Novica Bookends
Wood bookends, 'Rabbits Like to Read'
Dressed in handloomed tie-dyed ikat cloth, two cheerful rabbits work as bookends. Gusti Ngurah Semarajaya carves the long-eared readers from crocodile wood, painting them with fanciful patterns. The dolls can be posed in a variety of positions as they sit on iron bases.
Merchant: NOVICA
Walnut bookends, 'Guardians of Knowledge'
Attired in florid gala, a couple of elephants are set to guard favorite books and novels. Fayez Ahmed designs the stylized bookends gracing this walnut wood shelf. He carves the piece by hand achieving detailed finesse. The elephants can be folded to facilitate storing.
Merchant: NOVICA
Marble resin bookends, 'Hand of Knowledge'
Strong and supple, white hands reach to hold books in place. Claudio Aun sculpts the images in pristine marble resin, setting them on a base of sleek, dark marble. The set of two bears his signature.
Merchant: NOVICA
Wood bookends, 'Wild Horses' (pair)
Eric Danquah captures the power and majesty of wild horses in this dramatic design. Hand-carved from sese wood and finished with mansion polish, rearing stallions grace a pair of bookends.
Merchant: NOVICA
Ebony bookends, 'Prancing Horses'
Sleek and beautiful, prancing horses grace these bookends by Kwaku Ofosuhene Apenteng. He sculpts the figures from lustrous ebony wood, adorning the books with the Gye Nyame Adinkra symbol. Ghanaian Adinkra symbols communicate popular wisdom to the people.
Merchant: NOVICA
Ebony bookends, 'African Antelopes'
Sleek antelopes graze in the African savannah, their graceful elegance captured in ebony wood. Kwaku Ofosuhene Apenteng creates a beautiful pair of bookends, carved by hand and finished with mansion polish. The books bear the Gye Nyame Adinkra symbol.
Merchant: NOVICA