Today we took the train to Växjö for class. Växjö is located approx. 1 hour NW of Nybro, and has a population of 56 000.
There we met instuctor, Gunnel Holmer, at the Smälands Museum-Sveriges Glasmuseum. She gave us a lesson on swedish glass and took us on a guided tour of the museum.
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| Glass men climbing up the windows! |
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| Glass ceiling hanging |
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| Lecture room where we learnt about Swedish glass before 1900 |
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| The museum |
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| Korg/basket, Strömbäcks glasburk |
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| Skål Bowl, Kosta Glasburk, 1900 |
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| Kanna/Decanter, Kosta glasburk, 1897 |
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| Skål/Bowl, Reijmyre glasburk, 1900-talets början |
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| Koppar/cups, Glimma glasburk |
Then we took a break for lunch...
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| Anna, Dana and I found this Greek buffet just a cobblestone stairway away :) perfect |
After it was back to class, where Gunnel discussed Swedish glass between 1900-1945 and took us through the museum to view glass from 1900-2000.
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| Kosta Boda |
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| Ingegerd Råman, Orrefors glasburk, 2007 |
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| Åsa Jungnelius, Kosta Boda, 2007 |
After class we spent the evening in Växjö; did some shopping then went for dinner and drinks.
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| Check out the 'stylish' Canadian boots for sale here in Sweden. |
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| 'Authentic Canadian winter boots". They were all pretty ridiculous looking! |
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| Then it was time for the train ride home |
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