Banana Ornament NOVA So much so that we

So much so that we steal ideas from them

which is precisely what gardenias have always done

Hand-shaping each piece at Chive Ceramics Studio means the glaze settles a little differently every time

it needs no vase

A gift for sister works best when it carries specificity — not the gesture of any flower

Banana Ornament NOVA So much so that weA banana ornament succeeds by admitting what a banana is: a fruit with a one day window of perfection that always lands on a day you are not home. Ours is hand blown glass, painted in the exact ripening yellow of that one missed Tuesday, freckled realistically at the stem, and hung from a firm metal cap that will outlast every real banana you ever buy. The glass is worked over an open flame and colored in layers, so the curve reads as fruit and not as