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Finnish glassart & design
Ella Varvio6.11.2018
Ella Varvio
Glass artist, designer
Specialized in combining illustrations and glass. Contemporary glass art, exhibitions Finland and abroad
Graduate from Aalto University 2015
Ma Thesis:Conscience of glass - Makers of artistic and artisan glass in Finland: realities, vocation and relationship with the industrial past
This year : artist-in-residence at the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and instructor at UrbanGlass studios
Photo: Ammi Lahtinen / Galleria Mafka&Alakoski
History of Finnish glass
from creative industry to small studios
Photo: http://www.hagelstam.fi/jung-valter-1879-1946http://scandinaviancollectors.tumblr.com/post/85299333230/alvar-aalto-savoy-vase-1936-originally-designed
Valter Jung Alvar Aalto
https://www.woont.com/en/Designers/Tapio-Wirkkala-4310Photo: Bukowskis
Tapio Wirkkala
Photo: Bukowskis http://intoglass.blogspot.fi/2013/09/taidetta-lasista.html
Oiva Toikka
Nanny StillTimo Sarpaneva
Kerttu Nurminen
Heikki Orvola
Saara Hopea
Kaj Franck
Erkki Vesanto
Tamara Aladdin
Aimo Okkolin
Helena Tynell
Gunnell Nyman
Arttu Brummer
Aino Aalto
…
Photo: Bukowskis
Finnish Glass Now!
Iittala – factory of nostalgia?
Home and living brand & factory unit
Part of Fiskars Group
No more in-house glass designers > product design on freelance basis
Long product development
Pictures: Iittala.com
More versatile scene of small scale operators
Small studios : independent makers, co-operatives, associations
Educational institutes
Challenges : income, marketing, high material costs, pushing towards high-end design and fine art
One person hustling many roles
IKEA0,59e/piece
Iittala13,50e/2pieces
Mafka&Alakoski28e/piece
Images and price information (3.11.2018) : ikea.com, iittala.com, mafka-alakoski.fi
Glass places in Finland - not all:
Nuutajärvi Village of glassmaking since 1793School for glassblowingSummer exhibitions
RiihimäkiThe Finnish Glass MuseumGlass studios: Mafka&Alakoski, Lasismi
IittalaGlass factory
HelsinkiAalto UniversityDesign Museum, Iittala & Arabia Design CentreGalleries :Lokal, Forsblom, Mafka&Alakoski, etcAuction houses :Hagelstam, Bukowskis, etcSarpaneva DesignHytti ry
Nuutajärvi
Nuutajärvi Summer exhibition 2014Works by Alma Jantunen on foreground, Envelope on the background by Markku Salo
Lasisimi, RiihimäkiMafka & Alakoski, Riihimäki Riihimäki
The Finnish Glass Museum Riihimäki
Aalto University Hytti ry, Helsinki
Contemporary Finnish Glass Art
Photo: Renata Jakowleff
Renata Jakowleff
Photo: Muotobetoni
Kirsti Taiviola
Photo: Kirsti Taiviola
Markku SaloPhotos: Markku Salo
Pekka Jylhä
Photo: www.pekkajylha.fi
Helmi Remes
Photo: Rosenthal Gmbh
Photo: Timo Syrjänen
Katriina Nuutinen
Photos: katriinanuutinen.fi
Riikka Latva-Somppi
Riikka Haapasaari
Laura Aalto-Setälä
Sini Majuri
Alma Jantunen
Johannes Rantasalo
Anu Penttinen
Gina Salaris
Heikki Viinikainen
Marja Hepo-aho
Joonas Laakso
Kaappo Lähdesmäki
Hanna-Kaarina Heikkilä
Sauli Suomela
…
Ella Varvio
Katzstudio, TampereMafka&Alakoski studio, RiihimäkiCarpenter in Nuutajärvi
The Diver 2012 Photo: Iiro Immonen
Two faces of a drowned man 2012Photo: Iiro Immonen
In Tsar’s Garden 2014Photo: Heidi-Hanna Karhu
Let it bloom! 2017Nemeton vases 2017
Photos: Iiro Immonen
In case of extra time …
Heikki Viinikainen: Babushka for Nord Design 2017:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkxxrkMx_OQ
Iittala promotional video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMSMceTrnGg