Mara Skujeniece is a skilled Latvian designer currently living in Amsterdam who creates pieces that have been called, “Honest with a beautiful simplicity.” Which I couldn’t agree with more! Mara’s ceramic work is so lovely, I particularly am fond of her “spool” series of vases that have been made to look like spools of thread and yarn. An arrangement of these on a table with a lovely background of either a patterned wall or a color, like indigo blue or even a mustard yellow hue would really make these stand out so well. They would also look nice collected on a table in front of a window so you can have the sunlight and a mixture of greens from the outdoors beyond them…
Mara’s company name is Studio Skujeniece and she produces all of her beautiful things in house from furniture to interior products and Mara is also a teacher at the Design Academy Eindhoven. You can find more of her work on Zilu, an online shop introduced to me a few times by friends already but today when reader Maltien wrote in to share Zilu yet again, I knew I had to scour the site and find some treasures and the first place my eyes rested was on the work of Mara Skujenience.
(images: mara kujenience)
July 27th, 2010 at 7:16 am
I had to blink my eyes, because I have exactly the same shapes of yarn bobins for weaving standing in my shelf and here they are reborn as delicate, pure white porcelain vases! I love the dinner service with its sketches, each plate and cup is embellished with a different drawing.Beautiful work!
July 27th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Very beautiful!
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July 27th, 2010 at 9:33 am
I especially like Mara’s thread spool design because I collect real spools of white and cream thread. She does excellent work!
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Oh wow! Those are beautiful! I am always looking for white pieces for my espresso-colored room! I may be in trouble. :)
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Oh wow. *Gorgeous*.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
wow.. loving the spool series.. so lifelike..
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
i normally don’t pay attention to ceramics, but these are beautiful in their simplicity!
July 27th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
These are gorgeous! I love the shapes and finish.
The spools of thread are brilliant!
July 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Wow, I’m a real sucker for cheramics. There are so many talanted people out there! I have to maka a visit for that site you mention.
Jenny
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
those vases are gorgeous
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
All white ceramics are so lovely…
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July 27th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
These are a treat for the eyes. Imagine making vases from yarn! She’s really talented.
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July 28th, 2010 at 3:56 am
Me encanta el juego de porcelana. Son todos preciosos.
Besujis!!!!
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July 29th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Oh, those vases are amazing!
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July 31st, 2010 at 5:35 pm
As someone who has sewn for 35 years the spool vases caught my eye immediately. They are absolutely perfect.
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March 5th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Very beautyfull vases. They remind me of some West German pottery from the mid century.
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February 3rd, 2012 at 7:37 pm
These are beautiful, thanks for sharing.