Meissen has launched a new collection inspired by the Amazon. With the new “The Meissen Amazon Collection”, Meissen awakens the extraordinary beauty of the Amazon, and demonstrates the entire artistic skills of the manufactory.
The collection consists of an exclusive floor vase, three large-format murals, which can be combined to form a triptych and five Meissen mugs. Under the title “Make the world a better place”, 10 per cent of the proceeds from the Meissen Amazonas Art products are donated to EKOSFERA, and with every purchase of a Meissen Amazonas mug, a donation goes to projects that support the preservation of the rainforest.
The large vase by Chinese artist Zhuoyu Hou served as the perfect stage for Meissen designer Lena Hensel to bring the exotic natural spectacle to life. The Meissen porcelain painters Heike Wuttke and Michaela Hummitzsch covered the vase with the fascinating world of the dense, tropical rainforest. Iconic animals such as the hyacinth macaw, the yolk toucan and the bearded emperor tamarin were brought to life in intense colours, a naturalistic painting style and with various, complex painting techniques.
At the beginning of the 20th century, animal sculpture experienced a renaissance in Meissen porcelain. Well-known animal sculptors such as Georg Pilz, Otto Jarl and August Gaul, followed by the manufactory’s own geniuses such as Paul Walther, created masterpieces of naturalistic animal sculpture for the Meissen manufactory. Exclusively for the “Make the world a better place” project, the Pepper Eater bird figure was given new staffage, with shimmering colour which is unsurpassed. Other exotic animal figures such as the parrot, the macaw and the panther complete the collection.
The unique mugs show lifelike replicas of the flora and fauna of the tropical rainforest. Amazonas mugs make a positive contribution to saving the Amazon. With every purchase a donation goes to projects that support the preservation of the rainforest. In this way, a person’s CO2 footprint is offset for three months. This is verified after purchase with an exclusive certificate.
