{"product_id":"thorn-letter-opener","title":"THORN LETTER OPENER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d6160;\"\u003eLIMITED EDITION • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\" data-assistant-stream-block=\"\" data-assistant-stream-block-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSculpted by artist George Sellers for Heretic Parfum, Thorn is a solid bronze letter opener inspired by one of nature’s most elegant contradictions: beauty armed for its own defense. We’ve magnified the thorn’s botanical defense into an object of ritual and utility. Elongated, primitive, and faintly dangerous, as though cut from the stem of some impossible plant. Each piece is cast in solid bronze and individually hand-finished by artisans in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThroughout the plant kingdom, the thorn is both ornament and warning—a purposeful weapon grown from living matter. Artist George Sellers magnifies this botanical defense into an object of ritual and utility, creating a letter opener that feels elongated, primitive, and faintly dangerous, as though cut from the stem of some impossible plant. Each piece is cast in solid bronze at a small foundry in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, then individually hand-finished by artisans, preserving the irregularities, texture, and evidence of the maker’s hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA thorn made permanent. An instrument for opening what has been sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT GEORGE SELLERS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Sellers is a Dallas-based fine artist and master sculptor whose work spans art, design, and extraordinary object-making. For the past fifteen years, Sellers has collaborated closely with Douglas Little, creating original sculptural works for Little’s global art installations, immersive environments, and product designs. Their longstanding creative partnership is rooted in a shared fascination with craftsmanship, materiality, and the transformation of imaginative concepts into meticulously realized physical forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Everything I create is inspired by 2 things; growing up roaming the woods and creeks of southern Oklahoma and my first trip to Rome, when I beheld a marble bunting on the wall of an ancient structure with perfectly carved twisting vines, fruits and acanthus leaves crawling with lizards and insects. Life expertly captured in stone and bronze, solely for the pleasure of the beholder and the uniquely human desire to decorate. I know why they have thorns. We could all use an armor of thistle. The thorn protects and warns, come not too close and only with permission”. - George Sellers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"HERETIC PARFUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41388947144768,"sku":"HR113OPENER","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0158\/2484\/6912\/files\/Thorn-Opener.jpg?v=1790806316","url":"https:\/\/hereticparfum.com\/products\/thorn-letter-opener","provider":"HERETIC PARFUM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}