Upright blades in deep green with cream margins, worked in crochet and standing straight out of a dark coiled jute basket. A tabletop plant - a desk, a console table, a shelf at eye level.

Snake plants earn their reputation for being low-maintenance. This one takes it further: nothing to water, nothing to move into better light, nothing to check on when you get back from a fortnight away.

It stands upright without support and holds its line - no leaning toward the window over the first month. The shape is unmistakable from across a room, before you're close enough to see the stitch.