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Lollipop Isle
Toikka, Oiva, born 1931 - died 2019 - Enlarge image
Lollipop Isle
- Object:
Sculpture
- Place of origin:
Finland (made)
- Date:
1969 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Toikka, Oiva, born 1931 - died 2019 (designer)
Nuutajärvi Glassworks (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Clear and coloured glass, moulded and free-blown
- Credit Line:
Donation of Oy Wärtsilä AB, via Mr. E. Holmberg (general manager)
- Museum number:
CIRC.444-1969
- Gallery location:
Glass, Room 131, case 36, shelf 2
'Lollipop Isle' was a favourite theme of the Finnish designer Oiva Toikka. This piece, chosen from an exhibition of Finnish arts and crafts held in London in 1969, seems to be one of the earliest examples. Toikka began his career at the Arabia ceramics factory and became art director at the Nuutajärvi glassworks in 1963. By the early 1970s Toikka was designing glass forms clearly related to this piece, but they were floor-standing and had a freer and more exuberant style.