Then with the substrate. Then with which species of moss would seal happily and which would sulk. Three years later I'm still learning, and I still find it remarkable every time a jar fogs in the morning and clears by noon.
Each piece I sell is something I'd keep myself. The editions are small because I can only make so many well. I'd rather send you one good thing than ten adequate ones.
Small editions, made slowly.
Nothing is restocked the same way twice. Each batch is its own thing, what moss was available, what glass I found, what I was thinking about that month.
Sourced with a reason.
The borosilicate comes from Toyama. The substrate from a single supplier I've used for three years. I know where everything comes from and I'm prepared to explain it.
Made to outlast the trend.
A sealed moss terrarium, kept correctly, lasts years without intervention. I think that's worth building for. The opposite of disposable.