Ana-suromai objects were created as a celebration of femininity. As a reminder of the times when people believed that as much as the vagina has the gift of giving life, it also has the ability to take it. They clung to its power so much that when a severe storm approached, they would send women to the highest point in the neighborhood to roll up their skirts to appease the element. In Irish medieval churches, castles and on gateposts we can find Sheela at a gig.

Some of these stone-carved figures, depicting a naked squatting woman with an enlarged vulva, are called "The Evil Eye Stones" supporting the theory that they were created to scare off the devil.
Bowls with this size, distinctive shape and glass color bearing the name "Ferrari red" were designed as solitary pieces. The author is Petra Tomišová, a graduate of the Glass Studio at UMPRUM.

Petra Tomišová, Tableware, Objects, Bowls and dishes