With Ella Varvio and Henriikka Pöllänen
Hi there, we had the most exciting week at Glashütte Gernheim! We both traveled from Finland to join the opening of Gravur on Tour exhibition – and to attend the workshop following week. We were really impressed about the versatile artworks at the exhibition -and also about the possibilities that the museum’s studios offered. It was great to meet fellow artists and to get to know the museum and the studios.
Gravur on Tour – Glashütte Gernheim 19.03. – 09.09.2023
- Henriikka Pöllänen engraving
- Graal blanks by Henriikka Pöllänen & Ella Varvio
- Ella Varvio working on graal blank
- Engraving a horse figure
We had the possibility to create artworks with Graal technique according to our own designs. Graal technique is neat in a sense that it combines different craft techniques : glassblowing, glasscutting and glass engraving. We were assisted by the team of true glass professionals : Heikko Schulze Höing, Korbinian Stöckle and Rasit Rejwan Toplu. Time flew fast, but the week offered great opportunity for testing new ideas and shapes.
Here’s some pics from the amazing place with both glassblowing studio and room for coldworking and engraving :
- Evening sun at Glashutte Gernheim’s studio
- Glashutte Gernheim’s Glasturm under renivation
- Glassblowers Rasit Rejwan Toplu and Korbinian Stöckleworking in the hotshop
- Glassblower Rasit Rejwan Toplu sculpting Henriikka Pöllänen’s artwork
Our new pieces will join Gravur on Tour exhibition at museum’s Herrenhaus building. The exhibition runs until 9th of September and is definitely worth visiting!
Many thanks to all who made the workshop week possible : Glass Engraving Network, Glashutte Gernheim’s museum’s staff and museum director Katrin Holthaus, and the amazing studio team that we already mentioned.
Best of luck for the exhibition and following workshops!
– Ella & Henriikka
- Henriikka Pöllänen’s Graal Artwork being formed
- Henriikka and new piece out of the annealingof the
- Ella and new graal piece with horse engraving
- Ella Varvio’s graal artwork in making