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Kosta Boda Bells Ornament: Home & Kitchen. Both of the founders wanted their names to be remembered, so the works was christened Kosta, from the initial letters--Ko and Sta--of the surnames of both the Carolinian generals. Hang this lovely Christmas Bells ornament on your tree, window, or even around your neck in a festive holiday spirit. The thin glass disk is hand-painted with golden bells, evergreen sprigs, and a delicate red-and-white rim, with a hole for the attached red ribbon. Images from nature are often found on the glass pieces by the designer, Olle Brozén, who studied glassblowing in Japan and is an avid gardener and naturalist. Kosta Boda has released this 2-3/4-inch, undated ornament as a limited edition, along with a matching glass platter also featuring Brozén's design. Both come gift-boxed. --Ann Bieri From the Manufacturer About the Designer: Born in 1963, Olle Brozén has been retained by Kosta Boda since 2000 and has a studio at Åfors glassworks. Brozén is a designer with a mixed background that includes working as a carpenter and as a glassblower in Japan. The Japanese influence is clearly visible in his first sketches for Kosta Boda, a series of stylized patterns inspired by nature. He has also attracted attention with his Round-Trip series: simple, powerful images of vehicles traveling through the city and countryside. Highly simplified patterns and decorations with playful, almost naive subjects, created on a computer, are characteristics of Brozén's designs. I work with a good mood and humor in my glass, but I'm serious in my work, says Brozén. My glass is fairly grassroots, but it can even be appreciated in artistic circles. About the Kosta Boda: With characteristic craftsmanship and good design, 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. The corps of designers currently on retainer at Kosta Boda works with both utilitarian and art glass. 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. The History of Kosta Boda: Kosta, the parent glassworks of Kosta Boda and the oldest glassworks in Sweden still in operation, has a fascinating history that forms a valuable part of Swedish cultural heritage. The glassworks was founded in 1742 by the governors of the counties of Kronoberg and Kalmar, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, both former generals in the army of Karl XII and distinguished veterans of the battle of Narva, among others. The two county governors founded the glassworks upon the instructions of Fredrik I and modeled it on Continental glassworks. The works was situated deep in the spruce forests of Småland, on a site midway between the two country towns, and near a village that was then known as Dåfvedshult. The main reason for choosing this location was the unlimited availability of wood. Enormous quantities of wood were naturally required to keep the glassmaking furnaces burning day and night. After a time the entire community was renamed after the growing glassworks.
Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
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