Typical Maxim Velčovský. In 2005, he took traditional porcelain figurines, purely decorative items, and cut a "slot for coins" into them. That's provocative DIY design. The result was piggy banks; now the figurines had a function!

Here, too, Velčovský applied his favorite technique of redesign. He started with a kitschy "vintage" sculpture of a squirrel sitting on its hind legs, which he improved by adding an elongated slit to the figure's back, thus transforming it into a piggy bank. The designer was referencing a time when porcelain figurines were worth a fortune and therefore affordable only to a select few.

The figures were produced in very small quantities and there is no "opening" to remove what was thrown in (without breaking it).