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Article: Functional Completen - The Art of Pekka Paikkari.
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Finnish ceramic artist and designer Pekka Paikkari knows how to bend an object. Both flawless and functional, his vases, fruit bowls, and cake trays challenge our concepts of balance and gravity.
The surfaces of Pekka Paikkari's designs appear to be melting. His combined fruit bowl and vase seems unwilling to stand still on a table. Even the flowers are given optimal movement in the vase, infusing as much life as possible into the centerpiece.
The cake tray, on the other hand, stands proudly on three legs. One leg appears broken, although the "wound" is not really dysfunctional. Of course, the tray is not melting, but the remarkable view it offers could ...
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