Description:

Oiva Toikka for Nuutajärvi, large bird.
Large hand-blown art glass bird with an opaline white body, green-toned head, and smoky-to-violet sections with layered colour effects; a characteristic example of Finnish studio glass from the 1980s.

Origin: Finland.
Designer: Oiva Toikka.
Material: Art glass.
Dimensions: H. 7 cm, L. 22 cm.
Period: 1980s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear.

Bio:
Oiva Toikka (1931–2019) was one of Finland’s most significant glass designers, celebrated in particular for his imaginative, organic bird sculptures produced in collaboration with the Nuutajärvi glassworks. The series became an icon of Finnish modernism and studio glass, where freeform shaping, layered colour, and subtle hand-made variation give each bird an individual character.