Timo Sarpaneva
Timo Sarpaneva, a 'Ahtojää' (Pack ice) sculpture signed Timo Sarpaneva Iittala 1967.
Clear glass blown in a wooden mold. Height approx. 40 cm. Lower part approx. 35 x 26 cm.
Age-related wear. On the inside of the sculpture at the attachment point, there are glue bubbles. The general impression is good.
Provenance
The collection of the Master Glassmaker Reino 'Reka' Löflund.
Reino 'Reka' Löflund was born in 1926 and at the age of 14 he started as an apprentice at the Iittala glassworks. He blew medicine bottles for the war industry as the youngest blower ever. After the war, he was employed as the master blower at the Iittala glassworks.
Later, Löflund was appointed as Master Glassmaker in charge of the entire production at the Iittala glassworks.
In the 1950s he began working with various glass designers, including Timo Sarpaneva. Reka Löflund developed several techniques and products with Timo Sarpaneva, including the Claritas, Arkipelago and Finlandia series.
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