Helena Tynell Bubble Lustre Glashütte Limburg Germany 1960

Lustre Helena Tynell Bubble from Glashütte Limburg, Germany, 1960. Brass frame. Three light points, three shades of amber glass. Good vintage condition. Helena Tynell was a renowned Finnish glass artist, described as a pioneer of Finnish glass art. She began her career in 1943 designing for Arabia, a major Finnish manufacturer of household goods and ceramics. She also worked for Taito (designers), a design office partly owned by her future husband and fellow designer, Paavo Tynell. In 1946, having decided to focus exclusively on glass, Tynell left Arabia to join a major Finnish glass manufacturer of the time, Riihimäki Glass, where she remained for most of her career and created many of her most notable designs. In 1976, she moved to Germany, where she designed for Glashütte Limburg, among others, until her retirement in the early 1990s. She was interested in glass sculpture, experimenting with abstract forms and other artistic activities, using both moulding and blowing techniques as well as others. She exhibited widely in Finland and around the world. Her works are part of the permanent collections of the Design Museum in Helsinki, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, and the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY, USA.