Muriwai Stool ver.1, ver.2Veronique Desmet is a Belgium artist currently living in New Zealand. In this piece, the top seat is made of mature Kanuka and the feet are made of mature NZ pine. Both of these wood were collected by the artist from the property she was leaving on and stored to dry. Each part of the stool has been burned separately in an open fire, and then assembled. A strong relationship with nature is fondamental to the artist creation. Her working rhythm,

Materials: clay and glazed

A neat and functional object to add an extra layer of beauty to your incense or fire related rituals

Ikebana was not only confined to temples but began to spread into common households

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Colour: black or white

Richard Penn's Ceramic Stadium series

Muromachi period (1336-1573) is an era considered as important period for the history of Japanese art

Adrian Bird

Size: W297 x H420mm

Raku fired with copper blue glaze inside

Size 4 (fits NZ size 14-16)

The U shape is detachable so you can move the bench easily