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Fire Jacks are an attractive, witty take on the faux coal, pebbles or logs normally associated with a gas fire. Inspired by the children's game of Jacks, the slip-cast ceramic shapes, created by designer Lynn Kingelin, sit inside a fire grate and look elegant when the fire is off and are brought back to life with the flickering flames when the fire is on.

Exclusively licensed and distributed by Verine, the jacks come in white, black, crazed white and gold, with prices ranging from £164.50 a set for the white to £270 for gold (a set includes three small and two large spheres; and seven small, six medium and three large jacks). In addition to Fire Jacks, Lynn is known for creating innovative designs with recycled products, using shredded paper to make a waste-paper bin and upholster a chair.

Lynn has been working as a professional designer since 1997 from her own design studio; she also works as a consultant. A graduate member of the Chartered Society of Designers and Member of the Institute of Directors, she has a degree in Architecture from the University of Washington in Seattle, and an MA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art.