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Gifts made in Thornbury, Melbourne
Looking for a gift that isn’t a candle, a mug, or a gift card? Tessera coasters are small hand-set glass objects, made one tile at a time in a garden studio in Thornbury, Melbourne. Bright, useful, and a little bit joyful. The kind of thing someone keeps on the shelf, not in the drawer.
Why they make a good gift
Every coaster is thirty-six pieces of bevelled glass, set by hand in bright white epoxy grout, and named after a moment you already know: a lamington, a swimming pool, a summer holiday. They start at $25, they arrive ready to give, and they’re made by an actual person here in Melbourne, not a factory. Practical enough to use every day, pretty enough that people ask where you got it.
Gifts by budget
Around $25 buys a single coaster. Small, bright, personal.
Around $50 is a set of two. One each, or a pairing of colour.
$80 gets the full set of four. The one people remember.
Design your own
Want a gift that literally doesn’t exist yet? Use the Coaster Maker to pick the colours yourself, tile by tile, and I’ll make it. Their favourite footy colours, the blues of a holiday they loved, whatever it is. It comes out of the same studio as everything else, made by hand. There’s nothing more personal than a colour someone chose.
Made in Thornbury, Melbourne
Everything is made to order in a garden studio in Thornbury, on Melbourne’s north side, a stone’s throw from Fairfield and Northcote. If you’re shopping for a local, Melbourne-made gift, this is about as local as it gets. Made to order, roughly two weeks, and shipped anywhere in the world.
Shop the colourways or design your own. Small squares of joy, made by hand.