Atle Blue and Red - Feel The Power.
Limited Edition 975
Inspired by mythology, fairy-tales and reality, Mats Jonasson Maleras has created its own series of jewellery.
Maleras old glassworks was founded in 1890. This was the time when industrialism had seriously established itself in Sweden. In the village Maleras solidarity and the spirit of new enterprise had an ordeal during the 1980s, when the glassworks was threatened by ”outside capital” take-over as well as by closing-down.
Some sensible people gathered around the fatal question concerning the continuous destiny of Maleras and decided to concentrate united efforts to reassure the future of the village. The engraving artist Mats Jonasson became one of the leading people within this process
Artist – Mats Jonasson
Mats Jonasson´s talent as a designer attracted attention early on, when he started work as an apprentice engraver at the glassworks in 1959. Over the next few decades he worked with many of the most respected contemporary glass artists in Sweden. During this period, he developed that natural style of his which he’s since perfected.
Our forest have captured the hearts and minds of people since time immemorial, says Mats. Inspired by the natural world around him, he has opened his mind to create his distinctive masterpieces in the finest Swedish crystal. Nowadays, this son of the glassworks is represented all over the world.
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