Showing posts with label Swedish Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swedish Design. Show all posts

Friday, January 31, 2020

JIE Gantofta Sweden - Ewa Jarenskog's Couple of Gossipers...


"What are you saying? NO! Really?" 
 Wonder what these two are gossiping about? Me too.



This small ceramic figurine designed by Ewa Jarenskog has a couple dressed in black gowns chatting, or as I like to say, gossiping. It is really beautiful and their black gowns adds some mystery to the piece. It will look fabulous in a corner on any small shelf. 

Ewa Jarenskog created several pieces for JIE Gantofta, several of them showing couple in romantic embraces, but this one is not very romantic, is it? More like a couple of friends gossiping, right? That is what it looks to me.  You will find this lovely little ceramic sculpture here




Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Rörstrand FORMA Series Eternal Beauty




Good design is eternal and Rörstrand of Sweden has several timeless designs. In my opinion, Rörstränd series FORMA is definitely one of them. The series designed by Olle Alberius in the 1960's is beautiful with clean minimalist lines in off-white shade of stoneware decorated with delicate texture which look like fish scales and has strong geometrical accents. The creamer is decorated with a simple horizontal brown line and the teapot brown lid makes a bolder accent. 

When I found those I had three pieces to choose from: two teapot and a creamer. After careful observation I decided to take only two and the largest teapot had a small damage (chip) on the lid. It is so heartbreaking to leave such a unique piece behind but I left the larger teapot behind. I am glad I got to keep these two pieces and list them in our shop. 

These two are in very good vintage condition without any stains on the inside. No chips, no cracks and no hairlines.  The creamer can hold circa 150ml and is 8cm high, bottom diameter of 6,5cm. Weight unpackaged is 170g. The small teapot (there is a larger teapot in this series) weights 555g and is 10 high with a bottom diameter of 11cm. 


These pieces are available at our Etsy shop and you can go check them by clicking the links to: Creamer and teapot