Art Consulting Scandinavia:Applied Arts/Design/Crafts

RYIJY! THE FINNISH RYIJY-RUG.

Author: Svinhufvud, Leena & Eeva Viljanen eds
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/English
Year Published: 2009
No. of pages: 295
Illustrations: 136 Color Illustrations. 17 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Cloth Spine
Size: 10”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 9789529878635
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 7159

Price: $95.00

This beautifully designed and lushly illustrated book is based on the Design Museum’s exhibition “Ryijky”. It explores the ways in which the specifically Finnish character of the ryijy has evolved. The chapters contain a great deal of information about ryijys as collectibles and about the relationship between the Finnish people and this particular form of shag rug textile. By far the most comprehensive book on ryijy, we have ever had.

RÖRSTRAND.

Author: Herlitz-Gezelius, Ann Marie
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1989
No. of pages: 252
Illustrations: 33 Color Illustrations. 54 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound
Size: 9”x 7”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9185330914
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio. Index.
Code: 0191

Price: $75.00

For the collector; a very comprehensive book on production and unique pieces from Rörstrand from the 1700s through today . Porcelain marks, signature of artists, lists of the artists. Ceramic vocabulary.

SAHLIN, GUNNEL & KOSTA BODA.

Author: Turander, Ralf, Claes Britton, Tom Rafstedt
Country: California
Language: English
Year Published: No year
No. of pages: 180
Illustrations: 111 Color Illustrations. 70 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 11 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 919736570x
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4278

Price: $75.00

This beautiful book focuses on the 12 year period that Sahlin spent as designer for the prestigious Kosta Boda glassworks, a period that saw the internationally renowned glass company leap into bold new directions. Not a craftsman herself, Sahlin brought with her a host of ideas from unrelated disciplines and her experiments tested the limits of traditional concepts in glass design. Along with the craftsmen and glassblowers, she created extraordinary works of lasting beauty. Stunning images of her work presented in a playful, creative, and personal layout make this book an aesthetic delight.

SALAPERÄINEN SÄNKY/ SKÖNA DRÖMMAR (Sweet Dreams). Pohjalaisten Kerrossänkyjen Tekstiiliaarteet / Österbottniska Sängtextiler Bedding Textiles from the Baltic States Area

Author: Pirkko Toivanen, ed
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ Swedish
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 99
Illustrations: 71 Color Illustrations. 41 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9513721531
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 3206

Price: $45.00

Beds and bedding have a textile tradition all their own, and this Finnish book focuses on the handwoven, old fashioned variant - and how to sew new, fresh ones yourself. Broad cotton laces and linens in natural colors complement the colorful stripes-and-checks bedding patterns offered here. The patterns are inspired by Finnish womens’ folk art, and after leafing through the book you’ll wonder why you never made your own duvet covers and pillowcases! An inspiration for interior designers and textile artists. This book focuses on Österbotten, the Swedish speaking coastal/western part of Finland.

SALTO, AXEL: FORCES OF NATURE. Ceramics & Drawings

Author: Salto, Axel
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 24
Illustrations: 16 Color Illustrations. 8 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9” x 7 1/2”
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: NO ISBN
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Bibl.
Code: 4582

Price: $49.50

Although Salto’s vision took life in many different mediums such as woodcuts, illustration, textile and jewelry design, his greatest artistic successes were achieved in stoneware. This exhibition chooses to focus on his ceramics, and of these, on only examples pertaining to his relationship with nature. These pieces are accompanied by drawings from the artist’s estate, mostly studies for the ceramic forms.