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GLASS ART
The glass artist Sigrún Einarsdóttir founded the glass studio
Gler í Bergvík with her husband, glass artist Sören Larsen, in
1982. Since 2003 she has run the studio alone.
Sigrún has maintained a career in both visual art and crafts.
Her craftwork pieces include glasses, candleholders, carafes,
bowls, and more.
Her visual art work spans a broad spectrum. Her objects are
infused with delightful stories and are finely balanced between
craft and sculpture. Sigrún has created wall works, installations
and sculptures, and works in a variety of media.
Ólgurnar (Turbulence) are works that tread the fine line
between craft and sculpture, in which the designer honors the
will of the glass and allows its qualities to be displayed at their
most luminous.
Sigrún has participated in a vast number of art and design
exhibitions worldwide. She has also held a number of solo
exhibitions and received numerous awards. The renowned trade
magazine “New Glass” published an article about her work in
November 2004.
Gler í Bergvík is located in a beautiful setting at the foot of
Mt. Esja, some 25 km from the center of Reykjavík. It is the first
and only glass studio in Iceland. Sigrún’s work is sold at Gler í
Bergvík, which is open by appointment, and also in Epal Design
in the Leifur Eiríksson Air Terminal and the Gallery Shop at The
National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík.
THE ICELANDIC SWEATER
RE-IMAGINED
The new Farmers Market clothing label is the
brainchild of designer Bergthóra Gudnadóttir
and musician Jóel Pálsson. The line uses unique
Icelandic wool, with its natural water repellant and
insulating characteristics, as its primary material,
combining traditional design elements with chick
modernity in lightweight apparel.
The pictured “Reykjahlíd” (all sweaters are
named after Icelandic farms) is a zipped hooded
sweater of 100% Icelandic wool. Available from
July at Icelandic Giftstore/Rammagerdin at the
Keflavík Airport. Visit www.farmersmarket.is for
more information.
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