Glass vase designed by Lisa Larson in the 1980s. It's about the size of a small teacup. After leaving Gustavsberg in 1980, Lisa Larson received requests from companies around Europe as a freelance designer. This is what I designed for a long-established glass maker called SKRUF in Sweden during my free time. SKRUF glasses are hand-blown and each glass has its own personality. It is a three-dimensional pattern with unevenness, and although it was originally made as a vase, it can also be used as a beautiful candle holder because the shade is transparent.
■Details Manufacturer: SKRUF / Designer: Lisa Larson Age: 1980s Country of Origin: Sweden
The original seal remains, and it is a very beautiful product that retains the original appearance without cracks, chips, or scratches.
■ Lisa Larson (1931- )
Born in a village called Härlunda with a population of about 500 in the Älmhult district of the Kronoberg county in the Småland region in southern Sweden. When I was young, I wanted to be a fashion designer, but after entering the Gothenburg College of Art, I learned ceramics. At one point, Stig Lindberg discovered him in a competition, and after a one-year trial period, he officially joined Gustavsberg as a designer. Soon after, in 1955, he announced the Lilla zoo series, and in 1964 he devised the famous Afrika series of lion statues.
In addition to Gustavsberg, Lisa Larson has designed for Höganäs, national retail giant Åhléns and German pottery manufacturer Rosenthal. After leaving Gustavsberg in 1979, he became active in various fields while freely continuing his creative activities as a freelance artist who entered into freelance contracts with companies rather than working exclusively with them. In 1979 and 1981, he held solo exhibitions at the Seibu Department Store in Tokyo, and it is said that 70,000 people visited the solo exhibition in 1981.
