DESIGNERS
Erik Hoglund

Erik Höglund

Erik Höglund (1932-98), was the "bad boy" of Swedish glass. He was taken on at the Boda glassworks as an unknown quantity at the age of 21 straight from art school. Höglund and Boda proved to be an explosive combination. Erik Höglund's restless energy shook up the sleepy factory. He experimented with throwing soda and potato peel into the furnace, and he plunged hot glass into a bucket of sawdust in order to achieve a warmer and more human expression to his work. Air bubbles in glassware were a mortal sin among skilled glassmakers but bubbles, seals, stamps and strong colours were Erik Höglund's signature. He became a sort of folk artist of Swedish glass, widely exhibited abroad and constantly involved in new experiments and materials. Erik Höglund left Boda after twenty years but returned to glass with some highly colourful designs in the 1980s. The products designed by Erik Höglund that we are now making available once again are typical of his work. The vase was created as a fiftieth anniversary present for his friend Tage Danielsson who was a celebrated Swedish comedian and author.


PRODUCTS

THE FOLDED RIM COLLECTION FROM VET HUT GLASSWORKS