Called Eskimåkvinnans skinnbyxa (the Eskimo woman's leather breech),[3] the design consisted of a series of crayon drawings on cardboard and scratch paper.
Aalto created initial prototypes by blowing glass in the middle of a composition of wooden sticks stuck into the ground, letting the molten glass swell on only some sides and creating a wavy outline.
The initial manufacture of the vase was not without problems and the original idea of using molds made of thin steel sheets forced together to form closed sinuous shapes had to be abandoned.
The vase was originally manufactured by the glassworks factory using a wood mold which was slowly burned away.
In recent times the vase has achieved iconic status, inspiring adaptations and appropriations by contemporary designers including Jan Ctvrtnik,[4] Maxim Velčovský [cs][5] and Tobi Wong.