Andersen Design Mid-Century Tall Elliptical Vase with Tree wicker demijohn a lot of them actually

a lot of them actually made by women in internment camps during WWII

or wrap a ribbon around the handle and hang it from the wall

eye-catching piece that that would lend a lovely final touch to many an outfit

Through the eyes holes show glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white)

She refers to the women in sculptures such as this one as storytellers--mouths open

Andersen Design Mid-Century Tall Elliptical Vase with Tree wicker demijohn a lot of them actuallyThis striking vase is a quintessential example of the mid century work of Andersen Design Studio, a pottery studio in East Boothbay, Maine founded by the late Weston (1922 2015) and Brenda Andersen in 1952. I really love the sensibilities this piece brings together: one part Brutalist, one part Organic Modern, and one part pure Maine! The body, with a bit of a grainy texture, is kind of a stony gray bisque, and the wonderfully branching bare tree an