Design: Terrene
Materials: Concrete
Designer: Melissa & Eric Day
"Terrene specializes in handcrafted living works of art for your indoor or outdoor space. Terrene is based in Portland, Oregon and run by a husband/wife team. We offer a modular sized design of concrete containers, suitable for indoor or outdoor usage."
"Designed as a scalable system, the 1 Series, 3 Series, and 5 Series are Terrene's year-round product line offering. Their small depth, at only 4" makes them easy to merchandise and display on windowsills, console tables, and mantles. Each series is available in white and graphite. Custom colors are available by special order."
Designer: Melissa & Eric Day Link: www.terreneproducts.com Location: Portland, OR
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These are pretty cool, but I have to say that $90-185 seems WAY too pricey for small concrete molded planters. I understand the time it takes to design and make them, but at the end of the day, it's not some kind of rare Italian marble...it's concrete.
Yeah, I agree with VesselPlantings: They look great but the cost is way, way too much. I would attempt to make one myself before I would ever pay that much for a concrete planter.
For those who are interested... it is pretty difficult actually to do concrete work. Concrete is an art - ask Tadao Ando or any concrete countertop fabricator. It's all about the mix chemistry and the mold, most of the cost is the labor. I do challenge you to do it yourself, we hold workshops on the very subject for that reason so maybe you could join us!! Check out my blog post on the subject of making last month:
http://bit.ly/ofIKRy
It sounds like a lot of hard work and skill goes into your product, passion is a great thing! And it's a very attractive product. I have to agree with the two original commenters though. You could spend two weeks spinning a spool with thread, but at the end of the day it's still a spool of thread... I wouldn't pay $200 for a tiny cement planter.
These are beautiful pieces. I can't imagine trying to make one, especially this crisp and polished. Great work!
The craftsmanship is very nice, the design is clean, but it's kind of boring - especially for the price. And I feel like I've seen planters like this at West Elm for the last 10 years.
Simple, practical, adding a beautifying accent!
Love the versatility of the vessels. They would make great holiday table centerpieces.