Bowl you over?

These tabletops from the new collection by Cordula Kehrer combine ready-mades with traditional wickerwork. Relics of our throwaway society – that is, old and scratched plastic bowls – are “up-cycled”. The combination with an entirely different material and a completely different production technique creates originals just right for our modern times. Love these!

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