Jonsberg Vase

Hella JongeriusWW-2005-092585

2005·Stoneware, feldspar porcelain·34 × 30 cm (13 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

<p>Hella Jongerius’s Jonsberg Vase for IKEA is a perfect example of the fusion of nostalgia and the avant-garde through the use of embroidery in contemporary design. The vase itself has a clean-lined, classic shape that would be fitting in a minimalist modern setting without any embellishment. Jongerius, however, is known for reinterpreting normative conventions of craft to produce new hybrids that are imbued with warmth, nostalgia, and fun. Here her figurative floral pattern is pierced into the vase in a manner reminiscent of needlepoint. The merging of these two apparently incongruent traditions renders the vase—because of the ornamental perforations—anything but functional.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 2005
Medium: Stoneware, feldspar porcelain
Dimensions: 34 × 30 cm (13 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Hella Jongerius

Artist

Hella Jongerius

Ceramics

Hella Jongerius is a Dutch designer and artist working across ceramics, textiles, and furniture to examine the relationship between craft tradition and industrial production. Her practice often employs imperfection, layering, and tactile surface variation as deliberate formal strategies rather than technical failures. Working from her studio in Rotterdam, she has developed a distinctive approach to color saturation and material redundancy that resists the efficiency logic of mass manufacturing.

De Meern, Netherlands

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