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Monday, June 23, 2014

Collecting: Tapio Wirkkala jewelry

I've chosen one of my favorite designers, Tapio Wirkkala, as the subject of the first post in a series called "Collecting" that I plan to write each month.

I have a couple of Wirkkala's ceramic pieces, the Kingfisher and Pollo vases, and we've had a number of his Ultima Thule glass pieces and his vases for Rosenthal in our store, but I don't have any of his jewelry. Don't think for a second that I don't aspire to owning a piece or two. I would love to have a Half Moon or Viking pendant. In fact, they're on my "Things to Buy Before I Die" Pinterest board.


Silver Moon (Hopea kuu) pendant
christies.com

Half Moon (Puolikuu) pendant
invaluable.com

Crescent Moon (Kuunsirppi) pendant
nordlingsantik.com

Apple (Omena) pendant
nordlingsantik.com

Devil's Head (Pirun pää) pendant
scandinaviancollectors.tumblr.com

Bracelet
bukowskis.com

Viking (Viikinki) pendant
phillips.com

8 comments:

  1. Happy birthday Dana! I hope you do score one of those exquisite jewelry pieces as a gift to yourself.

    By the way, it is also World Typewriter Day today. (:

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    1. Boy, is my face red! I had originally scheduled this post for June 27 (my REAL birthday), but I did some moving around of posts and forgot what I said in my first sentence.

      Thanks for the birthday wishes. You're off the hook for the 27th! :)

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  2. Happy Birthday Dana! have a wonderful day and I hope one day you get hold of one of these exquisite pieces of jewellery - I didn't know anything about Wirkkala jewellery - what superb pieces!

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    1. Wirkkala was such a multi-talented designer. I'd love to have one of his pieces of jewelry. Sorry for the premature birthday announcement as a result of rescheduling posts. It's really the 27th, but consider your good wishes moved forward a few days. :)

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  3. Happy Birthday to one of my favorite bloggers!

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    1. Thanks for the birthday wishes, even if I did move some posts around and announce it a few days early. :)

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    1. Consider your birthday wishes the equivalent of a post-dated check. I'll cash them on the 27th, and next time I'll read over my posts before I reschedule them. :)

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