Posts tagged ‘Figgjo’

Jun 13

Figgjo//Stavangerflint “Florry”

Stavangerflint//Figgjo “Florry” 1960s

This is a design by Nils Aarrestad Siversten(b1920, Stavanger, Norway) called “Florry”. A stoneware (Ildfast) series. From what I can find the design dates to 1960 .

It was designed at Stavangerflint, and you can find some with the Stavangerflint stamp, and others with the Figgjo stamp – which means it was still in production when Figgjo and Stavangerflint merged in 1968.

Nils Siversten also designed for Stavangerflint “Amber”, “Bardu”, “Beito”, and “Karin” designs as well as a very popular series of decorative objects under the name of “Rondane”.

One of the charming features of this design is that the motif is a different colour on each side.

May 21

Figgjo Annemarie

Figgjo Norway, Annemarie

Kirsten Selmer Medgård designed the decor of Annemarie which was produced between 1971 and 1977. The form designers were Jørg Lion Nilsen and Ragnar Grimsrud who designed many of the forms for Figgjo in this era.

The pieces from the Kirsten Dekor series are typified by their bright, bold and colourful “flat” floral designs – but it seems the designs are much harder to find that Turi design pieces – perhaps made in smaller number due to the popularity of series like Lotte and Market.

Kirsten also design the stunning “Saturn” design for Figgjo which seems to be incredibly rare. It has equally bright, bold graphics in her distinctly “flat graphics” style – this time in stunning blue hues.