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Posted 11 months ago
vetraio50
(358 items)
This is a little willow bird or "rautiainen" designed by a young glass master from Finland who began his career at Nuutajärvi. His name is Tarmo Maaronen and fortunately for him born in 1963 in the village of Nuutajärvi. No surprises then that he joined the factory in 1979 at the age of 16. Two years later he was a senior blower. There he was influenced by the likes of Kaj Franck, Oiva Toikka, and Heikki Orvola .He then worked at in early 1990's Maaronen worked for several small glass studios in Finland. From there he went to Italy and worked at IVV in Firenze and taught Scandinavian glass blowing techniques for a couple of years before opening his own studio, Bianco Blu in 1997. The name is Italian, but it refers to the Finnish flag, I think. He retains links between Italian and Finnish glass techniques. He opened a second studio in 2008 at Humppila.
It reminds me of course of the Oiva Toikka birds, the sieppos that I have on CW here: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/20719-oiva-toikka?in=user
Width: 10 cm? or 4"
Height: 8 cm or 3.1"
Scandinavian Art GlassIt isn’t easy to pin down Scandinavian art glass. Like the people of the re…
Love.. love.. love it!....:-)
Many thanks inky!
Many thanks scandinavian_pieces, czechman and mustangtony too!
Many thanks Budek und auch Londonloetzlearner!
I thought it was an O Taipo bird!
On a very very very rainy Florida vacation. Stupid Tropical depression in the Golf.
Hi Amber and thanks! Debby! I hope it just moves quickly away! Enjoy the break!
Very beautiful !!! Love this:)
Hi Sean, Thanks again young mate! Great new mug shot, I must say!
thankyou very much vetraio50 and your welcome on your beautiful piece:)
Many thanks manikin, Gary1902 & mikko too!
Amazing!!!!
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