Most of what we make holds something — water, a flame, a flower stem. The Aurelia Tree doesn't hold anything at all. It's a sculptural metal tree, finished in metallic gold on a black base, and its only job is to sit on a surface and be looked at.
That was a deliberate departure for us. Every other piece in the EOD catalog starts from function — an urli needs to hold water, a candle stand needs to hold a flame safely. The Aurelia Tree started from a different question: what does a room look like with one object in it that exists purely for form?
Why a tree
Trees are one of the oldest decorative motifs in Indian metalwork, usually appearing as wall art or temple ornamentation. We wanted to bring that same silhouette into a tabletop scale — something that could sit on a console, a desk, or a shelf without needing a wall behind it. The branching structure is hand-finished, which means the exact angle of each branch varies slightly piece to piece, the same way a real tree's would.
Where it works
Because it doesn't compete for function with anything else on a surface, the Aurelia Tree tends to work best somewhat alone — a single object on an otherwise quiet console, or centered on a desk where it becomes the one non-utilitarian thing in an otherwise practical space. We've seen it used as an anniversary gift, a housewarming piece, and more than a few times as something people buy purely for their own office desk.
It's a small departure from the rest of our range, but it comes from the same place everything else does — the idea that a home doesn't need to be filled to feel considered. Sometimes one quiet, well-made object does more than five practical ones.
