Where to place your art glass objects?

There has been a long tradition for the beautiful glass objects made in Finland. One of the biggest and most notorious manufacturers is Iittala, the company that has been specialised making everyday glassware and art glass.

One of the Iittala’s most popular art glass series is the Birds from Oiva Toikka. This extensive collection of different kind of glass birds is popular gift to give from farewells to weddings, and many Finns collect these beautiful birds.

Finding the right place in home for any beautiful glass object is challenging due the nature of the glass. The glass designer Oiva Toikka, the designer also behind the Birds, says that glass has its own will. The will is interpreted by the glassblowers.

Glass breaks down easily. According to Toikka, this ability underscores the will of the glass. When the glass object gets broken on the manufacturing process, it tells that something is not right. 

 

Glass object that gets broken after purchasing it is not treated right. As everyone know hard hits will break the glass, but sanding or direct sunlight can also affect the glass object and make it to blow up. Even it is tempting to keep glass objects next the window (as the light is reflected so nicely through them), glass objects should not be placed there. The sun does not only break the glass, it also affects to the color of the glass.

Another harmful for the glass is sound. Sound waves affect to the glass and may lead to sudden break of the glass object. The most harmful is to place the glassware on the top of the piano. In many families the piano is the most expensive, and therefore the most presentable piece of interior decoration, and the desire to place a beautiful glass object on top of it is tempting. That should be considered illegal in every case, since it ads the probability of the glass object to get broken.

The correct place for storing and presenting glassware is in the middle of the room or in shelves. Window sill might be used in some cases, but the plausible loss of glass art object should be then taken into account.