Art Glass Vase Pentti Sarpaneva, Oy Kumela Modernist Bronze and Purple For Sale

This beautiful work of 1970s Scandinavian Modernist design is by Pentti Sarpaneva (b.1925 - d. 1978) Finnish jewellery and decorative designer. This piece was produced by Oy Kumela glassworks for jewellers Torun Hopea.

Sarpaneva\'s style was influenced by elements of the rugged Finnish landscape, casting textures from materials such as tree bark and rock. Other inspirations included traditional Finnish lace and the metals he worked with.

The design of this piece encapsulates much of Sarpaneva\'s style, his inspirations and the Modernist design influences of the time. The graduating and staggered Grape purple glass surface shows off a number of textured and angular circular and semi-circular reliefs. The piece is finished with the bronze collar that is decorated in Sarpaneva\'s rugged lace design and can be found in his jewellery designs.

Pentti Sarpaneva (b.1925 - d. 1978)Sarpaneva trained in graphic
design, at the Institute of Industrial Art and following the war, began his design career in the late 1950s.He designed for Kalevala Koru Oy and later in 1967, he became artistic director forTurun Hopea, remaining there until his death.

Unique amongst his contemporaries,Sarpaneva would cast his designsstraight from nature and the man-madeenvironment, often using rocks and treebark, as well as discarded rope and lace.During the height of his career, he was known for producingemotive, avant-garde, bold and eccentric designs.