Snowball Votives, Set of 2

product details

Designer: Ann Wärff

Brand: Kosta Boda

Item #: KB7067333N

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Dimensions: 9 IN x 3 IN

Material: Mouth-blown Glass

Care: Hand wash only

Country: Sweden

The Snowball - the shape and crisp surface of the votive evoke Swedish winters of old, when lanterns of snowballs lit up the winter darkness. Designed by Ann Wärff in 1973 and a Kosta Boda classic. The perfect gift from Sweden, and within Sweden.

Snowball Votive
$35.00

meet the designer

Ann Wärff

Ann Wärff was a founding figure in international "Studio Glass". During a career that to date spans forty years, she has worked as an engraver, a vessel maker, a sculptor, a stained glass artist, a water-colourist and a designer for industry. After studies at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm, she married Swedish glass artist Göran Wärff and worked with him as a designer at Pukebergs Glasbruk 1960-1964, and then at Kosta Boda 1964-1970. Ten years of discipline as a designer in the glass industry gave her practical and organisational skills that most of her colleagues in the glass world, particularly those outside Scandinavia, do not have. An account of her decision to use sandblasting and etching techniques on glass underscores her technical adaptability. In 1982 whilst staying with Harvey Littleton in North Carolina he taught her about printing from glass plates, a technique which resulted in some remarkable work from her. Ann's installation at the Ducal Palace in Venice was a transitional work with layered enamel painted glass sheets in dialogue with cast sculptural elements.

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about the brand

Kosta Boda

The glassworks in Kosta was founded in 1742. The name was created from the surnames of the founders, Generals Koskull and Sta�l von Holstein. Kosta�s location, in the heart of the dense forests in the Swedish province of Sm�land, was chosen so that the glassworks could provide both Stockholm and Karlskrona with glass. Important roads crossed here, and there was also an unlimited supply of wood to heat the furnaces. Fine utility glassware was made here during the first 150 years of the company�s existence and comprised products such as window panes, bottles and drinkware, but also glass chandeliers and similar items. The customers included royalty, nobility and wealthy merchants who could afford the costly glassware. The first designer at the glassworks was Gunnar Wennerberg, who joined the company in 1898. Many well-known artists have worked here since then, such as Sven X-et Ericsson and Ewald Dahlskog. The first female artist was Tyra Lundgren who was recruited in 1935. Today�s Kosta Boda was formed through a merger of the glassworks in the communities of Kosta, Boda and �fors. The group was initially called AB �forsgruppen and included Johansfors Glassworks at that time. The company name was changed to Kosta Boda AB in 1976, and the company has been part of Orrefors Kosta Boda AB since 1989. Manufacturing now takes place at the principal glassworks in Kosta and at �fors Glassworks.