Selandia

When Per Lütken created Selandia in 1957, he created a modern classic that was put back into production in 2011. The mouth-blown dishes have a special shape that is created by hand, where the shape occurs when the glassblower gently rotates, raises and lowers the glass mass alternately. The visual softness of the 1400-degree hot glass mass is transferred directly to the cool, transparent version of the dish.

Per Lütken was a Danish draughtsman and glass craftsman and one of Holmegaard’s most important glass designers. He graduated from the School of Danish Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen in 1938, where he sharpened his natural talent for drawing. When he arrived at Holmegaard at the age of 25, he had never worked with glass before. In 1942, Per Lütken took over the position as Holmegaard Glasværk’s took over from Jacob E. Bang as creative director and drew the design line of the glassworks until his death in 1998.