Previously Angles
and Earth

You may ask where is Angles& Earth and why Anea? The name Angles and Earth was just too long and many people mispronounced our name, calling us Angels and Earth instead of Angles and Earth. So we took the first 2 letters of Angles & Earth and our new name Anea was born. Along without name […]

Handmade in
Cape Town

Our approach is artisanal and made to order, each terrarium is designed and made by hand from scratch, each landscape carefully and expertly planted. We love the country we live in, the people we work with and the plants we encounter. Everything in our terrariums from the glass, plants, solder, and moss are locally sourced […]

The people who
make them

All Anea products are designed in Cape Town and hand made by expert glassmakers in Khayalithesha. All Anea plants are sourced from local nurseries and 100% proudly South African. Meet the team that put the terrariums together: Denny Mo (Founder/Owner & Designer) Lutho Hara (Plant Maintenance) Nicholas Phokwana (Glass Maker) Terry Brown (Glass Maker) Raymond […]

Home
Range

The uses for glass have remained relatively practical so we’ve decided to reinvent how glass is used around the home, in the office, and for special occasions. We’ve been keeping this new range quiet but it’s been growing steadily as we have explored different types of glass like mirror and black glass to create new […]

Modular Herb
Garden

We’ve all tried growing our own herb in a corner in our garden somewhere. A fun project for the first few weeks and then we lose steam or the herbs die. The trick is that herbs are very sensitive plants and are normally grown in greenhouses where they are protected from harsh elements. To overcome […]

The Making of
Automated Terrariums

Automated terrariums are the pinnacle of Anea’s design work. It has been Denny Mo’s dream to blend electronics, a lot of Youtube videos, and help from an electrical engineer to create self-sustaining electronic terrariums. That dream is now a reality. Our original model terrariums are dependant on a window to give the plants light making them […]

The Science behind
our Terrariums

There’s a lot of math that goes into the design of our geometric shape terrariums and decor products. Take the Pentakis for example, it’s composed of 40 isosceles triangles and 40 equal lateral triangles. Each needs to be accurate for the whole puzzle to fit. One degree off at the base means it compounds its […]

Our Cape
Town Store

AE-store-buitengracht

For many years we were located in the center of Cape Town on Buitengracht street but had to close down during the riots that took place in Cape Town. W removed back to our workshop in Claremont and have been operating out of our studio there since then doing mad to order business for all […]

Cabbage the
Golden

Cabbage, like Denny Mo’s other animals (and there are many), is named after a plant. Why Cabbage? Because a silly dog deserves a silly name! Cabbage is two years old and a really (not really) naughty boy. He’s not very good at cleaning, but he keeps the Anea workshop team focussed and motivated and in […]