Oiva Toikka

Finnish glass designer. Trained in ceramics at the University of Art and Design Helsinki; Arabia (1956–59); Nuutajärvi glassworks from 1963; his Birds by Toikka (from 1972, more than 400 mouth-blown birds) and Kastehelmi tableware for Iittala; Lunning Prize (1970), Prins Eugen Medal (2001)

From 1963: Kastehelmi (about 1964), the unique Pampula vase (1968), Kiikkuri (Red-throated Diver, 1975) and the Birds by Toikka

Studied with, assisted or worked with

Nuutajärvi

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Museum and public collections

Cleveland Museum of Art · Victoria and Albert Museum

From the museums’ own open collection data, glass works dated 1950 or later.

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