Goods · a draft

Clothes, for the work.

Cut as a rider’s clothes are, in one colour: the grey of cast concrete. Brass for the hardware, limestone for one line, tan leather for a strap. One small mark on each.

01 · For the pour

Forming, pouring, laying stone. Cut as a rider’s clothes are, in the grey of the work itself.

A grey long-sleeve riding shirt with a limestone collar and cuffs and a brass zip, on a hanger in hard sun, the word noon small at the chest

The limestone collar, the zip and the chest of the riding shirt close up, the word noon small in a tone of the cloth — The riding shirtLong sleeve, a collar that stands
A long sleeve against the sun, a zip at the neck, a light cloth that breathes. The collar and cuffs in limestone, as a rider’s silks carry one other colour. The logo is on it in two parts: the word in limestone at the chest, and the ring with its dot as the brass pull of the zip.

The same riding shirt all in warm grey, no trim — PlainAll grey
The same shirt without the limestone: the one for the pour itself.

A diamond-quilted grey riding vest with a stand collar, a brass zip and tan leather trim — The vestQuilted in diamonds
As a saddle pad is quilted. Leather at the edge, brass at the zip.

Grey work trousers with reinforced patches at the knee — The trousersPatched at the knee
A rider’s breeches are patched where the leg grips; a mason’s where he kneels.

Grey knee-length work shorts with a tan leather belt — The shortsKnee length, a leather belt
For the heat. The word at the hem of the leg.

A grey canvas apron with tan leather straps and brass rings — The apronCanvas, leather, brass
Strapped as a girth is: leather through brass rings.

A tan leather apron with a pouch, the word noon stamped small at the bib — In leatherTan hide
The word stamped in, no ink.

02 · For the plants

Planting, pruning, the nursery, the garden.

A grey field jacket with a wrap front, closed by a tan leather belt with a brass ring — The field jacketWrapped, belted with a ring
The kimono cut as field clothes, closed with a leather belt and a brass ring in place of a tie.

A grey tunic with a band collar, its placket and seams picked out in limestone saddle stitch — The tunicSaddle-stitched at the neck
Pulled on over the head. The neck is where a kurta or a dashiki carries its ornament; here it is one line of limestone stitch.

03 · For the gathering

The collective days, outreach, an evening.

A light grey kimono robe on a hanger, a limestone band at the end of each sleeve, closed with a tan leather belt and a brass ring

The belt of the kimono close up: tan leather through a brass ring — The kimonoA band at the sleeve, a ring at the belt
Silk, or sheer chiffon, sewn to order. It joins the riding line by two things: one limestone band at the end of each sleeve, and a leather belt with a brass ring where a sash would be.

A thin grey tank on a hanger, the word noon small at the hem — The tankThin grey cotton
Close to see-through. The word, small, at the hem.

04 · The accents

One colour, and three things set against it. All three come from the tack room, and all three were Noon’s already.

A brass ring on dark grey cloth beside a line of limestone saddle stitch, close up

BrassThe ring, as hardware

LimestoneOne line

LeatherWhere a strap is

The wordOnce, small

The ring of the mark is not printed on the cloth: it is the zip pull, the ring on the belt, the ring the apron hangs by. Limestone is one line and no more: a collar, a cuff, a band at a sleeve, a row of saddle stitch. Leather is tan, and only where something is strapped.

05 · To give

Given with a commission and kept: a terracotta mug at the first pour, the mark as a pin with the drawing set.