Ulla Forsell was born in 1944 and studied at the College of Art and Design in Stockholm and Holland. She now lives in Stockholm and has her workshop there in which she has been creating glass since 1974.
Biography
Forsell worked at Orrefors. In 1974, she set up her workshop, Stockholm; (with Asa Brandt, Eva Ullberg, and Anders Wingard) established the studio Freeblowers.
She is quite famous for her circular dishes with “three-dimensional” applications of flowers, leaves and fruits. She has also worked a lot with mirrors and light reflection and colour on them.
Old museum collections have inspired her, baskets of solidifying flowers and grapes, bottles, funnels and magic drops from the laboratory, botanic, old window glass and grandeur mirrors.
Exhibitions
Ulla Forsell is represented at the National Museum in Stockholm, Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Corning Museum of Glass in New York State, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg.
Sources
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3ElmSlL
More Glassware Designers
-
Bruce Porter: A Multifaceted Genius in Art and Design
Bruce Porter, a multi-talented American artist renowned for contributions in painting, sculpture, stained-glass design, writing, mural painting, landscape design, and art criticism, significantly influenced the San Francisco Bay Area’s art and design community. Read More →
-
Einar Forseth: Craft and Culture in Stained Glass and Mosaics
Einar Forseth, born in 1892, significantly influenced 20th century decorative and applied arts with a legacy spanning stained glass, mosaics, and postage stamps. His key works include the mosaics in Stockholm City Hall’s Golden Room and diverse contributions to Coventry Cathedral. Read More →
-
Viktor Schreckengost’s Impact on American Design
Explore the life and legacy of Viktor Schreckengost, America’s multi-talented designer. From industrial design to World War II radar tech, discover how he shaped the American design landscape.”Read More →
-
Sigmund Pollitzer (1913 – 1983) British painter, decorative glass designer and writer
Sigmund Pollitzer (1913 – 1983) was a painter, decorative glass designer, and writer from the United Kingdom. He was born in the city of London.Read More →
-
Timo Sarpaneva (1926 – 2006) Finnish Glass Designer
He also had a lot of success in the related fields of sculpture, painting, and graphic design. He could work with a lot of different materials, such as porcelain, iron, and plastic. Read More →
-
Lino Tagliapietra (b.1934) Italian Glassworker and Teacher
From 1956, Tagliapietra taught glassmaking with Archimede Seguso and Nane Ferro; 1966—68, designed glass for Venini, Murano; until 1968, for Murrina; from 1968, taught glassmaking at Haystack School and Pilchuck School, Stanwood, Washington. Read More →
-
Ulla Forsell (b.1944), Swedish Glassware Designer
Ulla Forsell was born in 1944 and studied at the College of Art and Design in Stockholm and Holland. SheRead More →
-
Hiroshi Yamano – Exquisite Japanese Glass Designs
Kiroshi Yamano is a Japanese Glass Designer. He studied at the Tokyo Glass Crafts Institute to 1984 and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, to 1989. Read More →
-
Aimo Okkolin (1917 – 1982) Finnish Glass Designer
He made deeply cut crystal objects that were often coloured. He used a lot of nature subjects. The most famous is “Lumpeenkukka”. This glass object, designed by Okkolin in 1960, was Riihimäki Lasi’s best-selling single object. Okkolini’s glassware was presented to several foreign heads of state. He continued working for Riihimäki Glass until 1976 when…
-
Alfredo Häberli ( b. 1964), Argentinian industrial designer
In Häberli’s design method, the human being is the beginning point. His constructions and items are made to be utilised.Read More →
-
Wolf Karnagel: A Visionary German Designer and Teacher
Wolf Karnagel, a renowned German designer and teacher, has made significant contributions to the world of design. His versatile portfolio includes iconic glass ranges, such as “Joy” and “Pandio,” as well as the sterling silver flatware collection “Epoca.” Karnagel’s designs have been featured in prestigious publications and have earned him recognition globally. In addition to…
-
André Hunebelle (1896-1985) Designer French Decorative Arts
André Hunebelle, a French creative artist, studied mathematics at École Polytechnique and worked in glassware, lighting, and metalwork. He transitioned to media and film, producing and directing successful films like “Feu Sacré” and winning the Prix du Meill.Read More →
-
Léon Ledru (1855 -1926) French glassmaker
Léon Ledru (1855-1926) was a French glassmaker and designer. He was the manager of the design department of the Cristalleries du Val-Saint-Lambert in Belgium for 38 years. Through the work the firm showed at the 1897 Brussels ‘Exposition Internationale,’ he stimulated interest in avant-garde design.Read More →
-
Masakichi Awashima (1914 – 1979) Japanese Glassware Designer
After studying design at the Japan Art School in Tokyo, Awashima worked for artisan Kozo Kagami, who had studied Western glass methods in Germany from 1935 to 1946. Read More →
-
Jean Sala (1895 – 1976) Spanish glassmaker and designer
He was primarily taught by his glassblower father and is now regarded as one of the most accomplished Art Deco glass artists. Read More →
-
Max Ingrand (1908 – 1969) French artist and decorator
Maurice Max-Ingrand (1908–1969) was a French artist and stained glass artist. He was captured by the Nazis during World War II but returned to France in 1945. In 1968, he established Verre Lumière, one of the first businesses to manufacture halogen lamps.Read More →
-
Jacques Gruber (1870 – 1936) French Stained Glass artist and designer
Jacques Gruber (1870-1936) was a French stained-glass artist, designer, and teacher, born Sundhausen, Alsace. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gustave Moreau. He was distinguished as a designer in the Art Nouveau idiom. Read More →
-
Aristide Colotte (1885 – 1959) French Glass Designer
Aristide Colotte was a French glassware designer who was born in Baccarat and studied at the École du Dessin, Cristallerie de Baccarat. He worked as an engraver, moulder, and jeweller, and was awarded medals and Légion d’Honneur.Read More →
-
Hans Harald Rath (1894 – 1966), Austrian Glassware Designer
Hans Harald Rath was an Austrian glassware designer who played a crucial role in reviving the glass industry in Austria. He designed chandeliers for public buildings, theatres, opera houses, and table crystal services. His sons took over the firm after his death in 1968.Read More →
-
Georges Dunaime – Art Deco -French Designer
Georges Dunaime designed lighting for E. Etling, the designer and engraver. His work included table lamps, torchéeres, and chandeliers made of silver, gilt, and patinated bronze with shades made of cloth, cut glass, quartz, marble, and alabaster.Read More →
-
Pavel Hlava (1924 – 2003) Czech Glassware Designer
He was best known for his cut and engraved glass. Hlava enhanced a number of innovative technologies, both in terms of conception and manufacturing. These featured melted silver leaf and other materials, as well as skeleton moulds for shaping glass.Read More →
-
William Blenko (1854 – 1926) and Blenko Glass
Blenko established the first American factory to produce sheet glass for stained glass windows. Blenko’s early successes include providing glass for St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The White House has a collection of Blenko table ware, used periodically. Wayne Husted pioneered the concept of “architectural scale” designs. Blenko’s “Historic Period” begins with Anderson…
-
Clyne Farquharson (1906 – 1978) British glassware designer
In the 1930s, Farquharson was a major contributor to the design of British glassware. His documented career in glass began in 1935 with Arches, an engraved design on glass produced by John Walsh Walsh, where he produced other cut-crystal glassware as its head designer 1935—51. Read More →
-
Arttu Brummer (1891 – 1951) Finnish designer
Arttu Brummer was a Finnish interior and glassware designer. Brummer set up his own interior design office in 1913. Read More →
-
Simon Gate (1883 – 1945) Swedish artisan and designer
Gate began his long affiliation with the Swedish glassmaking firm Orrefors in 1916. He worked as an artistic director and built the firm foundation for Sweden’sSweden’s substantial modern glass industry, alongside Edvard Hald, Vicke Lindstrand, Knut Bergqvist, and others.Read More →
-
Soichiro Sasakura (b.1949) Japanese Glassware Designer
He worked for Sasaki Glass, for which he designed the 1988 San Marino glassware range.Read More →
-
Arne Jon Jutrem (1929 – 2005) Norwegian Designer
Jutrem was educated at the Norwegian School of Crafts and Design 1946-1950, and at the same time received painting lessons from Carl von Hanno. Later studies with Fernand Léger in Paris 1952-53 and with Chrix Dahl 1954-55. He made his debut as a painter at the Autumn Exhibition in 1950.Read More →
-
Gunnel Gustafsson Nyman (1909 – 1948) Finnish glass and textile designer
Nyman worked for all the great Finnish glass manufacturers of the 20th century: Riihimaki from 1932—47, Nuutajarvi-Notsjo from 1946—48, and Karhula from 1935—37 (and at littala from 1946—47). She designed for both production and studio glass.Read More →
-
Barbini Glasswork Italian Glass Manufacturers
Alfredo Barbini, a descendant of glassmakers from the early 15th century, studied at Abate Zanetti (design school at Murano glass museum) from age ten; in 1930, began studying at Cristalleria, Murano, becoming a maestro; became primo maestro at Martinuzzi and Zecchin; worked with Cenedese in the late 1940sRead More →
-
Sam Herman (1936 – 2020) American Glass Designer & Teacher
He studied sculpture at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, under Leo Steppern; in 1966, glass making with Harvey Littleton and Dominick Labino; in 1966, Edinburgh College of Art; in 1967, Royal College of Art, London.Read More →
-
René Lalique (1860 – 1945) French goldsmith and glassmaker
Artisan in glass and creator of family firm Cristal Lalique René Lalique was a French glass designer, jeweller, furniture designer,Read More →
-
Hermann Bongard Norwegian graphic & glassware designer
Hermann Bongard Norwegian graphic designer and glassware designer. He studied lithography and commercial design. Read MoreRead More →
-
Dominick Labino (1910 – 1987) American glassware designer and ceramicist
He began his work as an instrument builder for the Bacharach Instrument Company in Pittsburgh. He then moved on to Owens-Illinois Glass Company, where he developed a lifetime interest in glass. He established small laboratories to create new glass batches and fabricate small glass objects while in command of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company milk-bottle plant.…
-
Harvey Littleton (1922 – 2013) American glassware designer
Between 1939-42 and 1946-47, he studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, receiving a bachelor’s degree in design. In 1941 and 1949-51, he studied Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, receiving a master’s degree in ceramics. In 1945, he was a student at the Brighton School of Art, Brighton, under Nora Braden’s…
-
Orrefors Street Double Old Fashioned Glass Pair
The Orrefors Street Double Old Fashioned Glass Pair is a unique barware item combining design artistry with rigid craftsmanship, developed by designer Jan Johansson. Inspired by Manhattan’s street grid, these crystal glasses made in Slovenia offer style and luxury.Read More →
-
Klaus Moje (1936 – 2016) German Glass Designer
Around 1975, Moje began cutting the rods into thin wafers or strips and fusing them in a kiln. The pieces would then be cut again and re-fused to create rhythmic patterns of vibrant colour. In 1976, Moje returned to Hamburg after living in Danzinger Strasse. Read More →
-
Ingeborg Lundin (1921 – 1991) Swedish Glassware Designer
Ingeborg Lundin (1921 – 1991) was a Swedish Glassware Designer. Between 1941 – 1946 she studied at Konstaackskolan and Tekniska Skolan, Stockholm.Read More →
-
Benny Anette Motzfeldt (1909-1995) Norwegian Designer
Benny Anette Motzfeldt (1909-1995) was a celebrated Norwegian graphic artist, glass designer, and sculptor, known for her glass work showcased globally. She held various positions as an art director and her contributions earned her prestigious awards.Read More →
-
Etsuko Nishi (b.1955) Japanese Glass Designer
Etsuko Nishi is a Japanese Glass Designer. She is a leading expert in pâte de verre, one of the oldest and most difficult glass-making forms. The desired shape is first made of clay, which is used as the basis for the mould. The glass powder is then mixed with a special type of paste, and…
-
Michael Boehm (b.1944) German Glassware and Ceramics Designer
Boehm joined Rosenthal in 1966. His limited-edition Reticelli range illustrated his interest in Italian glass by incorporating cotton twist threads in the molten glass-like 17th-century Venetian vessels. Read More →
-
Paolo Venini (1895 – 1959) Italian Glassware Designer
Murano glassware was historically decorated with opulent rubies and gold and fanciful forms in vibrant colours. He hired freelance designers like Martinuzzi and Fulvio Bianconi regularly. Gio Ponti from 1927, Carlo Scarpa from 1932, Eugene Berman from 1951, Ken Scott from 1951, Franco Albini from 1954, and Massimo Vignelli from 1956 were the designers he…
-
Teruo Yamada (b.1945) Japanese Glassware Designer
His work was shown at 1980 ‘Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition,’ Tokyo; 1981 and 1990 ‘Glass in Japan,’ Tokyo; 1985 ‘New Glass in Japan,’ Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe; 1987 ‘The Art of Contemporary Japanese Studio Glass,’ Heller Gallery, New York; 1991 (V) Triennale of the Japan Glass Art Crafts Association, Heller Gallery.Read More →
-
École de Nancy – Art Nouveau artisans and designers
Between 1890 and 1914, the École de Nancy, or Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers based in Nancy, France. The furniture designer Louis Majorelle, the cabinet maker and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the glass and furniture designer Émile Gallé, and the Daum crystal factory were important contributors.Read More →
-
George Sakier (1897 – 1965) American Industrial Designer
George Sakier (1897 – 1965) was a multifaceted artist who worked as an interior designer, painter, art director, engineer, andRead More →
-
Vicke Lindstrand (1904- 1983) Swedish glassware designer
He worked at Kariskrona Porslinsfabrik from 1935 to 1936; at Upsala-Ekeby from 1936 to 1950 (as art director from 1943 to 1950) Kosta Boda glassworks from 1950 to 1973, where he was design director while also maintaining his studio in Arhus. Often, his free-form work was engraved.Read More →
-
Per Lütken (1916 – 1988) Danish Glassware Designer
Lütken was the principal designer at Kastrup & Holmegard Glasverk from 1942 to 1945, where he adopted his predecessor Jacob Bang’s Modern shapes. In the 1950s, he implemented considerable improvements in manufacturing and aesthetic at Holmegard, inspired by the Triennali di Milano. His pieces featured fluid forms in light-coloured glass, some of which had satin-finish…
-
Finn Lynggaard Danish ceramicist and glassware designer
Finn Lynggaard, born in 1930, was a pioneering Danish ceramicist and glassware designer known for his unique flower designs. He co-founded Glasmuseet Ebeltoft and his work still graces multiple galleries worldwide.Read More →
-
Willy Johansson: A Maestro of Norwegian Glass Design
Born in 1921, Willy Johansson was a transformative figure in the world of glassware design. Known for his white rim on clear or smoked glassware, he led the design team at Hadeland Glassworks, garnering global recognition and multiple awards. His designs were versatile, ranging from mass-produced wares to unique pieces, deeply influenced by 1930s cultural…
-
Dale Chihuly (b.941) Native American-Inspired Glass
Dale Chihuly is an American Glass Designer born in Tacoma, Washington. He is one of the most respected glass artists in the United States. Read More →
Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.