1969 Kukka vase, green - brown

The 1969 Kukka vase was designed by Heikki Orvola in 1969 and it combines the translucent shades of green and brown glass. The Kukka vase, made of mold-blown glass, takes its shape from the opening bud of a tulip, which brings an organic feel to the considered and symmetrically shaped glass object, creating a balanced and elegant impression.
 
The flower vase was produced in four different sizes and three different colour combinations in Nuutajärvi from 1970 to 1973. The series also includes a bowl that was produced in two different sizes in 1971-1972.

Heikki Orvola

Nuutajärvi Glassworks was established in Urjala in 1793, and until 2014 it was the oldest glass factory still operating in Finland. The Nuutajärvi glass factory area is nowadays listed among the nationally important built cultural environments by The National Board of Antiquities. During its long history, Nuutajärvi Glassworks manufactured everything from window glass to design glass.

Kaj Franck was the longest-running artistic director of the Nuutajärvi Glassworks between 1951 and 1973. The glass factory also employed several other well-known Finnish glass designers such as Gunnel Nyman, Saara Hopea, Oiva Toikka, Heikki Orvola and Kerttu Nurminen. Independent glass designers and artists still work and manufacture glass objects at the Nuutajärvi glass factory area. The Nuutajärvi Glass Museum Prykäri, designed by Kaj Franck, also locates in the area.