Eva Zeisel

Published: August 15, 2014

Favorite travel destination
Budapest

My work is

The playful search for beauty
Inspiration comes from
Lovely gardens, the human body
Greatest lesson learned
After spending 16 months in a Stalinist prison, I felt that all life after that was a gift

I love
A rounded shape that fits nicely into the hand
Eva Zeisel

Product Designer

www.evazeiseloriginals.com



Mentor
Angel Zárraga, a Mexican painter I met in Paris in the ’20s, who guided me when I painted my self-portrait

Recently completed products
Plexiglas picture frames, pendant lamps, flatware, and handblown glass vases for Gump’s San Francisco (shown)




My most successful design
Hallcraft, now reproduced as Classic Century by Royal Stafford

Every tabletop should have
A centerpiece or vase

Color of choice
Orange

My happy place
In my studio/country house sitting in front of the fire