Tissue Holder

The slabs meet at the apex in a closed mitre, so the ridge is a sharp line of stone with no joint showing on either face. The same slot is cut down from the ridge in both slabs, so the holder has the same elevation from either side and there is no front or back; it can be put down any way round. The feet are cut flat so the slabs stand square. Plum is a dark purple-brown stone with fine pale veins, and it is heavy enough that the holder stays where it is put.

A tissue box is a thing every room has to live with. Covering it with a lid makes it a box with a lid. Leaning two slabs over it makes it a small roof, and a roof is something a room can hold. It stands on a bedside or dressing table, and the slot is wide enough that the hand pulls a tissue without lifting the stone.

The detail is the mitre at the ridge. Two slabs can meet with one lapping the other, which leaves a band of end grain along the top; mitred, they meet in a line, and the holder has an edge instead of a lid. Three numbers on the sheet, the ridge, the slope and the foot, set the angle, and nothing else is needed to cut it.