Water

Ready for you to soak in. This limited issue is dedicated to water and its consistent power to erode, transform, and reveal. While with bathing we think of water in its literal sense, we encourage you to consider it in all its forms and its symbolic meanings as you flip through these pages.

In this issue, encounter the haenyeo, or women of the sea, as they dive into the waters of the Korea Straight. Explore Martin Bogren’s documentary photography of men who traveled from Rajasthan to Goa to see the ocean for the first time, and discover a colorful exploration of the modern Japanese sento. All of this, and much more.

Each story features illustrations, artwork, or photography. Every issue is 112 pages, printed on Munken Print White and UPM Finesse silk in Istanbul, Turkey, and available to be shipped worldwide. A limited number of each issue printed.

In This Issue

Bathing Like Rumi

Mikkel Aaland

Finding Comfort in Cold Water

Charlotte Boates

Recipes and Remedies. Bathing with Herbs: A Self-Love Practice

Alexandra Tse

Banya 94706

Brian Glubok

Interlude

Peter Velikov

Grandma Divers

Alain Schroeder

Unveiling the Steam 

Osman Can Yerebakan on Sinan Tuncay

The Encounter 

Ali Taptik on Martin Bogren

How Japan Gets Wet

Stephanie Crohin

Both the Sea and the Earth

Şebnem Şoher

Strolling among Ruins of the Glamorous

Michal Solarski

Kind Steam

Bryon MacWilliams

Wet Dreams Take an Eternity to Dry

Kaya Genç on Urara Tsuchiya

Showering Underwater

Steve Weiner

Boiling, Roasting, and Smoking

Ege Okal on Li Jin

Listening to Our Inner Universe

Nate Martinez

Social Soaking: Iceland’s National Pastime

Jim Gladstone