DESIGNERS AT MATS JONASSON

MATS JONASSON

His talent as a designer attracted attention early on, when he started to work as an apprentice engraver at the glassworks in 1959. Over the next few decades he worked with many of the most respected contemporary glass artists in Sweden. During this period, he developed that natural style of his which ha has perfected in his Wildlife Collection.
"Our forests have captured the hearts and minds of people since time immemorial" says Mats. Inspired by the natural world around him, he has opened his mind to create his distinctive masterpieces in the finest Swedish crystal. Nowadays, this son of the glassworks is represented all over the world.


KLAS-GORAN
TINBACK

He is a studio glass artist who's been tempted to return to the warmth of the glassworks after a copule of decades away. His collection represents a bold foray into the world of the glass.Tinback's works are on display at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm, the Rohmska Museum in Gothenburg and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Berlin. His work has been exhibited in Japan, Brazil and the USA, as well as all over Europe. Since 2000 he's been allowing his creativity to foold out at MATS JONASSON MALERAS. 

ERIKA HOGLUND

She was borne in Sweden in 1971 into a family of artists, where glass and design played an important role in everyday life. As a child she was fascinated by teamwork that existed between the glassblower and the designer and what they could achieve by working together on glowing crystal. With this background and a fiercely independent and often wild and fantastic streak of creativity, Erika has opened up completely new perspectives in what can be achieved in the medium of crystal. Since 1997 she's been allowing her creativity to flood out at MATS JONASSON MALERAS.

ROBERT LJUBEZ

 After escaping the horrors of war in Bosnia , Robert Ljubez ended up in Sweden at the end of 1992. Experiences from engraving and drawing in combination with an artistic talent led to a job at the Glassworks in 1996. At first, Robert Ljubez worked as an engraver, but he soon became Mats Jonasson's right hand man. Robert's time at MATS JONASSON MALERAS has provided him with invaluable knowledge of the unexpected possibilities there are in working with crystal. A successful combination of curiosity and a great respect for the craftsmanship at MATS JONASSON MALERAS has inspired him to create his own objects in crystal.