A Pestle and Mortar
Ever since I came to Italy I've been wanting a marble pestle and mortar to grind spices, but they're very expensive - around 45 euros in the shops - and Neil wouldn't let me buy one. 'I'll make you one,' he kept saying. So I waited. But sculptors are busy people and there are more fulfilling things to do than make domestic objects from off cuts of marble and I rather suspected that I wouldn't get my mortar!
But then yesterday, Neil came home smiling, opened his rucksack and put these two objects on the table.
To say I was pleased, didn't quite cover it! It's not just a pestle and mortar - it's a sculpture. The mortar is made from a marble cobble that Neil found in a river bed near here. He chose it specially. The pestle is made from a fragment of the white greek marble he's been using for his latest sculpture, and he's been working on them secretly as a surprise present. They are so beautiful I don't think I can bear to use them for pounding up peppercorns, or cumin!
But then yesterday, Neil came home smiling, opened his rucksack and put these two objects on the table.
To say I was pleased, didn't quite cover it! It's not just a pestle and mortar - it's a sculpture. The mortar is made from a marble cobble that Neil found in a river bed near here. He chose it specially. The pestle is made from a fragment of the white greek marble he's been using for his latest sculpture, and he's been working on them secretly as a surprise present. They are so beautiful I don't think I can bear to use them for pounding up peppercorns, or cumin!
It is nice that my labour has been so well appreciated. It is good to pick up a piece of natural material and turn it into something useful.
ReplyDeleteYes you can! (Use 'em.) It will be so lovely, every time.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing gift!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful piece of work.
You will feel loved every time you use them!