Timo Sarpaneva

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Timo Sarpaneva

Finnish glass designer

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The Scandinavian countries
…designers were Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva working for the Iittala glassworks (see photograph), Kaj Franck for the Nuutajärvi glassworks (trading as Wärtsilä-Notsjö), and Helena Tynell and Nanny Still for Riihimäki. In the 1960s Timo Sarpaneva struck a new note with his sculptures formed from the charred inner surface of…
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…designers were Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva working for the Iittala glassworks (see photograph), Kaj Franck for the Nuutajärvi glassworks (trading as Wärtsilä-Notsjö), and Helena Tynell and Nanny Still for Riihimäki. In the 1960s Timo Sarpaneva struck a new note with his sculptures formed from the charred inner surface of…
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