Evergreen Platters by Studio Meike Harde.

Young German designer, Meike Harde, has created a series of romantic platters which feature an ensemble of real blossoms and foliage embedded as decoration. By referencing traditional floral ornamentation, the glass plates blend into the canvas of a laid table.

Since antiquity, nature-inspired motives have been represented in commodity objects. Particularly in the context of tableware, blossoms are a central stylistic device. Accordingly, Evergreen Platters quote this traditional tableware motive, but uses real flower parts. “By the durable embedding of blossoms in glass, the fragility of nature in this moment is conserved; the plants becomes objectified and are transported into the living area. Through the individual choice of flowers the basic commodity becomes unique,” explains the designer.

The embedded blossoms were pressed after collection, causing a three-dimensional effect inside the glass.

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[Images courtesy of Studio Meike Harde.]