Savana Woven Vase, 40 cm

Forty centimetres tall and thirty-five across at the widest point, coiled by hand from banana leaf fibre into a rounded body that draws in to a narrow neck.

What works in her.
Dried stems, bare branches, pampas, preserved foliage. The narrow neck is the useful part: it holds a few tall stems upright on their own, without a frog or any filler, so a single branch reads as deliberate rather than falling to one side. For the proportions to hold at this height, allow 50 to 70 cm of stem above the rim.

About the material.
Banana leaf fibre, coiled in rows by hand. The tone runs from warm honey to deeper caramel within a single piece, and the rounded body catches light softly across the coils, so the colour shifts depending on the angle and the time of day. Each one is woven individually, with natural variation in the weave pattern.

About the size.
At 40 cm she is a floor-adjacent piece rather than a tabletop one: a console, a bedside table, the end of a sideboard, or directly on the floor beside a chair. She reads best at or near eye level when seated, which is what the height is for.

Where she works.
Alongside rattan furniture, jute rugs and anything in the same earthy range. Against a white wall she gives the eye a warm point to land on. In a group with vases at other heights she is the tall one, and the rounded body stops a group of narrow things looking spindly.

Indoors or outdoors.
Both. Natural fibre lightens where the sun reaches it, so outdoors expect the tone to soften over the first season and then settle.

Care.
Dust with a soft dry brush, going with the coils. Keep her dry.

Good to know

• 40 cm high, 35 cm diameter
  
• Handwoven banana leaf fibre
  
• Narrow neck - holds tall stems without filler
  
• Dried stems and branches
  
• Indoors or outdoors
  
• Individually woven, so the pattern varies