Decorative ExhibitionDecorative Exhibition🧊"mythmaker who tells dark fairy tales through glass"
⛵Watch for his iconic glass boats — signatures of the show
🏺Sand-casting uses ancient metal techniques with molten glass
Bertil Vallien spent six decades turning molten glass into mythic boats, haunted heads, and dreamlike landscapes at Sweden's Kosta Glassworks. His sand-cast sculptures feel ancient and immediate all at once: rough, textured surfaces hold symbols and stories that blur the line between memory and material.
Scandinavian glass art
Conceptual sculpture
Artist retrospective
Mythic symbolism
Decorative ExhibitionDecorative Exhibition🧊"mythmaker who tells dark fairy tales through glass"
⛵Watch for his iconic glass boats — signatures of the show
🏺Sand-casting uses ancient metal techniques with molten glass
Bertil Vallien spent six decades turning molten glass into mythic boats, haunted heads, and dreamlike landscapes at Sweden's Kosta Glassworks. His sand-cast sculptures feel ancient and immediate all at once: rough, textured surfaces hold symbols and stories that blur the line between memory and material.
Scandinavian glass art
Conceptual sculpture
Artist retrospective
Mythic symbolism