Wazey Garthvas - Wazey Cornish Hedge

The carved rim of this beech bowl draws from the boundaries that shape Cornwall’s landscape, the stone hedges where angled courses lean into the weather and hold their place between fields and cliff paths. The pattern follows the old Jack and Jill arrangement, each mark carrying a slight tilt, a rhythm sometimes spoken of locally as wazey, where the hedge shifts and settles with age, wind and ground.

The blue green finish gathers in the carving and lifts along the upper edges, echoing the way a hedge meets sea light. Set into the rim is a copper plate patinated with sea water, its surface carrying the changes of salt and time. It hints at the fragments often found at the base of old hedges, weathered metal worked into the soil and tied to the histories of the land around them.

Inside, the beech holds a warm, steady grain that contrasts with the carved exterior. The form has a grounded presence, shaped with enough depth to feel substantial yet open enough to carry the lines of the carving clearly around the bowl. The piece holds a thread back to Cornwall’s field edges, coast paths and the long memory held in the stonework of its hedges.

25cm x 8cm

Beech wood, milk paint, hemp oil, copper, sea water