Cool Combo
A stand-out
I can’t take credit for this grotesque/gorgeous arrangement, succulent dealer Mike Dignan has that honor … but, I did ferret it out on his table at downtown Riverside’s farmers market Saturday morning. The slick/gnarly faux bois vase caught my eye from behind more conventional offerings he had for sale: I loved it immediately. I became even more lovestruck lifting it from the table, seeing that Mike had planted it with goofy/gorgeous succulents: living stones and baby’s toes!
Stones 'n toes
Lithops, the ‘stones’, and fenestraria rhopalophylla, the ‘toes’, look just weird enough that they work in this naturalistic/unnatural-looking vessel. Mike said he’d picked the vase up for a song at a big box home decorating store … I’ll have to add them to the places-to-search-for-stuff list.
As for where to display this piece, I think someplace inside/out might work.
Man, I have really got to get out to Riverside. This is way cool.
Hey, Annette, if you liked that you’ll love the oyster shell-stuffed two-headed chefs from this previous post:
https://ranchoreubidoux.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/los-reciclados/
Love it!
it’s got that weird/wow factor, right?!
That’s so GORGEOUS…
I know, I couldn’t resist!
Love the shape, just not the chrome finish…would a rust patina harmonize with the plants a little better?
I think rust would work just fine, too… I think what I liked most about this piece was the ‘wrong-ness’ of it: first, twisted branches in a chrome finish, then the too-small, knobby succulents instead of something longer, more relate-able in proportion to the vase… altogether weird and unexpected