Make Love, not War

We reflect on a personal design from Ilan El, founder of ILANEL Design Studio, the Cannon Vase and find out more about the inspiration

that led to the design and why it is so significant.

And for a very limited time, we’re delighted to offer 40% off this current edition of our Cannon Vase.

The Cannon Vase holds an important place in my heart. It symbolises peace and is actually a very personal design of mine, inspired by an old song ‘Flowers in the Barrel’ sung in my years of National Military Service.

Yes, once upon a time I was a military man, trained in the Air Force as an officer and therefore required to complete four years of service. I was but a boy when conscripted and left a man, equipped with skills and self-discipline to succeed in civilian life along with a yearning for peace and acceptance throughout the world.

The image of flowers in a gun’s barrel or a tank’s turret is an image that has been used as a peaceful protest against war and violence. The Cannon Vase is the embodiment of a desire for peace and acceptance throughout the world.

Picture 1: Artillery Corps Band, Flowers in Barrel, Album Cover | Picture 2: Flowers in the Barrel, Photo: Givatayim Municipality.

Anti-war demonstrators tried flower power on MPs blocking their path to the Pentagon building on 21 October 1967.

Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

There is so much beauty in winter and it has been the Cannon Vase that has sustained us here in the studio to date with stunning floral and dormant displays lighting up our every Monday morning of a fresh new week, from the Geraldton Wax Flower, Acacias, Banksias, Grevilias to Leucadendrons Grevilleas and Aloes.

We’re delighted to offer 40% off this current limited edition of only. Available Colours include - Sky Blue, Amber Gold, Smokey Aubergine and Olive grey. 

All you have to do is enquire with the quote, “Make Love, Not War!”

Whilst we are truly blessed to live in such a lucky country though it feels like we have not had the chance to heal from the impacts of the most recent events of the last five years. Drought, bushfires, then no sooner we get smashed by a global pandemic over the past fifteen months. Then when we thought we saw a small glimmer we may be getting on top of this, we again find four states and territories in snap lockdowns. I got my jab as I want this to be over as I, for one, cannot deal with any more lockdowns both mentally, morally and financially.

Let’s look out for each other, our families, our communities, our businesses and our nation so we can all heal together in the best way, as one.