Cokolia Geometric Stoneware Ornament - Cream

This is a cream stoneware ornament built as an abstract stack of faceted blocks. Each block is turned at a slightly different angle from the last, so the piece seems to climb as it rises. It stands on two angled feet with an open arch between them, which lets light pass through the lower half and keeps the form from looking solid. It is 23cm long, 9cm wide and 26.5cm tall and weighs 1.3KG, a size that holds its own on a sideboard or a wide shelf. Stoneware is fired hard and dense, so the piece has a reassuring weight in the hand.

With a slim 9cm width, it sits comfortably on a bookshelf, a mantelpiece or a deep windowsill without crowding the space around it. The faceted blocks look different from every side, so it suits a console or coffee table in a living room, where it is seen from more than one direction. Cream sits quietly beside pale wood, linen and stone, so the piece gives a hallway, study or bedroom a single sculptural point of interest without adding clutter. It also makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who likes abstract shapes and clean, modern rooms.

The piece is made of 100% stoneware and finished in a reactive glaze. A reactive glaze moves and settles as it is fired, so the surface carries soft clouding and no two pieces come out quite alike. Along every edge the glaze breaks and picks out each facet, which gives the form its crisp outline. It is a decorative piece only, not for food, and not made for the dishwasher, the microwave or the oven. For the strongest effect, give it clear space against a plain wall and let the open arch at its base catch the light.

What is the ornament made of?

It is made of 100% stoneware and finished in a reactive glaze, which gives the cream surface a soft clouding that varies from piece to piece.

How big is it?

It is 23cm long, 9cm wide and 26.5cm tall, and it weighs 1.3KG, so it sits steadily on a shelf, sideboard or mantelpiece.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

No. It is not made for the dishwasher, the microwave or the oven, so it should stay out of all three.

Is it for display only?

Yes. It is a decorative stoneware ornament and is not intended for food, so it belongs on a shelf, sideboard or table as a piece of sculpture.

Will mine look exactly the same?

It will be very close, but a reactive glaze settles differently in every firing, so expect small variations in the clouding and along the edges.

Does it stand on its own?

Yes. It rests on two angled feet with an open arch between them, and at 1.3KG it stands firmly without any support.