Editing Eva Zeisel (section)

==Personal style==
Eva Zeisel's designs are made for use. The inspiration for her sensuous forms often comes from the curves of the human body. Her sense of form and color, as well as her use of bird themes, show influence from the [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] folk arts she grew up with.<ref name="Departures">{{cite web|url=http://www.departures.com/articles/evas-ardor|title=Eva's Ardor|last=McGee|first=Celia|date=March 2007|publisher=Departures Magazine}}</ref> Most of Zeisel's designs, whether in wood, metal, glass, plastic or ceramics, are designed in family groups. Many of her designs nest together creating modular designs that also function to save space.

Zeisel describes her designs in a New York Sun article: "I don't create angular things. I'm a more circular person—it's more my character....even the air between my hands is round."<ref>Herrup, Katharine; A Potter, a Pioneer, A Candlestick Maker; The New York Sun, At Home Section, March 3, 2007</ref>

Among her most collected shapes are the eccentric, biomorphic "Town and Country" dishes, produced by [[Red Wing Pottery]], in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wroten|first=Timothy|title=Remembering New York Designer Eva Zeisel|url=http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/remembering-new-york-designer-eva-zeisel/|work=Behind the Scenes Blog|publisher=The New-York Historical Society|access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref> This set includes the iconic "mother and child" salt and pepper shakers.