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vetraio50
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Both of these birds are by Oiva Toikka.
Both are signed Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi Notsjö .
They date to around 1972.
The larger one, the green sieppo was one of my first Finnish pieces.
The second little flycatcher was bought some time later.
I liked the way that these pieces were signed.
"Signed = good" was one of my mantras in those days.
That was probably a mistake! I should have trusted my taste, my "eye"
But I still like these little birds. They were among his earliest.
Professor Oiva Toikka is one of the greatest names in Finnish glass.
He has created over 500 variations of glassblown birds. Collecting Toikka glass birds has become an international activity, with rarities being as eagerly tracked down and talked about as their real equivalents in the ornithological world. These days the birds are produced by Iittala.
Oiva Toikka has enjoyed an international career and has received numerous awards, among them the Lunning Prize, Pro Finlandia Medal, World Glass Now 85 Award, Kaj Franck Design Prize and the Prince Eugen Medal.
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Very nice!
They tend to migrate to vary spots around the apartment. At the moment the are in the bathroom with some Sapaneva items: two pinottava pullos.
A belated thanks to all those loves & likes:
tikiray,jojomang,marcobabe13, cindyjune, Mark, FineLines, not2fancy4me, wolcott1 & BeauxPurdy.
Many thanks BELLIN68!
Many thanks AmberRose!
Many thanks RitaA !
Many thanks to inky, miKKo and austro too!
Many thanks eye4beauty!
Many thanks AmberRose!
Many thanks mustangtony!
very beautiful i have to say again, i just gotten the two books from the library last , fire and ice, fire and smoke . they had a page or two on these beautys , so when i gotten the books last night they told me they were due back this friday and they never called me to tell that these came 3 weeks ago.
Speed reading! Thanks for the memories!
i did speed and took some pictures as well:) and im going to get an extention:)
Sean, if you see this can you have a look at my Facebook page?
yes ill will look right now:)
i just looked im so turning drk green in every way:) job well done kevin:)
Many thanks Sisu!
Many thanks bratjdd!