Jonas Riis
one thing a year
now making: salve
The ledger.
Every year on the record, including the ones that explain the rule.
Salve
2026
in progress · ships December
Salve
A small-batch hand balm for cyclists, from beeswax to labels. Recipe seven finally survives a rainy century ride.
beeswax + calendula
batch of 200
The Plot
2025
done · still growing
The Plot
A 40 m² allotment taken from moss to first harvest. Fourteen crops, three failures, one extremely confident fox.
14 crops
compost from scratch
Hytte
2024
done · sleeps four
Hytte
Rebuilt a 1962 log cabin with my dad. New roof, old bones, zero right angles, one properly stubborn stove.
8 weekends
roof + floor + stove
Frame No. 1
2023
done · daily rider
Frame No. 1
Brazed a steel road frame in a rented corner of a friend's workshop. Eleven months of filing, one perfect first ride.
columbus tubing
brazed lugs
Stool School
2022
done · number nine survives
Stool School
One three-legged stool a month until one stopped wobbling. Number nine did. Numbers one through eight are firewood.
9 stools
ash + oak
Mud Year
2021
done · 4% success rate
Mud Year
Three hundred thrown pots, twelve survivors. The kitchen still uses all twelve, which feels like a verdict.
300 thrown
12 kept
Prehistory, for honesty
2020
Twelve side projects, zero finished. The reason this site exists.
2019
A typeface that was just Futura with worse kerning. Unreleased, mercifully.
2018
The year of the newsletter. Four issues, three apologies for the gap.
Jonas Riis
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