Maple Leaf by Origami Steel, a tribute to Autumn and Maple leaf

Among the ornamental and functional metallic objects of #origamisteel there is a particular and distinct one, with its own elegance, #mapleleaf.
At the end of the 19th century, a symbol was established in French Canada, the #mapleleaf, a type of tree everywhere present in the country; this leaf with creative but apparently simple forms has numerous symbolic meanings, so much so that its tips, opening metaphorically towards knowledge, as if to be curious, are thought to indicate the cardinal points. The long-lived Maple and its leaves represented the cosmic seasons, and in particular in the Celtic culture it assumed an aura of sacredness, a space that vertically united the sky and the earth...

Origami Steel, a brand that is entirely dedicated to shaping metal, playing on shapes, wanted to reproduce for object this symbol that now becomes a card holder, now a table napkin holder or, in a more captivating Big version, also magazine rack or indoor vase holder or external; for its reference to the autumn season - in Japan its meaning is also linked to Autumn, also intended with positive melancholy for the time that passes - the Red note is the most suitable, also to revive the interior ... but with the essentials of the Mirror Steel the object takes on a greater decorative value, almost collectible…