Carina Seth Andersson

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Two worlds meet in Carina Seth-Andersson's glass. Her flacons are a blend of two centuries and two styles. The restrained craftmanship of Scandinavian Modernism connects with the lost realm of cut glass in the form of perfume bottles, rosewater and domestic luxury. The knobs were found at flea markets and in antique shops over the last twenty years, as she collected them for the artistic skill they reflect. Carina makes the bottles in a hot-glass studio with the help Eino Mäkelä, designing them to suit the knobs. The pure lines of the 20th century are not sufficient - something more, a secret, nostalgic delight with overtones of both fin de siècle and Dallas is needed.

Carina Seth-Andersson, who started her career in the early 1990’s, could just as well have designed airplanes or spaceships. Her concept of beauty is pared down to the barest possible expression - just like old medicine bottles. But there is also a discrete and warm humor to her work - not everything is centered and perfect.

Carina was born in 1965 in Stockholm. Carina received a Master of Fine Arts from Konstfack University College of Art 1993 and spent an extra year in glass in 1994.

She has designed strict table ware for Iittala, metal bowls for Hackman and undertaken public commissions in glass. Her studio is located in Gustavsberg’s old ceramics factory outside Stockholm.