Artek - Easter Witch vase ceramic, sand

Design by Company Easter Witch vase.

The Easter witch vase is an expressive ceramic object designed by the Finnish company for Artek. This one is inspired by an old Finnish spring tradition where children dress up as witches, decorate willow branches with feathers and go from door to door wishing their neighbors a healthy year and asking for small treats in return. The Easter witch and the Easter dog can be used as decorative objects, but also as vases for flowers or willow branches.

The collection celebrates the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Japan. When designing the objects, Company considered what kind of gifts the Finnish delegation could have taken with Japan a hundred years ago. Each of the handcrafted, charmingly naive objects celebrates one seasonal ritual of the Finnish calendar.

Width: 13.5 cm. Depth: 10.5 cm. Height: 18 cm.

Organic Company:

Company is a Helsinki-based design agency founded in 2000 by Aamu Song (1974) and Johan Ollin (1974), both graduates of the University of Arts. The Finnish-Korean duo has their own shop Salakauppa ("secret shop") in Helsinki, and one of their most famous projects is called Secrets - in the project, Song and Ollin travel the world in search of traditional production methods and the creation of new designs on basis thereof.

Company's work is displayed in permanent collections of museums such as the Design Museum Finland and the Icelandic Design Museum. In 2010, Song and Ollin received the Finnish State Award for Design.