Two elephants with trunks raised, the matriarchs of the herd, cast in translucent amber polyresin that softens light the way honey does in a jar. They anchor a shelf with real weight, but the visual stays light. The pair almost glows. Trunks up for good luck, in many traditions.

For the reader, the graduate setting up a first real shelf, the couple whose new home has books but nothing yet to hold them in place.