The Anthologist Ark is a collection of hand-stitched creatures — each one a small vessel of story, imagined somewhere between the ancient and the modern. Crafted in collaboration with artisans across the world, these animals are both companions and keepsakes: soft studies in comfort, character, and craft.

The collection began with a childhood memory. When I was ten, my mother took me to a toymaker’s workshop — a wonderland of drawers and boxes filled with noses, whiskers, tails, and antlers. I remember being in awe as he assembled creatures from those tiny parts, and the thrill of designing my own. I always loved stuffed animals far more than dolls; they became my confidants, my cast of imagined worlds.

Years later, The Anthologist Ark revisits that feeling — translating the magic of childhood creation into pieces made for the present. These are not toys, but small sculptures of emotion — each one an object of art and storytelling, meant to be cherished, collected, and kept close.

Like a curator’s ship of chosen treasures, the Ark gathers what we love most — the handmade, the symbolic, the soulful. Together, they form a world that feels at once nostalgic and new: a soft mythology brought to life, one stitch at a time.