Pear Green Calico Aster
Japandi wall art in the Japan Collection includes pear green — the yellow-green of a ripe Japanese pear (nashi), the specific warm-fresh green that sits between the cool pea green of new growth and the warm bamboo-yellow of the peridot. Pear green is the Japan Collection's most understated botanical color: present without being vivid, warm without being yellow, the green that reads as the most naturally occurring color in the collection's green range. The Pear Green Calico Aster is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the Japan Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a pear green glaze, shaped in the Calico aster form — a small, multi-petaled wildflower-type aster known for its fine, dense petals that create a different texture from the standard open daisy-like aster forms.
The nashi-green of a collection built on Japanese natural palette
Chive designed the Japan Collection in 2020 around the Japanese aesthetic palette, and pear green references the specific warm-fresh yellow-green of the Japanese nashi pear — the fruit that has been central to Japanese agricultural and culinary tradition for centuries. In ceramic, pear green on the Calico aster creates a piece that reads as the most quietly botanical in the Japan Collection: the color that a plant might actually be, on the form that reads as most naturally occurring. The Andy Warhol Museum carries the Japan Collection. Their curatorial approach acknowledges that the most understated choice is sometimes the most interesting one.
The Andy Warhol Museum carries the Japan Collection. The Florence Griswold Museum stocks it. The Wadsworth Atheneum carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Art museums with specific perspectives on the relationship between the expected and the unexpected have independently decided this collection belongs in their gift shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.
A gift for the person who values understatement in the Japan Collection
The Pear Green Calico Aster ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Andy Warhol Museum carries it. The person who values understatement receives the Japan Collection's most quietly botanical piece from the same collection a museum known for strong aesthetic positions chose to carry.
Description
Japandi wall art in the Japan Collection includes pear green — the yellow-green of a ripe Japanese pear (nashi), the specific warm-fresh green that sits between the cool pea green of new growth and the warm bamboo-yellow of the peridot. Pear green is the Japan Collection's most understated botanical color: present without being vivid, warm without being yellow, the green that reads as the most naturally occurring color in the collection's green range. The Pear Green Calico Aster is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the Japan Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a pear green glaze, shaped in the Calico aster form — a small, multi-petaled wildflower-type aster known for its fine, dense petals that create a different texture from the standard open daisy-like aster forms.
The nashi-green of a collection built on Japanese natural palette
Chive designed the Japan Collection in 2020 around the Japanese aesthetic palette, and pear green references the specific warm-fresh yellow-green of the Japanese nashi pear — the fruit that has been central to Japanese agricultural and culinary tradition for centuries. In ceramic, pear green on the Calico aster creates a piece that reads as the most quietly botanical in the Japan Collection: the color that a plant might actually be, on the form that reads as most naturally occurring. The Andy Warhol Museum carries the Japan Collection. Their curatorial approach acknowledges that the most understated choice is sometimes the most interesting one.
The Andy Warhol Museum carries the Japan Collection. The Florence Griswold Museum stocks it. The Wadsworth Atheneum carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Art museums with specific perspectives on the relationship between the expected and the unexpected have independently decided this collection belongs in their gift shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.
A gift for the person who values understatement in the Japan Collection
The Pear Green Calico Aster ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Andy Warhol Museum carries it. The person who values understatement receives the Japan Collection's most quietly botanical piece from the same collection a museum known for strong aesthetic positions chose to carry.
