Why a Bowl Can Hold More Than It Seems

It was a warm summer day in Bali. Roberto and I were wandering — not searching, just open. Then we saw it: a quiet arrangement of petrified wood bowls and trays, each one calm and grounded. We stood there for a moment, not saying anything. Then Roberto said, “There’s something here.” And he was right.

It wasn’t just beautiful. It felt like memory made solid — something the earth had been holding onto until now.

Why Petrified Wood Bowls? Why Now?

In a time where everything feels disposable, rushed, and repeated, a bowl carved from petrified wood is the opposite. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t sparkle. It just exists, quietly, holding millions of years of transformation inside its grain.

Each bowl at Kirschon is the fossil of an ancient tree — preserved by nature, not by craft. Minerals slowly replaced the wood over millennia. What was once organic is now stone. But it still looks like wood. It’s a paradox: alive in memory, dead in matter, eternal in form.

And when you hold it — truly hold it — it’s hard not to feel that gravity. Take a look at this petrified wood bowl in neutral tones. It’s not decorative. It’s dignified.

Not Just Objects. Anchors.

We’ve seen our bowls placed in the most varied ways:

• On a marble console, catching loose change and postcards.

• Beside a bed, cradling jewelry.

• On a piano, empty — because it didn’t need to hold anything.

One client — an art restorer in Milan — told us she keeps hers empty on purpose.
"It reminds me to leave room for what matters."

Explore the full collection.

Where It Comes From Matters

Each piece we offer is sourced responsibly, without rushing the process. We only select pieces that speak with quiet force — that belong in homes where beauty has depth.

Our Lake Como Showroom and Web-Shop exists to curate — spaces, stories, and moments. This is the Kirschon difference: we don’t sell what’s popular.
We offer what’s permanent.

More Than Home Décor

Owning a petrified wood bowl is about timing — yours, and the Earth’s.
It’s about what remains when trends fade.
It’s about stillness in a turning world.

Explore Kirschon’s entire collection of petrified wood accessories.

Bowls, trays, bookends and reversible candle/incense holders