14 December 2006
Here is Lotte van Laatum’s interpretation of 17th century Turkish kaftans worn by royal sultans . The design pattern is based on the abstraction of a tulip which is probably the closest item to a national icon in Holland, but is ironically an import from Turkey and Central Asia. And, Lotte’s intentions when creating the vase appear to be that juxtaposition of Turkish and Dutch cultures. I’m afraid I couldn’t find the best picture of this work, but if you were to see it in person, the shape is sort of a silhouette that has been extruded back about 4 inches making the piece a bulkier, more striking figure. I believe the vase is produces by Haans, but I wasn’t able to find this object in their collection.
Object: Tulip Vases
Designer: Lotte van Laatum
Manufacturer: Haans
Price: Not Found
Lust Factor: Warm
Categories: Ceramics | Houswares | Lust Factor: Warm | Red | White
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Comments: 3 Comments
February 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
The Tulipa vases are indeed being produced by Haans and they have become available just one week ago. Lotte van Laatum brought me the first two and the bigger nr 3 will be here this week. Together with a museum in Utrecht I am (in The Hague) one of the two places that currently sells them. Check out my site for good pictures of all THREE vases in both red and (very gorgeous, especially nr 2) black. Also for sale online there.
February 26th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Beautiful! Thanks for the information. I was looking for a place to buy this vase everywhere. Your site is at http://www.endavid.nl just in case people don’t know to click on your name.
February 27th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
[...] Yesterday, a guy from the Netherlands left a comment on my blog announcing that he had this vase that I had profiled a while back for sale on his site. The piece he pointed out to me was this fabulous Tulip vase by Lotte van Laatum which sells for about $140. So, I went to check it out, and it turns out he had several really great pieces for sale on his site. One of which was this record bowl. In college here in the U.S., I think it’s standard practice for a student who is a creative type to make a record bowl. All you do is get out a pretty powerful, full heat hair dryer and blast the record with hot air as you slowly press the record into a ceramic bowl. What you come out with is an oddly shaped weird looking record bowl. This bowl I’m featuring is so much more refined than that. It’s made of two bowls fused at the edges. The top record has a subtle and slight curve while the bottom record has three small, space-age legs popping out. I’m asking for one of these for my birthday, for sure. [...]