Oko Pop Ceramic Vase, Smiley By Malwina Konopacka

Oko Pop ceramic vase - Smiley by Malwina KonopackaUnique Sculpture ( Decorated and hand painted by the artist )Materials: Impregnated ceramics, glazed interior, sgraffito yellow glaze, overglaze paintingDimensions: D19, D42 cm.Also available: Circus, mushroom, daisy denim. OKO came first and lent the name to the whole collection. It was first presented in 2014 as part of Tokyo Designers Week and has since had numerous re-editions and collection launches, all decorated and hand painted by the artist. Its organic spindle-shaped form and trademark spherical depressions together with graphic patterns and colours pay tribute to history and craftsmanship while maintaining a distinct contemporary character. The OKO vase features in polish art and history of art textbook as an example of 21st century design.The OKO POP ceramic vase is top of the POP collection. Referring to the fashionable in the 60s and 70s denim appears for the first time in the color palette used by Malwina Konopacka. Flowers evoke associations with the aesthetics of the 60s and 70s.POP is a new collection of ceramic vases and ceramic objects by Malwina Konopacka, presented on Children's Day, June 1, 2021. It tells about carefree fun. The leitmotif of the collection is Smiley - a pictogram invented in 1963 by Harvey Ball. Patterns from the POP collection refer to the popular culture of the 60s and 70s and entertainment that can be organized at home and in the vicinity. While working on the collection, Malwina Konopacka has painted less and more often chose illustrations in colored glazes.Malwina Konopacka - designer and illustrator, author of the OKO ceramics collection. Born in 1982 in Warsaw, she studied Industrial Design at the Academy of fine Arts in Warsaw and illustration at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. As an illustrator, she worked for print media and it was indeed her passion for illustration that resulted in the first OKO vases – born out of artistic curiosity that pushed the artist to examine how a familiar drawing would work in the three-dimensional world of everyday objects. The first object from the OKO family was conceived in 2014 and since then the family has been constantly growing.