Triangular Watermelon Ornament january the glowing dial and chrome

the glowing dial and chrome trim are layered on afterward in hand-painted detail

Three ceramic tubes rise from a single base at heights the studio fixed in advance

San Antonio Botanical Garden has cultivated cornflower varieties among its native plant collections

so no two teals ever land identically

Triangular Watermelon Ornament january the glowing dial and chromeWatermelon gifts tend to arrive in summer, which is why this one lands better in December: a clean triangular wedge in hand blown glass, cut face forward, seeds set into the pink like punctuation. The interior is painted first, pink deepening toward the point, a pale band marking where flesh meets rind, and the green outside is laid on last so the geometry stays sharp. The cap rides the rind edge, and the wedge hangs with its cut face square to the