以手为心 · 以物传情
Lina Artisanal is not simply a shop. It is a living archive — built piece by piece, journey by journey, by a woman who believed that what hands make with love should never disappear.
以手为心 · 代代相传
Lina grew up in Montréal in a home where beautiful things were treated with intention. Her mother collected small ceramics; her grandmother mended textiles rather than replacing them. From an early age, Lina understood that an object made by hand held something a factory-made thing never could — evidence of a human being, present in every mark.
"I remember holding a tea bowl my mother had brought from Fujian. It was warm in my hands in a way that had nothing to do with temperature. That stayed with me."
— Lina, FounderAfter studying fine arts in Montréal and spending three formative years in Kyoto on an arts residency, Lina returned to Québec with a singular conviction: that the makers she had met — the potters, the lacquer masters, the weavers — deserved a way to reach people who would truly receive their work.
Growing up in Montréal, Lina watches her mother arrange small ceramics on the windowsill each morning. She doesn't know it yet, but she is learning to look — really look — at objects made by hand.
An arts residency in Kyoto changes everything. Lina spends mornings in the studio and afternoons visiting makers — a lacquer family in Fukuoka, a ceramicist in Mashiko, a textile atelier in Nishijin. She fills notebooks. She asks questions. She listens.
Lina returns to Québec with a small collection of pieces given to her by the makers she had befriended, and a clear sense of purpose. She begins sharing them quietly — through word of mouth, through a table at a local market. Every piece finds a home.
Lina Artisanal launches — not with advertising, but with a handwritten letter sent to a few hundred people who had expressed interest. The first collection sells out before the end of the month. She calls every buyer to say thank you.
The studio now works with a small, carefully chosen group of artisans across East and Southeast Asia. Each collection is curated personally by Lina. She still writes the letters herself. And she still calls to say thank you.
匠心独运 · 代代相传
Lina does not work with factories or wholesale suppliers. Every maker in the studio's network is an individual or a small family operation. Most learned their craft from a parent. Several carry traditions that stretch back generations.
She visits each maker personally. She pays above market rate, always — no negotiation, no pressure on volume. She never asks for more than a maker chooses to produce.
"We are not a marketplace. We are a relationship — between makers who care deeply and people who want to receive that care."
— Lina与我们联系
Lina reads every message personally and responds to each one, usually within a few days. For questions about specific pieces, the makers, care and maintenance, or custom requests — write directly.
春意相连 · 一信传情
A few quiet letters a year — new arrivals, maker profiles, stories from the studio. No noise. Subscribers hear first and receive 10% off their first order.
"The letters alone are worth it — she writes about craft the way others write about love."
— Isabelle R., subscriber since 2012