This is a large 22.5cm bowl of masterpiece crocus from ARABIA, a tableware manufacturer representing Scandinavian Finland. The series name crocus is a type of iris flower. The person in charge of the design was Estel Tomura, who is known for works such as Flora, Varum, and Botanica, and is skilled at incorporating natural flowers into designs. There are three types of Crocus series: black and white version, color version, and black and white gray rim version, but this is the black and white version. Crocus was manufactured for only two years, from 1978 to 1979. A reprint version of the bowl has also been sold in recent years, but the shape is different, the mouth is oriented outwards, and the overall lines are more sophisticated than the reprint version.
■Details Manufacturer: ARABIA / Arabia form design: Peter Winquist / Peter Winqvist
Pattern design: Esteri Tomula / Esteli Tomura Year: 1978-1979 Country of origin: Finland Condition: There are some intrusions. There is one intrusion on the edge. Penetration is a crack that runs on the glaze surface during firing during the manufacturing process, and is not a scratch from use or damage to the body itself. It has passed the manufacturer's inspection. When you look through the light, you can see slight cutlery marks on the inner bottom, but there are no cracks or chips, and it is a beautiful item that retains its appearance as it was when it was manufactured.
■Size
Diameter 22.5cm Height 8.7cm
Esteri Tomula
Esteri Tomura (1920-1998)
Born in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Her father, who was a university professor, bought a villa in the countryside called Urjalan in northwest Helsinki, and her childhood was spent every summer at the villa with her family, which was rich in nature, which deepened her knowledge of nature. be done. Esteri Tomura had a congenital condition called dwarfism, and initially majored in ceramics at Aalto University of the Arts in Helsinki, but due to physical reasons, she was unable to work with clay satisfactorily. Therefore, he gave up on the career of ceramics and sought his own expertise in design.
After joining ARABIA , he honed his skills as a pattern designer with Laiya Uosikkinen, who became his lifelong friend. While Uosikkinen preferred abstract and geometric patterns, Tomura seeks the origin of his designs in the flowers and flowers of Finland, which was the original landscape of his childhood. Tomura, who created masterpieces despite his physical handicaps, has similarities with Birger Kaipiainen, who designed the timeless masterpiece Paratissi despite suffering from polio.
ARABIA - Arabia
ARABIA is a ceramic manufacturer representing Finland in the 20th century. Originally, ARABIA was a factory established in Finland by Sweden's Rörstrand as a base for producing pottery for Russia. The company's name comes from the fact that it was established in the Arabian district of Helsinki, the capital.
From the 1950s to the 1980s, many world-famous designers such as Ulla Procoppe, Birger Kaipiainen, Laiya Uosikkinen, and Esteri Tomura created many works, known as the Golden Age of ARABIA. Works that had a great influence on modern modern design were created at the time, from simple Scandinavian modern designs to highly decorative and well-crafted pieces. ARABIA is known for its masterpieces such as paratissi, crocus, flora, and corari, which are both practical and decorative items unique to Scandinavian tableware that are useful for both interior and everyday use.