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Small notes from a quiet studio. This is the long-running notebook of A Daybook, written from a north-facing room somewhere in northern Europe. It is mostly about slow work — letterpress, ink, walking, the books we keep — and only occasionally about anything else.
books memory
Why I keep a single shelf of books that I have read more than three times — and what stays on it, season after season. Continue reading →
ritual time
Notes on the half-hour between the first and the second cup of tea — the only window in the day when nothing is required of me. Continue reading →
observation workspace
A short essay about working through three days of soft rain, the smell of wet stone, and what makes a room feel like a workshop instead of an office. Continue reading →
nature observation
I gave up on garden plans after the third year. The plot is happier for it, and so am I. A few notes on letting things settle. Continue reading →
About this notebook A Daybook is a one-person studio kept by Matias Roos. There is nothing to subscribe to and nothing to buy. Everything here is written slowly, by hand first, and posted only when it feels finished enough to leave alone.
If you would like to write back, you are welcome to. Letters are answered, eventually.
Write [email protected] Hours Most weekday afternoons, CET Place A studio in northern Europe Started 2018 33FO3vp2lKyN/4F/hDLy16lknCW=YY6sOPFHP91cqEg8eJdOaM2Pnn3O/Ts5lhPoy/fa6j+6GfLQpypX=GvUXr9bpsSPoD8Y9ckcTfH9KIyYWMA7rtawAqKNZuO5OLduyhLMHBFjGAm5i0XuSqHmzT+VzQ=vp+=AOZq1VpEiNO3p6RXegqVSwsZpcupROy1l67
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