Repurposed into a sculptural side table or stool we turned this antique mortar upside down and smoothed out the entire piece revealing the beautiful wood grain. Full dimensions ; The inside is 6” thick x 9” hollow x top 17” diameter x bottom extending to 18” diameter. It’s all in the details. This side table or stool was hand made in the spirit of Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese philosophy that beauty can be found in imperfection and impermanence. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. A beauty of things unconventional. It is the opposite of vulgarity. The costs of achieving this kind of minimalism are seemingly inconsistent with its mission of aesthetic humility. This kind of luxury is for a select few: The Emperor of Japan had a Wabi garden. Wabi is for people who already have a lot. Own an Andrianna Shamaris original. Andrianna Shamaris. The Leader In Modern Organic Design.