Featured in Equestrian Living Magazine – November/December 2020
Our Classic Wine Bottle Stoppers and Banksia-Nut Coasters were featured in the November / December 2020 issue of Equestrian Living, the premier magazine of country life. This seasonal issue focuses on uplifting stories in its Heroes feature, highlighting people helping others through the holiday period and into winter, alongside inspiring visits, profiles and creative ideas.
In this issue, readers visit Olympian Peter Wylde in his beautifully designed Florida home and learn about the next steps in his career. The magazine also explores Valiente, Wellington’s extraordinary 130-stall polo farm owned by Bob Jornayvaz, shares a glimpse into some of Jessica Springsteen’s favourite hotels, restaurants and must-haves, and presents a photo story on the historic Arapahoe Hunt Club in Colorado, founded in 1907. These features are complemented by design, fashion, food and décor ideas intended to inspire thoughtful living.
The feature included our Classic Wine Bottle Stoppers, hand-turned pieces with clean, familiar shapes designed to elegantly seal unfinished bottles of wine, port, liqueur, oil or balsamic. Each stopper is made from stainless steel and fitted with tapered rubber seals to create an airtight closure across a wide range of bottle sizes. They are available in three distinct Australian materials: Banksia nut, Redgum and She-Oak, and are neatly packaged ready for gifting.
On the same page, readers were introduced to our Banksia-Nut Coasters. Each boxed set contains six coasters made from the seedpods of Banksia Grandis, a large Banksia that grows in the understory of the Jarrah forests of Western Australia. The coasters reveal a mix of natural textures, including rough outer edges, open seed cavities and areas of soft red velvety fur.
Once turned on the lathe, the coasters are finished with shellac and oil to enhance their natural colour and pattern. Seedpods are harvested only after they have released their seeds and completed their life cycle, minimising disturbance to the forest. Lightweight, unbreakable and attractively boxed, they make ideal Australian gifts that are easy to post locally or overseas.
The appearance of these two products in Equestrian Living sits comfortably within an issue that celebrates generosity, creativity and the pleasures of well-considered living. Together, the stoppers and coasters offer readers practical objects that also carry a strong story of Australian materials and careful craftsmanship.