A painter mad about a flower called the tulip Paula la Peau (1948) was born in Bergen op Zoom, just after her parents returned from the former Dutch East Indies. After having worked at nursery schools, she took up…
One hundred twenty five years of Finnish glass
B O O K R E V I E W In 1873 a small glass works was started in the woods of Central Finland. It was called after the village where it was located. Iittala. The glassworks was going…
Fennia Prize 2007 Honorary Mention to Maija Louekari’s Ilmassa interior textile series
Maija Louekari’s Ilmassa interior textile series received an Honorary Mention in the Fennia Prize 2007 design competition organised by Design Forum Finland. The series consists of the Kassiopeia, Pääsky and Kuiskaaja fabric patterns that Maija Louekari has created for…
Haapaniemi’s prints take life in ceramics
Arabia’s gallery in Helsinki features this summer the first explorations by visual artist and illustrator Klaus Haapaniemi into the world of ceramics. The idea was born when he was working on his Taika decor for Iittala. Taika was launched this…
New birds by Oiva Toikka
Oiva Toikka’s birds are a unique phenomenon, even in global terms. Every year, Professor Toikka and a team of skilled glassblowers assisting him breathe life into yet new species of the ever growing flock of the iittala birds. The first…
Royal Copenhagen introduces Fungi Flora Danica collection
The Flora Danica service is world famous for its delicately painted flowers. However the comprehensive publication Flora Danica also contains a large collection of indigenous fungi. Last year Flora Danica painters of Royal Copenhagen have begun for the first time…
A special Ice Dome as a birthday present
To commemorate the 200th birthday of Flora Danica, a special edition of The Ice Dome, the most magnificient piece in the Flora Danica service, Royal Copenhagen is issued, It pays at the same time tribute to the four Queens, who,…