Postcards from Paris: Tea-time Gift Pack

The only thing better than your morning tea, is your morning tea being served in a specially designed mug by one of your favourite South African Artists. Not only will your taste senses be awakened, but your visual senses will be satisfied as well, giving you a smile on your face to start the day.

This box also contains artisinal cookies, coaster, and a delightful 12 month flip-over Birthday Calendar that will take you through the romantic streets of Paris with Lapine. Read more inside about the story of Lapine, and how she began her adventure. We have created handcrafted luxury gifts, collaborating with South African Artists to bring you  specially curated, unique functional art products that can not be bought in a shop, all delivered to your doorstep. Safe, easy, convenient.

We love to support our local artists, while making someone else’s day in the process.

Care: We recommend that you hand wash your mug with cold water and store it out of direct sunlight. Not suitable for dishwasher.

Description:

This gift box by Annemie Odendaal Art, forms part of her “Postcards from Paris”-series:

“I have always loved the intricate art of folding origami, especially rabbits. The folding process forces me to be still, focus intensely and be completely in the moment. I find it both soothing and therapeutic. Once I arrived in Paris, I folded a new origami rabbit, and aptly called her Lapine (French for Rabbit). I then placed her in various Parisian settings, forcing myself to observe things from a different point of view, investigating my surroundings from a new perspective, exploring new concepts to develop into artworks later on. This series is therefore a very intimate look into my process, as I started to doodle with ink in my tiny sketchbook to put down preliminary ideas on paper. This is where new ideas start.

Seeing the world through these glasses (a bit like Alice through the looking glass), I have discovered so much more than I could ever anticipate, evoking a deeper connection and process of honest interrogation of my surroundings, society, and myself. I was struck once again by the beauty, complexity and secrets of Paris, much as is reflective of our own lives.”

What’s in the box

1 x Ceramic Tea Mug with unique artwork

1 x siligna Wooden Coaster in heart shape, with engraving

5 x All Butter Sugar Cookies, with edible Parisian artwork

1 x Lapine Birthday Calender