We travel across mountains, villages, and cities in search of kindred artisans — those who share our belief in attentive making and the rhythm of a slower, more enduring life. They are not only skilled makers, but also thoughtful interpreters of life and nature. Each piece they create resists replication, taking form through attunement to skills, material, and gesture rather than mass production.

Sāmsam also traces the sources of materials and techniques, not to preserve them as relics, but to understand how their properties can be reimagined in contemporary life. Through use, each object becomes part of a living archive of care and continuation — a record of how material, hand, and life remain intertwined.