Boat

“The boat has always fascinated me, for the beautiful shape and for what it means: income, adventure, travel, birth and death. A symbol that belongs to our collective consciousness. We all have a respectful relationship with the boat. The fisherman in the archipelago does not chop up his tired boat for coffee wood; When she can no longer bear it, she can rest in peace and slowly nourish new boats. I understand that the most raw-barked sailor with respect and reverence calls his life insurance and craft Hon. A life-giving mother to trust when society is separated from the solid ground. ” - Bertil Vallien   Read more

One of Sweden's most famous glass designers and ceramicists. Bertil Vallein is a world artist who mainly works in glass, often sculptures in sand-cast glass as depicting boats and "Janus" heads.

Bertil Vallien is one of the world's foremost glass designers and is represented around the world and has been awarded the "Visionaries Award Museum of Art and Design" in New York, 2001. He was awarded an honorary doctorate at Växjö University (Linnaeus University).