Timo Sarpaneva
Timo Sarpaneva, four 'Arkipelago' art glass signed Timo Sarpaneva Iittala -79,-79 och -87.
Into mold poured clear glass. Height 10-13-17- 26 cm.
Wear due to age and use. Chips to rim on one bowl. Marks due to the manufacturing process.
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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'Timo dared to suggest crazy things, and of course, he knew how crazy it was to even suggest such things to a professional.'
The artist's idea of " pouring the glass into the mould from a height so that it takes air with it" took the master Reino Löflund by surprise. You don't do that! But after some negotiation, it was decided to give it a try.
Much to everyone's surprise, the experiment was a success. The result was exactly what the artist had in mind. The glass mass bubbled and rippled like stagnant water.
The works presented at the 1979 Arkipelago exhibition in Suomenlinna were beautifully finished and polished. In the tall, gestural and majestic Arkipelago sculptures, Sarpaneva's invented technique is shown in its purest form. One of them was presented to French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing during his visit to Finland in the summer of 1980.
Marjatta Sarpaneva
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