<img width="640" height="852" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1-700x932.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features a cylindrical vase of thick-walled clear glass with internal decoration of small translucent green discs, many topped by a small air bubble. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1-700x932.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1-170x226.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1.jpg 769w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="33987" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/05/30/a-panther-with-leopard-spots/2019-1-1/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1.jpg" data-orig-size="769,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2019-1-1" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1-225x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-1-1-700x932.jpg" />Saara Hopea (later Saara Hopea-Untracht) began her career as a furniture and lamp designer, but started designing glassware in about 1952, at a time when Finnish design was gaining prominence on the world stage for its strong attention to materials and sense of organic form in a modern idiom. Kaj Frank, Hopea’s former teacher at...
