Art Consulting Scandinavia:Applied Arts/Design/Crafts

FRIBERG, BERNDT STENGODS GUSTAVSBERG.

Author: Hald, Arthur & Marianne Landqvist
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1979
No. of pages: 25
Illustrations: 19 Color Illustrations. 7 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2” sq.
Weight: 0.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 5977

Price: $55.00

Originally employed by Wilhelm Kåge at Gustavsberg pottery, Bernt Friberg is among the most collected of the modernist ceramic artists. Beautifully executed, simplistic mostly porcelain and stoneware functional pieces. Exquisite bottle forms with equally exquisite glazes. This catalogue includes the miniature collection. Includes all marks.

FRÅN MODERN TILL NUTID - GLAS FRÅN FINLAND 1920-1990 (From the Modern to the Present - Glass from Finland).

Author: Kaisa Koivisto, ed
Country: Finland
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1992
No. of pages: 84
Illustrations: 13 Color Illustrations. 117 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”sq
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9518952183
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Bios.
Code: 2924

Price: $55.00

A 1992 exhibition catalog incorporating Art Nouveau glass as a fundamental part of the modern movement - with 14 brief essays on Finland’s emergence not only as a leader in glass production but as a nation in its own right in relation to Russian and Swedish dominance. Contains also a useful glossary of glass terms, and a bibliography on Finnish glass and glass artists. Uncludes full page color pictures of glass many glass artists including Kaj Franck, Tapio Wirkkala, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Simon Gate and many more. In addition you will find dozens of black and white pictures of many Finnish glass artists - a good almost out of print book for the collector.

FUJITA, KYOHEI: THE MAN AND HIS WORK.

Author: Lyngaard, Finn. Photographs by Jan Friis
Country: Denmark
Language: English/ Japanese
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 154
Illustrations: 74 Color Illustrations. 8 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Size: 11”x 10”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 8721016267
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4561

Price: $89.50

The Japanese master Fujita is one of the great glass artists of our time, best known to art-lovers everywhere for his exquisite lidded boxes. At the age of 80, he is still creating in glass, both in Japan and on the island of Murano near Venice, where he creates his almost equally famous Venetian works. In this inspiring book, Danish glass artist Lyngaard follows the master in his daily work at home and abroad, documenting his work processes and other activities.

GAMLE BØKER OG BOKBIND (Old Books and Book BIndings).

Author: Guttorm Fløistad
Country: Norway
Language: Norwegian
Year Published: 1987
No. of pages: 79
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 105 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8270030767
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 2632

Price: $29.50

Here are examples of old books and the fine art of bookbinding with a historical overview of European and Oriental traditions. Exquisitely crafted book bindings from Scandinavia, mainly Norway, are pictured. Illuminated religious manuscripts, exquisite leatherwork and stamping, fabulously intricate metalwork, even books with embroiderd covers - books from the Middle Ages, through the Reformation, up to the 1950’s are presented here.

GAMLE OVNER I NORGE (Old Stoves in Norway).

Author: Ulf Hamran
Country: Norway
Language: Norwegian
Year Published: 1989
No. of pages: 88
Illustrations: 1 Color Illustrations. 93 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 5”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 2646

Price: $39.50

This quite interesting book features fine old (and incidentally highly efficient) metal stoves from Norway, from 1620 to 1920. Many display ornate designs, with reliefs of figures and floral designs. Because these stoves function so well as heaters, they are making a comeback in the contemporary household.