EDVIN ÖHRSTRÖM

Edvin Öhrström was a Swedish sculptor who worked across multiple media, with a specialization in glasswork. Öhrström was a well-known designer for Orrefors, where he contributed work for two months annually from 1936–1957. It was at Orrefors that Öhrström developed the Ariel glass technique, by which air bubbles are trapped within the glass to create elaborate designs. However, Öhrström's personal projects rarely resembled the Ariel glass he would produce for Orrefors. In the 1930s, the artist worked primarily in an abstracted style. By casting hot glass into iron molds, Öhrström produced weighty, rough edged, cubistic columns of glass in a range of hues from citrine and rock crystal to yellow and amber. Though the particular coloration of the glass would highlight its natural qualities, the forms Öhrström's sculptures took defied their inherent fragility. 

Öhrström is particularly well known for the many iterations of his Kristall-Vertikal Accent form, one of which was made as a monumental public artwork in 1974 for Sergels Torg in Stockholm.