Jade Green Succulent

Botanical wall art divides roughly between prints of things that once lived and ceramic forms built to look as though they still do — this piece is the second kind. The jade green succulent is one of the more structurally demanding forms in the Chive catalog — succulent geometry is unforgiving, and the rosette either radiates correctly or reads as approximate, which the succulent does not forgive. It requires nothing: no soil, no watering schedule, no bright indirect light, none of the conditions the living version makes non-negotiable. Jade green works on a succulent the way it works on very few other objects — implying both age and health simultaneously, which is what a well-maintained jade plant achieves and what this piece holds indefinitely. Artisans shape these pieces by hand, with each petal layer set at its own angle so the rosette reads as grown rather than pressed. The Nevada Museum of Art in Reno carries Chive ceramic wall art in its museum shop.