Bowl an Nor - Earth Bowl

This design begins with the first Cornish hedges, the ancient stone boundaries created when early communities cleared the land and laid the stones into place. These wazey hedges, set in the old Jack and Jill arrangement, are among the oldest human structures in the world still serving their original purpose. The carved herringbone band follows their angled lines, echoing the way those early stones were set to hold the ground and shape the first fields.

The blue green surface settles into the carving, giving depth to the rim while allowing the form of the bowl to remain steady and rooted. Inside, the beech shows warm tones shaped by the tree’s own history, a contrast to the worked outer band that carries the mark of Cornwall’s earliest field edges.

The piece holds a sense of lineage, reaching back to the first shaping of the land and the long memory carried in stone. It stands within a tradition that began with the earliest makers of the landscape, whose hedges still define Cornwall today.

30cm x 4cm

Beech wood, milk paint, hemp oil