CUP

This cup was made on a potter's wheel in the artist's own studio.
It is made from a coarse clay, similar to red clay mixed with grog. After applying slip, it was fired with a transparent glaze.
The transparent glaze covers the inside and the upper 70% of the outside.
The signature reads 'AHO MADE IN FINLAND', making it a rare piece.
*There are several glaze chips on the rim.
I selected this piece from about 20 similar works, and since all of them had glaze chips, I concluded that this is a characteristic of this artist's work.

KAARINA AHO｜KAARINA AHO｜1925–1990｜FINLAND

Kaarina Aho (Kaarina Aho) was a Finnish female ceramist and designer. She was born in 1925 into a culturally prominent family; her grandfather was the national author Juhani Aho, and her grandmother was the artist Venny Soldan-Brofeldt.

After graduating from the Central School of Arts and Crafts, she joined Arabia's product design department in 1946 as Kaj Franck's first assistant, and worked as a designer from 1949 to 1962, designing numerous products.

In 1957, her BL model mocha cup won a gold medal at the Milan Triennale.

Initially at Arabia, she was dissatisfied with duties such as decorating mass-produced items and submitted her resignation, but the company did not accept it. Instead, she gained access to almost all departments at Arabia, acquiring various skills.

While belonging to the product design department, she also created one-of-a-kind works on the potter's wheel and held her own exhibitions. After leaving Arabia in 1962, she established her own studio and continued to create works as an artist.