PAW GISSEL × TŌSEI

PILLOW SERIES - A collaborative exploration of form, culture and material.

The PILLOW SERIES is a collaboration between Danish photographer Paw Gissel and ceramic artist Tōsei. Bringing together their individual creative perspectives, the project explores the relationship between cultural references, materiality and sculptural form.

Inspired by traditional African headrests encountered by Paw Gissel during his travels across East Africa, the Pillow Series reinterprets these culturally rooted objects through ceramics. Translating their distinctive forms into sculptural stoneware pieces, the collection explores the space between function, symbolism and artistic expression.

For Ark Kollect Collection 22, Paw Gissel × Tōsei presents the Pillow Series, consisting of four objects in black stoneware.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Paw Gissel

Paw Gissel is a Danish photographer whose work spans visual storytelling and cultural exploration. His travels across East Africa inspired the original reference for the Pillow Series, bringing traditional African headrests into the context of contemporary ceramic art.

Tōsei

Tōsei (Longfei Tōsei Wang) is a Copenhagen-based ceramic artist, born in China and raised in Denmark. With a background in classical music and over a decade of experience in visual storytelling, his practice moves between ceramics, art, craft and design.

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ABOUT TŌSEIBO

Tōseibo is a Copenhagen-based ceramic studio founded by Tōsei. Working at the intersection of East Asian aesthetics and Scandinavian design, the studio creates handcrafted ceramic objects with a focus on tea and coffee ware, vessels for flowers and incense.

Through an ongoing exploration of form, function and material, Tōseibo approaches ceramics as both functional design and artistic expression, bringing traditional influences into contemporary everyday life.