Chapter one, colour

A bowl below an open sky

A pale green ceramic bowl on a warm red tabletop.

A pale ceramic bowl on a warm red surface.

Snow-covered mountain peaks emerging through pale blue haze.

Clouds drift above distant Himalayan peaks.

Chapter two, details

The things we keep close

A wooden cabinet with woven cane panels and a dark metal handle.

Woven panels set into a wooden cabinet.

Dried flowers in a slender white vase against a dark green wall.

Dried flowers in a slender white vase.

Chapter three, architecture

Two places built to last

An ornate pale stone palace with a green roof beneath a cloudy sky.

A grand palace facade beyond a formal garden.

An open stone temple pavilion with carved columns in a paved courtyard.

Stone columns line a sunlit temple courtyard.