Pierre Forssell important brass vase, Skultuna, circa 1960.

Rare and impressive vase design by Pierre Forssell in the 60's and hand made in Skultuna in Sweden. The vase in composed by a brass core and a perforated brass top. Each perforation have been made by hands in Skultuna's factory. Pierre Forsell design.

Dimensions : Height : 10cm / Diameter : 17 cm.

About the designer : Pierre Forssell was born in 1925 and started his artistic education at Konstfack (Stockholm’s University of Arts, Crafts and Design). He began on the decorative painting track, but soon switched to metalwork / silversmithing. From 1955 until about 1986 Forssell worked for Skultuna Messingsbruk (Skultuna), one of Sweden’s oldest brass foundries. There he played a major role in modernizing the firm’s output. From the mid-1960s and onward he increasingly focused on brass, working in a special “studio/atelier” at Skultuna where he had considerable artistic freedom. In this period he created a distinct, modernist — often geometric — form language: his pieces often used basic shapes (spheres, cylinders, cubes, cones) turned into vases, candlesticks, lamps, boxes etc.