Ever since Leela showed us her artful chopstick collection, with chopsticks from her travels displayed in a kitchen art installation, I have been really struck by the idea of showing off chopsticks in the kitchen! Here's another way to do it: A fabulous little chopstick holder from Vienna-based designers Less&More.
These chopstick holders are made by Leo and Hannah, a couple in Vienna. They make quite a few different sorts of organizers, actually: Glove holders, pen holders, simple and modern vases. We love pretty much everything in their shop! It's all a little on the splurge-y side, but each piece is handmade. The chopstick holders are made out of a single piece of ash wood and finished with 100% pure orange oil.
These could be a great way to show off pretty chopsticks from your travels. And what a nice centerpiece for a little apartment table!
Find them:
• CHOPSTICK HOLDER Little Lee, $57 from Less&More
• CHOPSTICK HOLDER Big Lee, $68 from Less&More
Also check out this really lovely slideshow of how these organizers are made:
• Making Of from Less& More at Flickr
Related: Look! Artful Chopstick Collection
(Images: Less&More)
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so long as the chopsticks are facing down! (pointy/eating ends down). that would be a big faux pas in asian custom.
it's a really jarring visual for me to see so many chopsticks placed vertically like that. we were never allowed to have our chopsticks standing up in the bowl; they always had to lie flat. my guess is that the designers didn't grow up with a chinese mom-- or maybe they did, and this is their revenge.
Yeah, my mom is Japanese and she'd flip out if you stuck chopsticks standing straight up in the bowl. I think it's taboo because it resembles the incense you light for the dead.