Mid-Century Ceramic Candleholders by Marianne Suda brustalist The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored

The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

which appears to have been original to the construction of the piece

Naturally at home amid Mid-Century decor

which is applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object

a folk art carver from Fitzgerald

Mid-Century Ceramic Candleholders by Marianne Suda brustalist The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua coloredThese geometrically patterned candleholders, c. mid 1960s, are a great example of the work of Marianne Suda, a ceramic artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1928, who Immigrated to Canada in 1954 and was based in Quebec. Suda was strongly influenced by both Danish Modern pottery and native Canadian art influences which I think wonderfully merge in these earthy and strikingly graphic hand formed candleholders. They are made of dark brown clay with cream,