Minka Volume I

Aowara Japanese grass braided charms
John Baker, images by Juli Daoust

Bernard Leach and The Leach Pottery
Christen Pears

RAM
Paul and Linda McCartney

Antiques Review
totototo

Film Recommendations By Norman Wong
La Collectionneuse
Days of Heaven
Places in the Heart

Cinematographer Nester Almendros

Book Recommendations By Christen Pears
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary M.R. James
The Shooting Party Isabel Colegate
Moon Tiger Penelope Lively

Sakai Bar
Stuart Sakai

Poems and drawings
Sean Ross Stewart

Voice of the forest
Interview with Musician, Buddhist, and Elder Beverly Glenn-Copeland (now Glenn Copeland)

Keyboard Fantasies
Brandon Hocura of Séance Centre with images by Naomi Hocura

Latre
Brian Vu

112 pages
Bi-annual publication
Printed in Toronto, Canada

Artist Notes

Mjölk founders John and Juli Baker examine how nature informs creativity in their bi-annual publication and sister shop, Minka. Minka are the thatched farmhouses found across Japan. Though modest in standing, these forms are crafted with a strong connection to materiality and nature, a metaphor for the types of products that both Mjolk and Minka aim to represent. Always pursuing a quieter life, the Baker family divides their time between living above their bustling shop, Mjölk, in Toronto and finding respite in a renovated Scottish stone house two hours outside of the city. Through this slower pace of living and commitment to craft, John and Juli can create an experience, at home and in-store, that is effortlessly intentional and well-balanced.