PERSPECTIVE
Joel Englund

The challenge and desire to discover something new and never seen before has been evident throughout human existence and relates not only to our physical experiences, but is reflected in philosophy, science, art and has even motivated political actions that altered history. This desire can distort truth, but it ultimately enables mental emancipation from one point to another and these insights provide relevant tools to understand the world we are living in. The eyeglasses created by Joel Englund are such tools and verify how new discoveries continue to flourish.

joel.englund@student.konstfack.se
www.joelenglund.com

A-B-C 010
Simon Klenell & Kristoffer Sundin

A-B-C 010 is a pendant lamp based on three basic principles of glassblowing — blowing, turning and gravitational force. While it incorporates such basic actions of glass making, the results of the lamp are always unpredictable and risky. Simon Klenell and Kristoffer Sundin take advantage of this situation for creating the shape and concept of the lamp which also captures the fluid characteristics of glass and speed of the blowing process. A-B-C 010 is originally created for the independent furniture platform A-B-C, yet for this exhibition it is made as a spatial installation.

info@simonklenell.com / info@ kristoffersundin.se
www.simonklenell.com / www.kristoffersundin.se
www.a-b-c.se

FUNCTIONAL GLASS
Mia Larsson

Mia Larsson's jewelry collection Functional Glass is inspired from the Meccano construction toys and symbolizes endless intellectual possibilities — the shape never ends. In her work, Larsson reproduces nature such as bark and minerals into glass which advocates for nature's fragility and threatened situation of today. By connecting nature with steady construction, the science of biomimicry or even the super human strength of animated movies and games is depicted. Functional Glass is jewelry dreaming of future transformation.

mail@mialarsson.se
www.mialarsson.se

INFESTED GLASS
Sara Lundkvist

Sara Lundkvist is interested in material culture and its values. In her series of vases Infested Glass, she uses the Scavo glass technique (frosted glass) introduced in the early 50's on the Venetian islands of Murano in order to obtain an archaeological effect similar to the appearance of objects buried underground after a very long time. The false characteristics of this technique are highly relevant to Lundkvist's glasswork which explores the boundaries between repulsion and attraction to find a new quality that captures the eternal beauty and fragile vanity of glass.

lundsara@hotmail.com
www.saralundkvist.se
www.wunderstudio.tumblr.com

AMAOTO - THE SOUND OF RAIN
Izumi Sato

Experiencing Izumi Sato's fabric Amaoto is like imagining a space where you can relax and be at perfect ease and where the sound of rain enhances the mood. In a manner similar to the Japanese tradition of onomatopoeia (capturing sound with words), Sato blends the rhythm of rain into her fabric to describe an atmosphere and state of mind. Clear glass beads are carefully hand-placed in the double-stitched, semitransparent fabric creating a poetic and subtle light reflection like raindrops on a window.

sato.izumi@gmail.com
www.izumisato.blogspot.com

IMAGINATIVE TABLE
Supawan Sihapoompichit & Emilia Öster

Imaginative Table employs basic materials such as mirror, steel, glass and light to enhance the viewer's experience of the spectacle. Incorporating the kaleidoscope principal with 39 carefully calculated pieces of mirror, the table allows one to experience the effect of a traditional pin-hole kaleidoscope, but through a much larger surface which makes us conscious of the mechanisms of our perception. The project is a collaboration between Thai ceramist Supawan Sihapoompichit and Swedish interior designer Emilia Öster and it has given them a chance to explore their cultural and professional backgrounds.

orange_clay@hotmail.com
emilia.oster@gmail.com

HILLS
Jakob Solgren

What did Jack and Jill see as they went up the hill? In the day-dream world of Jakob Solgren, rainbows never disappear. Candy-colored, cartoonish shapes play on sand-blasted tactile surfaces which invite one to the borderland of fiction and real life. Created for Sweden's distinguished glass factory Kosta Boda which has shared a collaboration with Konstfack for the last 34 years, Hills is a new candlestick collection which challenges craft tradition because they are made with an unusual contrast of spray paint applied to the inside of each hand blown object.

jakobsolgren@gmail.com