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$60“Can I be a whale?”
某某屋 · A house for unnamed things
Some things are not bought, but met.
有些东西，不是买来的，是遇见的。
Hand-built ceramics that arrive without a purpose. Each one has been shaped, carved with a question and fired twice. What it becomes is decided by the person who takes it home.
First adoptions open November 2026 · $60 each · Shipped within the US
Can I be a whale?
我可以是一条鲸鱼吗？
Before it met you · 遇见你之前
Every piece has already lived a small life.
每一件，都已经走过了一小段人生。
Nothing in the house was manufactured. Before a piece reaches you it goes through eight stages and two fires, and not all of them make it. The ones waiting for you did.
Arrive at the houseLost to cracks & fire
Roughly fifteen begun for every ten that arrive.
01
Wedged 揉泥
It starts as a lump of clay, kneaded by hand until the air is pressed out. Nothing about it has been decided yet.
02
Shaped 成形
Pinched, coiled or thrown into a shape that is sure of itself (a fin, a tail, a spout) and unsure of its use.
03
Asked 刻问
While it is still soft enough to mark, a question is carved into its skin. It carries that question for the rest of its life.
04
Rested 阴干
It dries slowly for days, giving up its water. Uneven drying is where the first cracks appear.
Some don’t survive this
05
Fired once 素烧
The bisque firing turns clay into ceramic. After this, it can never go back to being mud.
Some don’t survive this
06
Glazed 施釉
Dipped in its family’s glaze: sea green or grey speckle. Wherever it could hold water, the inside is glazed through.
Some don’t survive this
07
Fired again 釉烧
The hottest day of its life. Glaze melts into glass, and what comes out is never quite what went in.
Some don’t survive this
08
Waiting 等待
Inspected at every join and rim, given a name, and placed in the house with its question. Then it waits.
09 · The stage that isn’t ours
Becoming 成为
You take it home and decide what it is. We won’t tell you, and honestly we don’t know yet either. When it has found its place, send us one photograph of what it became. We’ll add it to the story, credited to you.
It became
Now waiting · 正在等待
Family 01: “Can I be a whale?”
第一个家族：我可以是一条鲸鱼吗？
Every piece in this family shares a marine glaze (sea green or grey speckle), one clay body, and one gesture: a fin, a tail, a spout. Beyond that, each is its own individual.
What it became · 它成为了什么
It leaves with a question. We ask for one photograph back.
它带着一个问题离开。我们只请你寄回一张照片。
No instructions go in the box. Once a piece has found its place, send us a picture of what it became. Every answer is published here, credited to its adopter. The first pieces are already out in the world; their answers appear below as they arrive.
Answer 01
Became
Answer 02
Became
Answer 03
Became
Answer 04
Became
Answer 05
Became
The first adoptions · 第一批领养
The house opens in November.
第一批作品开放领养。
One family, one firing. Once a piece is adopted it’s gone, and there is no second of it. Leave your email and we’ll write the day adoptions open.
One email when adoptions open. Follow along in between onXiaohongshu andInstagram.