Classic Collection ceramic wall flowers include the Polyp — a form that Chive calls a flower but that botanists would describe as something more closely resembling a sea anemone or coral polyp. The Polyp is the Classic Collection acknowledging that the wall does not require botanical accuracy, only visual interest. The Orange Polyp Large is a handmade ceramic piece from the Classic Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in an orange glaze — the warm orange that reads as tide pool and deep-water coral simultaneously — shaped in the polyp form: radially arranged, tubular projections that read as the most organic and the most specifically Chive form in the entire range.

The form that Chive invented for the wall and the institution that confirmed it belongs there

The polyp form is not derived from any single botanical source. It is the Classic Collection's original contribution to the language of what can hang on a wall — a form that references the natural world without copying any specific living thing. The large orange polyp is the most vivid version of this original form: the warm orange on the radially arranged tubes creates a piece that reads as both aquatic and architectural, as both natural reference and studio invention. The Monterey Bay Aquarium carries the Classic Collection. An aquarium that maintains living polyp and anemone displays chose this ceramic orange version for its gift shop — which is either confirmation that the form reference is accurate or confirmation that it is good enough to earn its place alongside the living version.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium carries the Classic Collection. The Maritime Aquarium in Connecticut stocks it. The Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Aquatic institutions that display actual polyps and coral forms have independently decided this ceramic interpretation belongs in their shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.

A gift for the person who wants the Classic Collection's most original form in its warmest color

The Orange Polyp Large ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Monterey Bay Aquarium carries it. The person who wants the form that Chive invented for the wall, in the orange that makes the aquatic reference most vivid, receives the large version from the same collection an aquarium chose.