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"My vision is for every glass to be different. The threads in the bowl of the glass are like blades of grass, blowing in the wind and growing wild." After studies in ceramics at the National College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Anna Ehrner moved directly to Smaland and, in 1974, began work as a designer at Kosta Boda. In recent years she has also taken time off to teach design at her old College. Kosta, however, remains her base, and it is here that she has a studio in bright, spacious, premises just a coupe of minutes from the blowing room and engraving shop. Anna loves experiment and is drawn to explore the furthest limits of glassmaking techniques. Working with master glassmakers, mould-makers and engravers, is very important for her. She stresses that collaboration between product developers, technicians, craftmen and desigers is essential to her art and gives her the freedom she needs to explore her ideas. For Ehrner, the final objective is almost always a synthesis between function and elegance of design, even though the final piece may be years in the making. For many years, black was Anna's favourite colour. During the nineties, however, other colours began appearing in her palette, praticularly green in all its shades. Today, veils have become very much her personal trademark. |
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ORREFORS ANNA EHRNER |