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Offline Ivo

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« on: July 05, 2016, 12:25:05 PM »
Found a lovely little dish today signed Hetalaga 93 JE - and with a little googling this turns out to be the Hetalaga Glass studio run by Jens Eltorp. I had never heard of either.

The adress is given as Gullaskruv - so we know who and when and where.  But does anyone know how long they existed?

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Re: Hetalaga
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2016, 01:36:14 PM »
Ivo, this is what I found... founded 1985, Gullaskruv, Kalmar Län.  Jens Eltorp died Jan 2016 and the studio seems to have closed afterwards.

https://www.facebook.com/hetalagaglas/info/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=overview
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Hetalåga Glasstudio - Sedan 1985 har vi producerat konstglas enligt ursprungliga traditioner -glasblåsning på fri hand.

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Det är sorgligt och ledsamt att meddela att glaskonstnären Jens Eltorp har avlidit.
Jens drev Hetalåga Glasstudio under många år. Den natursköna platsen var navet i hans hantverk och gav honom förutsättningar att skapa glaskonst av yttersta klass.
Vi som lärt känna Jens minns honom som en varm människa som brann för glaset och Glasriket. Jens Eltorp, vila i frid.

It's sad and it's sad to announce that glaskonstnären jens eltorp has died.
Jens drove hetalåga glasstudio over many years. The scenic location was the hub of his craft, and gave him the potential to create glass art of utmost class.
We who know Jens remember him like a hot man that burned for the glass and the kingdom of crystal. Jens Eltorp, rest in peace.
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Re: Hetalaga
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2016, 01:37:55 PM »
Photo of the man... https://www.facebook.com/hetalagaglas/photos/a.1627987497426294.1073741828.1627057364185974/1638840859674291/?type=3

Web site went offline after March 2016 but may be seen in the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091941/http://www.hetalaga.se/

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Jens Eltorp är född 1955 och uppvuxen i Köge, Danmark och utbildad på  Holmegårds Glasverk.
Han har arbetat på olika glasbruk t.ex. Åfors, Flygsfors m.fl.
Jens har även undervisat på Glasskolan i Orrefors under ett antal år.

Jens Eltorp born in 1955 and raised in Køge, Denmark and educated at Holmgård Glass Works.
He has worked in various glassworks eg Åfors, Flygsfors Others
Jens has also taught at the School of Glass in Orrefors for a number of years.
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Re: Hetalaga
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2016, 01:52:01 PM »
And a bit more bio:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091941/http://www.hetalaga.se/

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Jens Eltorp, som är autodidakt och född i  Köge, Danmark. Efter flera besök i glasriket i Småland blev han intresserad i glasblåsning och den Småländska naturen.
Efter avslutat skolgång, 17 år gammal,  började han arbeta på Holmegårds glasverk. Efter några år flyttade
Jens till Småland och började arbeta på olika glasbruk i Glasriket.
År 1975 köptes Hetalåga, en avstyckad gård i Småländska inlandet mitt mellan Kalmar, Växjö. Efter 10 års
arbete på olika glasbruk började Jens arbeta som lärare vid glasskolan i Orrefors.

Drömmen om att starta egen glashytta kunde förverkligas i 1985 när han öppnade Hetalåga Glasstudio, inspirationen kommer från naturens färger och former och filosofin är att göra glas som är funktionellt, vackert, med ett bestående värde och tidlöst design.

Jens har medverkat vid mera ån 50 tals utställningar i Sverige och Danmark. På Sydosten, en jurybedömd utställning på Kalmar Konstmuseum har han deltagit ett antal gångar.

Hetalåga Glasstudio är även representerad på Smålands museum.

Jens Eltorp, who is self-taught and was born in Køge, Denmark. After several visits to the Kingdom of Crystal in Småland, he became interested in glass blowing and the nature of Småland.
After finishing school, 17 years old, he began working on Holmgård glass works. After a few years moved
Jens Smaland and began working in various glassworks in the Kingdom of Crystal.
In 1975 was bought Hot Low, a divided farm in Småland inland midway between Kalmar, Växjö. After 10 years
work in various glassworks Jens started working as a teacher at the School of Glass in Orrefors.

The dream of starting their own glassworks could be realized in 1985 when he opened Hot Low Glass Studio, inspiration comes from nature's colors and shapes, and the philosophy is to make glass that is functional, beautiful, with a lasting value and timeless design.

Jens has participated in more than 50 century exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark. On Sydosten, a juried exhibition at Kalmar Art Museum, he has participated a number of times.

Low Hot Glass Studio is also represented on the Småland Museum.

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Re: Hetalaga
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2016, 02:00:54 PM »
Du är fantastisk! What a research, AND he turns out to be one of the greats who stayed under the radar. Tack så mycket!

 

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