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Kosta Boda Atelier
Limited Edition 200 by Bertil Vallien.
If you're Vallien
collector this is for you, Only a handful left!
Glass Block with Face - Limited Edition 200 by Bertil Vallien.
This piece was designed and presented in 2002. Stone base included.
Height 9.2 in./230 mm
Width 3.6 in./90 mm
Length 7.6 in./180 mm
Weight 7.2 lbs./4 kg
RETAIL $ 980.00
Bertil Vallien - A Renewer of Swedish Glass
Bertil Vallien has become known over much of the world for
his sand moulds. His metre-long ships and mysterious heads of glass
are well known to collectors, and Bertil Vallien is represented at
the foremost art museums in the USA, Europe and Japan. Art is a
kind of research, says Bertil Vallien. In the studio and the
blowing room an endless discussion goes on between the many
faithful and skilled artisans who have been involved for almost
forty years in Bertil’s astonishing expedition
in glass. Born in 1938. Designer at Kosta Boda since 1963 with a
studio at the Ã…fors glassworks.
Encapsulation and the search for freedom The circle of motifs
of Sweden’s best-known artist Bertil Vallien -
one of the truly groundbreaking figures of Swedish glass art!
The artistic theme of Heads originated in a newspaper article
about a young woman in 1870s’ Småland
who fell unconscious in an accident and remained so throughout much
of her adult life, awakening only in her forties. Dreamlike,
ominous and mysterious, the heads stand on pillars of
Öland stone. Or rest on the floor, inviting us to peer
into a hidden world. Glass is an artistic medium that allows us to
see deep into the interior, and Bertil Vallien uses the extra
dimension to relate to this real-life tale. So strongly did this
fascinating story capture Vallien’s imagination
that over recent years he has produced an enormous variety of heads
in diverse formats.
In 2001 Bertil Vallien became the first Swede to receive the
highly prestigious VISIONARIES! Award, which is given out each year
by the American Craft Museum to honour and promote the leading
artistic visionaries and passionate spokespeople in the artistic
sphere.
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