Arabia Moomin Jar #6
Tove 100, Small (2014)
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Arabia and their designer Tove Slotte created a colourful design for Tove’s Jubilee series to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the artist and creator of Moomins, Tove Jansson. In additi...
Arabia and their designer Tove Slotte created a colourful design for Tove’s Jubilee series to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the artist and creator of Moomins, Tove Jansson. In addition to the mug there are three different sized jars in the jubilee series. Tove Slotte combined elements of different original illustrations. The original artwork is found in Tove Jansson’s comic strip #18 Moomin and the Golden Tail. The main inspiration for the design came from Tove Jansson’s book The Dangerous Journey. There’s also a special bottom stamp in each jar; the logo of Tove 100 jubilee year.
Additional information
Name
Tove 100, Small
Product category
Moomin Jar
Serial number
6
Production period
2014
Theme
Special products
Brand
Arabia
Product designer
Arabia
Graphic designer
Tove Slotte
Characters
Little My
Salome
Thingumy and Bob
Original images
Comic strip #18 - Moomin and the Golden Tail (1958) - Tove Jansson
Book - The Dangerous Journey (1977) - Tove Jansson
Measurements
Height: 5.7, Width: 9.4, Diameter: 8.5 cm
Weight
290 g
Volume
100 ml
Color
Green
Material
Vitro porcelain
Type
Jar
Designers
Arabia
Arabia was a Finnish design company founded in 1873 specializing in the processing of faijance, tableware and porcelain. The company's product selection consists of popular tableware sets and design products. Valued Arabia products are defined by timeless and strong design and practicality stemming from genuine consumer orientation. Several notable designers, such as Kaj Franck and Birger Kaipiainen, have designed products for Arabia, and Arabia has won numerous design awards. Arabia was acquired by Hackman in 1990 and became one of Hackman's trademarks.
Tove Slotte
Tove Slotte, born in 1957, is a Finnish artist and a graphic designer. She is a professional ceramist. Tove Slotte worked at Arabia from 1985 to 1990, after which she has worked as a freelance designer. She is best known for designing and illustrating the Moomin products for Iittala and Arabia ceramics. Tove Slotte has been a Moomin fan since her childhood. She says her favourite Moomin book is The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My. Tove Slotte has designed the Moomin products for Arabia for more than 30 years.
Characters
Little My
Little My lives in the Moomin house and is a part of the Moomin family, even though she is not really related to the Moomins. Mymble older is her mother, Mymble her sister, and Snufkin his half-brother. In spite of her small size, Little My is very courageous, fearless and brave. Little My is known for being quite feisty and having a sharp sense of humour. Little My always makes her own decisions and acts as she sees fit. She doesn’t let any kind of mayhem disturb her, and loves spending time in narrow and unusual places that most can’t even fit into. Little My is also very curious, she loves secrets and is good at keeping them. Little My has an orange bun of hair and a red dress. Little My first appeared in Tove Jansson’s book The Memoirs of Moominpappa.
Thingumy and Bob
Thingumy and Bob are inseparable, and an interesting duo. They almost always walk hand-in-hand, and their dialect is so bizarre that in the beginning the only one able to understand them was Hemulen. Being very tiny, Thingumy and Bob usually spend their time in narrow and protected places. They are friendly, but not too open towards others. They like to own things and they like to take possession of other people’s valuables. Thingumy and Bob are identical, but Thingumy wears a red cap. They also carry a suitcase with them. Thingumy and Bob were first met in Tove Jansson's novel Finn Family Moomintroll.
Salome
Ötökkä Salome on pieni Taikatalvi-teoksessa esiintynyt nainen, joka tulee talvella uimahuoneella asumaan. Hän asustaa muumien meripihkasta tehdyssä koristeraitiovaunussa. Salome tykkäisi kuunnella myös torvensoittoa, mutta torvea kantavalla Reippailja-Hemulilla ei ole aikaa soitteluun. Tämä tekee Salomen surulliseksi.
