Giorgio Vigna, an Italian artist and jewelry designer, first encountered iittala when he traveled to Nuutajarvi, where all iittala birds are hand-blown, to teach an international glass jewelry workshop. A connection was made, and iittala is proud to launch a new generation of sculptural birds designed by Vigna. Giorgio Vigna is proud of following in the footsteps of world-renowned Finnish designers, such as Timo Sarpaneva and Tapio Wirkkala.
"Each material has its own individual expression" --Giorgio Vigna
Designed by: Giorgio Vigna, 2007
Sand, soda, lime and fire. In the heart of the hot shop, in a fiery kiln, elements meld to create the red-hot glass mass. A skilled hand grabs a pipe, lifts a gather of glass out of the oven, and starts working it: calmly, phase by phase. Twirl, lift, blow - a small miracle takes place: the unique idea of an artist appears in the mass. At the iittala glass factory in Nuuttajarvi, a millennia-old tradition of glassmaking is strongly alive. This is the birthplace of iittala's jewels - the glass birds.
Each bird is mouth-blown, and three craftsmen work on each bird as it is being produced resulting in each bird being one of a kind. The birds are constructed entirely of glass; their vivid colors come from the glass, not from paint. Each bird in the Vigna collection goes through ten painstaking steps after being blown to ensure the breathtaking birds are of the highest quality.
Features:
- Individually handmade
- 100% glass construction
- Ten post-blowing treatments
- Overall dimensions: 8" H x 5" W
- Please Note: Due to the nature of hand-blown glass, actual color may vary slightly from the colors pictured
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