Kosta Boda Contrast Small Bowl, Blue Given the hand-applied decoration of swirls of color and contrasting lines, each Contrast Bowl is a unique work of art....
The Open Minds series is celebrating 25 years of success, and to mark the occasion, Ulrica Hydman-Vallien has designed a vase in a powerful bright red.
Over the years, Ulrica Hydman-Vallien has created many beloved glass designs. The new product this fall, Charms, demonstrates Ulricas elegant side in a harmonious display of lavender and opaque gold--all unique, hand-made and hand-painted works of art. Strong female figures are a recurring theme for Ulrica, and Charms also weaves birds into the mix.
Glass artist Ludvig Lofgren has long been impressed by the artistry of tattoos, and in his new series, Tatoo, he has developed a completely new painting technique using environment friendly paints in a powerfully expressive pattern. Rich in detail, transparent and rock n roll romantic.
Rectangular black shapes in the standard eurpopean paper sizes: A4, A5 and A6. All the vases are painted in bright colors using a completely new, brushless technique in which the entire vase is pressed against the paint to create and individual artistic pattern. Asa Jungnelius challenges traditional glass techniques and carries the medium into the future.
Designed by Ludvig Lofgren. This year just became more exotic with the addition of eight new pieces in the Cabana series. Glass bars in different colors are melted in intriguing patterns and blown into four new bowls and four vases.
Designed by Ludvig Lofgren. This year just became more exotic with the addition of eight new pieces in the Cabana series. Glass bars in different colors are melted in intriguing patterns and blown into four new bowls and four vases.
Designed by Ludvig Lofgren. This year just became more exotic with the addition of eight new pieces in the Cabana series. Glass bars in different colors are melted in intriguing patterns and blown into four new bowls and four vases.
Designed by Ludvig Lofgren. This year just became more exotic with the addition of eight new pieces in the Cabana series. Glass bars in different colors are melted in intriguing patterns and blown into four new bowls and four vases.
A tribute to the bright colors and classic shapes of the jungle. Rich, flowery plants, mighty gorillas, adorable monkeys and a cobra on the verge of striking. The jungle has come to Kosta Boda to stay.
A tribute to the bright colors and classic shapes of the jungle. Rich, flowery plants, mighty gorillas, adorable monkeys and a cobra on the verge of striking. The jungle has come to Kosta Boda to stay.
A friendly, watchful eye whose unique movements bring life to the glass. The shape of the vase likens the human eye, while the soft, transparent color creates the sense of an imaginary eye. The crystalline quality is exclusive and highly individual; largely thanks to the living material and craftsmans skill. Soft, undulating shapes and faint nuances of lime green and purple make Goran Warffs Vision an elegant classic for Kosta Boda.
Inspired by her fascination of the South Pacific, Anna ehrners Samoa utilizes bold colors and simple form, twisting white swirls grace the cylinder shapes, each unique as ocean waves. These elegantly simple forms, available in five different colors are sure to brighten your dcor.
Handmade Satellite pieces are crafted in a variety of techniques, freehand coloring and decoration, that includes striking silver leaf accents. Satellite is truly heirloom quality and as such is an ideal gift for a bride, housewarming, anniversary, other occasions where the personal touch in choosing a gift will be noticed and cherished. Satellite makes a stunning collection for display and use.
Handmade Satellite pieces are crafted in a variety of techniques, freehand coloring and decoration, that includes striking silver leaf accents. Satellite is truly heirloom quality and as such is an ideal gift for a bride, housewarming, anniversary, other occasions where the personal touch in choosing a gift will be noticed and cherished. Satellite makes a stunning collection for display and use.
Handmade Satellite pieces are crafted in a variety of techniques, freehand coloring and decoration, that includes striking silver leaf accents. Satellite is truly heirloom quality and as such is an ideal gift for a bride, housewarming, anniversary, other occasions where the personal touch in choosing a gift will be noticed and cherished. Satellite makes a stunning collection for display and use.
Handmade Satellite pieces are crafted in a variety of techniques, freehand coloring and decoration, that includes striking silver leaf accents. Satellite is truly heirloom quality and as such is an ideal gift for a bride, housewarming, anniversary, other occasions where the personal touch in choosing a gift will be noticed and cherished. Satellite makes a stunning collection for display and use.
Handmade Satellite pieces are crafted in a variety of techniques, freehand coloring and decoration, that includes striking silver leaf accents. Satellite is truly heirloom quality and as such is an ideal gift for a bride, housewarming, anniversary, other occasions where the personal touch in choosing a gift will be noticed and cherished. Satellite makes a stunning collection for display and use.
Handmade Meteor reflects a variety of design and glassmaking techniques, and brings to mind mankinds journeys of imagination and science into the vastness of the cosmos. Exploding galaxies, ancient starlight, meteor storms, big questions, deep space, wonder: all this and more in the imagination-stimulating Meteor line.
Rectangular vases with a warm red base and a skillfully crackled pattern of pale green-beige. Ludvig Lofgren puts historical glass-making techniques to the challenge, creating masculine, modern works.
Mottled, granular, iridescent, richly colored Dino is the result of a collaboration of modern design and 260-year-old Kosta Boda craftsmanship to create a new expression in crystal. Dino makes sensational gifts and has a story to tell.
Designed by Goran Warff Gran Wrffs signature motifs contrast of bold strokes and flows of color within heavy, brilliant crystal forms. The colors of Mirage harmonize subtly with the forms and depths of the vases, and the play of light within the crystal seems to add other forms and dimensions - mirages, hence the name.
The designer, a gardener, celebrates the love of nature and three favorite flowers andendash; the dog-rose, hepatica and larkspur. In the ethereal grace of the plant motifs and the colors, Floating Flowers evokes Art Nouveau, as well as classic Japanese design, and rewards you with blooms that will never fade.
The dreamy, fluid patterns of these handmade, heirloom-quality bowls are created by mixing five different colors on a white foundation and letting them melt and dance. No two alike.
One of natures scariest storms tamed and frozen in brilliant crystal. Twisters spiraling sienna, tangerine and smoke storms are safely frozen in mid-spin in these graceful bowls and vases.
Listing of Atoll vases designed
by Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda, this
stunning collection includes bowls,
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About Kosta Boda
With characteristic craftsmanship and good design, and an ongoing commitment to avant-garde expression, Kosta Boda has become one of the leading glasshouses in the world.
The company's three glassworks in the villages of Kosta, Boda and Åfors each have exciting individual stories of their own, yet stand together under the common brand name Kosta Boda.
Ten designers are currently on retainer at Kosta Boda. They work with both utilitarian and art glass. The designers are Monica Backström, Olle Brozén, Anna Ehrner, Kjell Engman, Anne Nilsson, Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, Gunnel Sahlin, Bertil Vallien, Ann Wåhlström and Göran Wärff.
Glass results from a great many meetings between people - artists, craftspeople and lovers of glass. The artists of Kosta Boda have a decisive role to play in all the creative stages of the process.
The cooperation between the designers and the skilled craftspeople is very close; indeed, it is essential if the designers are to transfer their intentions to the glass.
