Exhibition catalogue in English

Helena Tynell: Love for Glass – and Light

8.2.–28.5.2023  Artist Home Erkkola

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Hall

Wooden display cabinet

1. Set of glasses
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1949

2. Helena
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1955

3. Madame
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1955

4. Parliament
The parliament´s celebratory glasses
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1948

5. Leena
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1949–1957

Showcase by the wall

6. City Tour
mold blown glass
engraved by T.H. Käppi
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1958

7. Vase
blown glass
Kauklahti, Espoo, signed, 1950

8. Bird Tree
blown glass
engraved by T.H. Käppi
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1957

9. City Tour
sketch for the engraving,
see: object 6.
print copy of the original draft

10. Platter
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1955–1957

11. Coat of Arms
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1949

12. Arch
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1949–1958

On the wall, over the piano

Sea Anemone, Pleated (´Plissé)
print copies of the original drafts

Showcase in the middle of the room

13. Sea Anemone
cabin work
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1946

14. Collar
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1946

15. Pleated (´Plissé)
cabin work, blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1949–1958

16. Concise
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1949–1951

17. Bolete
cabin work
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1951

Display cabinet

18. Bowl
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd,
catalog 1949

19. Triangle
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1949

20. Brooches
molded glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd & Taito Ltd, 1949

21. Servus
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1955–1962

22. Vases
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1959–1960

23. Vase
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd

24. Spinning Top
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1959

On the right side of the furnace

Bolete
print copy of the original draft

Author's study

25. Rialto
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1961

26. Art object
(probably a version of Rialto)
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1967

27. Northern Lights, Polar-series
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1959

28. Forest
casting
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1966

29. Broken Landscape
molded and ground glass
Limburg, 1982
Tuusulan taidemuseo

30. Grandma´s Trip to Church
1986
sheet glass and metal mesh
Tuusulan taidemuseo


Second floor parlour
After the stairs on the right

31. Sun
mold blown ”solar bottle”
was completed in 1963 as an art glass bottle, but people started to use it as a vase.
Riihimäen lasi Ltd,
tuotannossa 1964–1974

32. Sun
mold blown glass
Engraved on 12.11.1966.
A version made in honor of the opening of the new glass cabin of the Riihimäki glass factory.
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1966

33. Beam, Cheery-series
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1967–1970

34. Pilehouse
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1966–1976

35. Piece, Cheery-series
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1964–1976

36. Little Matti
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1969–1971

Grandma
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1969–1971

37. Moonwalk
freely blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd,
catalogs 1972–1976

38. Daisy
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs 1971–1976

39. Acorn
blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1975

40. Leaf of Happiness
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs 1971–1976

41. A Bottle or Two
cabin work
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1974

Kitty 1955
print copy of the original draft

Second floor hallway 

42. Vase
free formed pressed glass
Fostoria Glass, USA, 1970´s

43. Part of outdoor lightning series
molded glass
Limburg, Germany, 1960´s

Wooden display cabinet

44. Granary Lock
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1968–1974

45. Aurora
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1966–1967

46. Party
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, ~ 1962

47. Corona
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1969–1970


Bedroom

48. Beach Stones
molded glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1971–1976

49. Spirit of Water (´Näkki´)
molded glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd,
catalogs 1972–1973

50. Maze
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1976

51. Forest
molded glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalog 1976

Noah's Ark, Cat
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1970–1972

Noah's Ark, Bird
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, catalogs
1970–1972

Forest
molded glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd
catalogs 1966–1976

52. Flowery
mold blown glass
Riihimäen lasi Ltd, 1972

Video

Helena Tynell's interview, 1998
Duration 9 minutes

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