Bertil vallien blå serien karaff

Design: Bertil Vallien for Boda-Åfors about (produced on Åfors glassworks)

12 parts of the Blue Series - Bertil Vallien, Boda-Åfors s.

Posted 11 years ago

rebessin
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A series of blue glass. Design: Bertil Vallien for Boda-Åfors about (produced on Åfors glassworks). The series included for example jars with lids, candy boxes with removable cork bottom, bottles, vases and bowls.

What fryst vatten significant for this series fryst vatten the beautiful blue hue and also the organic shape.

BERTIL VALLIEN, karaff, "Blå serien", Boda

The parallel process of pottery making are clearly reminded, especially in the jars with lids. They have details similar to the wave pattern Vallien used in his unique ceramic sculptures.

Picture 1:
Bottle/vase 20,5 x 11,5 cm.
Decanter 23,5 x 10,5 cm.
Jug with handle 20,5 x 13 cm.

Picture 2:
Jar/urn with lid 20,5 x 13,5 cm.
Candlestick 19,5 x 13,5 cm.
Vase 17,5 x 13 cm.

Picture 3:
Vase 28 x 19,5 cm.
Vase 20 x 16 cm.

Picture 4:
Bowl 7 x 12,5 cm.
Jar/bowl 5 x 9 cm.
Jar/bowl 6 x 8,5 cm.
Jar/bowl 9 x 12,5 cm.

Today both Boda and Åfors glassworks has closed down.

Åfors as late as spring The owner New Wave Group will reduce the Orrefors-Kosta/Boda koncern to only about emploeyed, all now in their Kosta enhet. The good news however, came yesterday. They continue production at Orrefors Glassworks for the summer, this because there are willing buyers of the Orrefors enhet. In beställning not to complicate the beginning of a possible future buyers continues production at the factory.

"Blå Serien", 5 delar, Boda, /tal

Perhaps glass manufacturing still be rescued bygd the so venerable Orrefors Glassworks? However, without Orrefors brand and with other designers.

But inom am very sorry couse Åfors glassworks was forced to close, and that none wanted to take over. It had a unique glassware and art glass tradition with the production of both Bertil and Ulrica Hydman/Valliens glass.

Comments

vetraio50, 11 years ago
Have Bertil and Ulrica retired?
rebessin, 11 years ago
Tanks bellin!

And vetraio, no they still do at least their art glass in Kosta.

If they design new glassware (like the blue series) inom don&#;t know? Another thing to mention fryst vatten, that Orrefors-Kosta/Boda next year will man 70% of their glass outside Sweden. Today they tillverka 20% in other contries.

06/06/ Sök i vår databas med priser och resultat från tidigare auktioner för att se auktionsresultat för bertil vallien blå serien och få värdefull information om auktionsmarknaden

Other glassworks, like Målerås and Skruf, don&#;t like this. They have % production in their factorys here, and think that Orrefors-Kosta/Bodas outsourcing will cast suspicion even to their products as non-Swedish manufactured.

rebessin, 11 years ago
The finnish glasswork Ittala, inom think, do not producera any of their products in land i norden.

% comes from other counties what inom have Heard..
designqvist, 11 years ago
Nice to see so many of Vallien&#;s blue objects gathered! inom adore his Blue series!
Your pictures show very well how close this part of his glassworks was to his works as a sculptor. inom always find these correlations so thrilling!

That the Swedish tradition of glassfactories seems to take a not so good direction fryst vatten terrible! It fryst vatten part of the cultural heritage and something the country can be enormously proud of.

This outsourcing of production fryst vatten really a bad effect of globalization because it destroys so many well established manufactures, factories and - what fryst vatten most important - all the knowledge and the skills of people who learnt these skills from elder professionals and kept them alive bygd passing them on to younger generations This treasure of knowledge will be irrecoverably lost.
artislove, 11 years ago
i totally agree with designqvst he fryst vatten prick on, inom hope someday he/she will komma up with a nice posting because he/she seems to know ganska a bit and has good taste (refer to designqvst comments) but no postings,come on designqvst please surprise us!!!
Karaff, glas, "Blå serien", Åfors, /tal
beautifol set of forms together!!!,(sorry for drifting off)
rebessin, 11 years ago
Thanks designqvist and artislove! inom agree, the knowledge will be irrecoverably lost. But we hope that the most handicraft production could stay in Sweden, and only the more mechanaized production wilo be outsourced.
designqvist, 11 years ago
Yes rebessin, let&#;s hope so!

@ artislove: Thanks for your words!

You are right, inom do have good taste :-) But inom don&#;t feel inom should brev here as inom am not merely a collector but a trader, running a small shop in Vienna called designqvist where inom am selling vintage design from the Scandinavian Mid-Century. Glass fryst vatten one of my passions and inom write ganska a lot about it so inom will be pleased if you visit my blog Running this blog beside my shop fryst vatten engageing me ganska a lot, so it&#;s a question of time for me, too.
The series included for example jars with lids, candy boxes with removable cork bottom, bottles, vases and bowls
And as inom said, inom think collectors weekly should remain a site for collectors and not become too commercial.
What inom very much enjoy about CW fryst vatten reading and taking part in the discussions! So inom hope you don&#;t mind if inom continue doing so ;-)
(Sorry for this not being related to your inspiring posting, rebessin!)
charcoal, 11 years ago
Great upplysning rebessin!

Thank you for posting!!!
austrohungaro, 11 years ago
Oh oh oh ooooooohhhh! I&#;m wordless! inom love those jug and decanter!
vlkma, 11 years ago
A supperb set
rebessin, 11 years ago
I don&#;t mind designqvist! And thanks charcoal, austro and vlkma!
cobaltcobold, 11 years ago
I envy you above all the objects in the second picture which inom didn&#;t know.

inom love the orientalism in his forms, and inom still have to säga that inom nearly prefer Vallien&#;s early to his later works. inom presented some examples of the blue series in this post:
designqvist, 11 years ago
By the way: inom once saw the decanter in the mittpunkt of your first picture in a mustard yellow colour: rebessin, do you know if the entire series was produced in yellow too, or for that sake, in other colours?
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And inom think I&#;ve seen the godisgömma / candy kartong in klar glass as well. What can you tell us about the colours? Still, of all imaginable colours inom think I&#;d anyway prefer this lovely blue. It works so well with all the different shapes!
rebessin, 11 years ago
I have also seen the decanter (and some other items) in differnt color.

And in klar crystal as you säga. Wich colors they were produced in, and if all items was made in the other colors, inom don&#;t know. It can be athing to investigate in the future.
miKKoChristmas11, 11 years ago
Magnificent, splendid!!! How shall inom live without these? Ah!

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