Annual Brains 2025
Bertil Vallien
Bertil Vallien created his first Brains in 1999 , but by then he had already been thinking about them for over ten years . He wanted to capture a sleeping but living soul , a human being in the mysterious landscape between dream and wakefulness . Long before , he had heard of " Soverskan på Oknö ", Karolina Olsson . Who , according to the stories , slept away 32 years of his life , but then suddenly woke up one April day in 1908 . History has , as I said , never left Bertil in peace and he has returned to it time and time again in his works .
In 2023 , when Bertil celebrated 60 years as a glass artist at Kosta Boda , he created a series of new Brains as a kind of gift to those of us who have followed his business over the years and who never stopped loving his unique ability to innovate the art of glass . The anniversary variants of Brains are slightly larger and heavier than the previous ones , and they rest comfortably on a soft leather cushion . Like the artist himself towards the end of the day when it gets dark around the cabin and the last thoughts cool in his head , you let your head rest in your hand instead , says Bertil .
The anniversary edition of Annual Brains was first produced in 2023 . A new “ annual brain ” is launched every year thereafter , on Bertil Vallien ' s birthday on 17 January .
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Annual Brains 2025 , BV AC-25 Art . nr . 7520237 H 85 mm W 70 mm W 50 mm W 0,45 kg
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