Japanese Maple servers

As a child growing up in the Midwest I took solace in a neighbor’s yard under the canopy of a rather anomalous tree with beautiful lacy purplish red leaves. Later, I learned it was a Japanese Maple which explained its bark scars that looked like slanted eyes kindly watching over me. I spent seasons getting to know this tree. Each spring tiny pointed leaves appeared and within days I could almost watch them emerge into lushness. The tree would send out slender stalks of flowers that soon transformed into winged green with tinged red seeds that I would string together and wear around my neck. I relished this intimacy, just me and the ever-changing life of this tree. 

This tree was strikingly beautiful in form and color. I knew others passing by noticed its beauty but I was not seen beneath its graceful limbs. Every fall the purplish leaves turned bright red and almost on cue, drop-off within three days, covering the ground in a carpet of red. The naked tree stood majestic against the snow as I longed for spring to return.

Every spring I planted my seed necklaces in my garden hoping for symbols of elegance, beauty and grace with beginnings of great blessings and peaceful retreat.

Japanese Maple Leaf salad servers are sold as a set of two.

Materials: Argentium sterling silver

Dimensions (all sizes approximate):
Overall - 9.5 inches (length)
Handle - 1 inch taper at the bottom to .75 inches at top (reverse handle pattern)
Tines - 3 inches (length) x 2.75 (width)

Please inquire for pricing and allow 2-4 weeks for production as each piece is handmade to order.

All works of Art are signed, documented and copyrighted.