Blue Grey Gerbera Daisy
Item #128
Gerbera daisy meaning centers on cheerfulness and innocent joy, which tracks, since the gerbera is the most outright cheerful flower in any room it has ever entered. Japan tends to appreciate that quality only in the right moderation, and Blue Grey happens to be the correct amount. The glaze takes the gerbera's relentless optimism and runs it through the color of a November morning in Kyoto, a shift that doesn't eliminate the cheer so much as give it somewhere to stand. What's left is a flower that's happy in a way that's clearly thought things through first. Shaped by hand at Chive Ceramics Studio, each petal layer is built up individually, so the bloom holds its shape without looking stamped from a mold. It suits a wall that wants warmth without asking for attention. Brooklyn Botanic Garden has carried this collection in its own shop for years, company the gerbera accepts with its usual quiet cheer.

Blush Pink Tundra Carnation
Item #123
The petals carry a soft, cool-toned blush that photographs well in nearly any room in the house. Chive's artisans shape every layer of the carnation by hand, building its dense, ruffled edge until it holds its shape permanently rather than wilting after a few days in water. It mounts flat with a single screw, requiring no vase, sunlight, or maintenance of any kind going forward. The Art Gallery of Ontario has built its ceramics collection around exactly this kind of hand-finished craftsmanship, the same standard Chive holds itself to on every flower.