California Design Studio Pottery Bowl Vivika + Otto Heino

California design. Rare piece. Not signed. In the late 1940's, they made some utilitarian ceramics that were unsigned for a short lived company called The Guild. They made in limited...

California design. Super rare scale. Group Artec. Limited production. Survivor. This was originally designed as an ashtray when smoking was the norm. Its utilitarianism has been elev...

California design. McCabe was a California based designer craftsman. He was known for starting McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. He also designed and made furniture. He worked o...

Original vintage architectural design. Indoor outdoor living. Limited production. VKG’s furniture designs were used in the 'Case Study Houses' program promoted by 'Arts & Architectu...

A wonderfully designed and exceptionally rare earthenware six bird's head bowl or pot (bird head works are very coveted among collector's of the Heino's work) by ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. Quite heavy and substantial in Size. The couple were best known for their inspired designs and distinctive glazes. This massive bowl or pot is signed on the underside and is in very good vintage condition with no discernible flaws. Again, quite rare. We have never seen another like it with this many birds. Would be the crown jewel in any collection and sure to stand out in any setting. Dimensions: 10.5" high, 11" diameter The couple are winners of the following awards: Gold Medal from the sixth Biennale internationale de céramique d'art, in Vallauris, France, (1978). Silver medal from the International Ceramics Exhibitions in Ostend, Belgium, (1959) Their work can be found in the following museums and collections: American Craft Museum, New York City, NY American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York County Art Museum and Craft Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Hartford Jewish Community Center, Hartford, Connecticut Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California Mingei Museum, San Diego Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah Picasso Museum in Vallauris, France St. Paul Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois Ventura County...

A wonderfully designed and gorgeously glazed large earthenware bowl by ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. Quite heavy and solid .The couple were best kn...

Otto & Vivika Heino design studio craft vases, both signed and dated by artists. Selling them together but available separately if desired. In very good original condition without da...

Studio pottery ceramic vase by California Modern ceramicist couple Otto and Vivika Heino, c.1984, USA. The wheel thrown piece features an all over brown glaze and hand impressed leaf...