conversation piece for the home

Capturing the sensuous allure of the sirens, Gordon Adu handcrafts this mythical mermaid. Her features are on full display with the careful process of carving sese wood by hand. Half fish and half human, this sculpture be a conversation piece for your home.

This charming Balinese umbrella will be an interesting conversation piece in any home. Crafted by Rinni, it replicates the kind of parasol that would be used for ceremonies and in sacred pura (temples) in Bali. The artisan uses black and white checked cotton and native suar wood to create the small parasol, adding festive tassels, gold-toned aluminum ornaments, beads and jingling bells. The parasol arrives with a wood base for display.

This whimsical hand-carved back scratcher features the expressive face of a horse on one end and hooves on the other. Crafted in black and white from suar wood by Nengah Sudarsana of Bali and Java, this piece makes for a unique conversation starter.

By Thai elephant Bai-Tong, this beautiful painting will bring beauty and the spirit of conservation into your home. Bai-Tong chooses hues of green, teal, pink, yellow, and red for this lively and vertical composition.

Asian elephants are an endangered species. By making the Asian elephants' paintings widely accessible to the general public, NOVICA hopes to help increase awareness, encourage conservation, and raise significant funds to assist endangered elephants throughout Asia. For more information, please refer to the elephant's biography.

This original painting features the Elephant Conservation Center's seal of authenticity. It arrives unframed.

Please note: The elephants hold the paintbrush carefully, by the tip of their trunk - which is also the elephants' delicate nose area. Slight smudging, and an occasional water droplet here and there are to be expected on most elephant paintings. We like to consider that these imperfections add to the conversation value of each piece.

By Thai elephant Bai-Tong, this composition features active lines in green, pink, and yellow that evoke the beauty of the forest. This striking work of art will bring a spirit of conservation into your home.

Asian elephants are an endangered species. By making the Asian elephants' paintings widely accessible to the general public, NOVICA hopes to help increase awareness, encourage conservation, and raise significant funds to assist endangered elephants throughout Asia. For more information, please refer to the elephant's biography.

This original painting features the Elephant Conservation Center's seal of authenticity. It arrives unframed.

Please note: The elephants hold the paintbrush carefully, by the tip of their trunk - which is also the elephants' delicate nose area. Slight smudging, and an occasional water droplet here and there are to be expected on most elephant paintings. We like to consider that these imperfections add to the conversation value of each piece.

This is an awesome gift for the music fans in your life or for anyone looking to add a conversation piece to their home. Jorge Escamilla crafts a skeleton saxophone player from ceramic and dresses him up in a cool suit, hat, and shades.

Jorge Escamilla's work blends popular Mexican iconography with everyday themes. He credits his craft as the greatest source of personal growth in his life.

For a fun and lovely addition to your home decor, this composition is painted by Pang-Kod the elephant in Thailand. Working delicately with the paintbrush, the elephant paints an abstract scene with dancing lines of pink, green, yellow, and red.

Asian elephants are an endangered species. By making the Asian elephants' paintings widely accessible to the general public, NOVICA hopes to help increase awareness, encourage conservation, and raise significant funds to assist endangered elephants throughout Asia. For more information, please refer to the elephant's biography.

The reverse side of this original painting features the Elephant Conservation Center's seal of authenticity.

Please note: The elephants hold the paintbrush carefully, by the tip of their trunk - which is also the elephants' delicate nose area. Slight smudging, and an occasional water droplet here and there are to be expected on most elephant paintings. We like to consider that these imperfections add to the conversation value of each piece.

With bright colors and detailed designs, this decorative African mask will make an eye-catching conversation piece for your home or office wall. Ghanaian artisan Abdul Aziz Mohamadu hand carves the mask from sese wood then creates a stunning mosaic out of multi-color recycled plastic beads to create a work of art on the mask's forehead. A row of five marbles accents the center of the forehead and stamped aluminum plates rim the eyes, cheeks, and lips. The dull black face is further adorned with a circle motif scattered across the cheeks and chin and yellow and red accents on the chin and upper forehead. The artisan titles this mask Thamsanqa, a Zulu word meaning "fortune" or "luck."