Pina Fossil Flower Special Salad Serving Bowl — One Size

Fossil Flower brings to the table not a flower in bloom, but its trace left in stone. Its widening rim, shaped for serving, carries the lines of leaves spreading outward; its deep interior holds the sheltered curve of a shell. The weight of the ceramic in your hands turns this form into something not only to be admired, but passed around the table. It opens for salad, then quietly finds its place at the centre of the table. Its deep interior feels like a refuge close to the hand, while its open rim lets you see what lies within. We are drawn to places where we can see our surroundings and still feel safe. Fossil Flower brings these two sensations together in a single form: as you reach in, you can still see the faces around the table. Its openness preserves closeness without interrupting it. When it arrives at the table, the bowl’s shape can also be seen through the spaces between the leaves. As you serve yourself salad, your hand rests against the rim; the person beside you first notices its flower-like curve, then takes a share. As conversation continues, the bowl passes not from hand to hand, but from one gaze to another. The flower’s trace in this bowl makes room for a different kind of closeness at every table; the same form takes on new meaning with the people who use it.