Unique bowl, Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden. 1965. ceramics Honest materials and craftsmanship

Honest materials and craftsmanship

Height: 24cm / Width: 15cm / Depth: 21cm

Thrown or moulded from earthenware

Like other notable industrial designers of the postwar era

it joins two moulded plywood halves with well-matched teak veneer on the top and underside forming an organic leaf-like dish for the display of fruit

Unique bowl, Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden. 1965. ceramics Honest materials and craftsmanshipAn experimental art piece bowl designed by Stig Lindberg, 1965 the very first acquisition Sohan made for himself when he started collecting. The shape of this bowl has been revisited by Lindberg, dressed with different glazes and patterns. Here we see an experimental firing in the Turquoise series that Lindberg had produced between the late 1950s, until the end of the 1960s. The series itself is not limited to just one block appearance, with some