The Aalto Vase (Finnish; literally The Wave Vase), also known as the Savoy Vase, is a world famous piece of glassware and an iconic piece of Finnish design created by Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Marsio. Image File history File links Photo taken/uploaded by J. Stander. ... Glassware includes: Drinkware (for beverages) Vases Pitcher (container)s Art glass Art marbles Laboratory glassware Stained glass is not directly glassware, but is closely related. ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer, sometimes called the Father of Modernism in the Nordic countries. ... Aino with husband Alvar Aalto Aino Aalto (born Aino Marsio; 1894-1949) was a Finnish architect and designer. ...

The vase was originally designed as an entry in a design competition for the Karhula-littala glassworks factory in 1936. The design was inspired by the dress of a Sami woman. Called Eskimåkvinnans skinnbyxa (the Eskimo woman's leather breech), the design was comprised of a series of crayon drawings on cardboard and scratch paper. Aalto created initial prototypes by blowing glass in the middle of a composition of wooden sticks stuck into the ground, letting the molten glass swell on only some sides and creating a wavy outline. The vase was originally manufactured by the glassworks factory using a wood mold which was slowly burned away. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps, sometimes also Laplanders) are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. ... Eskimos or Esquimaux is a term referring to aboriginal people who inhabit the circumpolar region, excluding Scandinavia and most of Russia, but including the easternmost portions of Siberia. ...

This vase was later displayed for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. The Soviet pavilion was crowned with a gigantic statue of Labourer and Kolkhoz Woman, by Vera Mukhina. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

The Savoy Vase name is the result of the purchase of the vase, and rights to the design, by the Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki. Aalto never made money with the vase, because the design belonged to the factory for which the design competition entry was produced. Nickname: Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Lord Mayor Jussi Pajunen  - Mayor Pekka Korpinen  - Mayor Ilkka-Christian Björklund  - Mayor Pekka Sauri  - Mayor Paula Kokkonen Area  - City 187. ...

The vase has been manufactured in nearly a full spectrum of colours. The simplicity of the vase continues to be popular in the 21st century. Smaller versions of the vase, just as Aalto designed them with the seams visible and a slight curve at the base, are still produced by glasspressing at the Iittala glass factory in Iittala, Finland. Larger versions are made using Aalto's design, but without seams. Aalto Vase Iittala is a Finnish design company specialising in houseware objects made on the principle of modern Scandinavian design. The Iittala Group consists of a number of businesses within its portfolio of operations: Arabia, Hackman, Iittala, BodaNova, Höganäs Keramik, Rörstrand and Hoyang-Polaris. ...

External links

• Essay on the vase and photograph.
• Aalto vases by iittala.
• Alvar Aalto designs.

References

• Alvar Aalto: The Complete Catalogue of Architecture, Design and Art. Göran Schildt. New York: Rizzoli International, 1994.