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Fine Writing - Stylus Magazine

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The Winter Pen Collection is<br />

the second of a series of<br />

limited-edition writing instruments,<br />

produced in four-color<br />

variations, each limited to<br />

production of 128 pieces (100<br />

fountain pens; 28 rollerballs).<br />

of my youth in Stockholm.<br />

As a boy, my parents would<br />

take me to the crystal factories<br />

down south where I could<br />

watch the craftsmen at Kosta<br />

Boda and Orrefors work their<br />

magic blowing crystal into<br />

fine pieces of art. This fascination<br />

has stayed with me over<br />

the years, and I have finally<br />

78 OCTOBEr/nOvEMBEr 2003 s t y lu s<br />

found a way to incorporate<br />

full-lead, hand-blown crystal<br />

into my creations.”<br />

Produced in four different<br />

colors (blue, green, lavender<br />

and yellow), each limited to<br />

the production of 128 pieces,<br />

the new Crystal Collection<br />

incorporates Full Lead English<br />

Crystal from the country’s<br />

only remaining working Brick<br />

cone. Established in 1755, this<br />

circular structure houses multiple<br />

furnaces where over the<br />

years some of the world’s finest<br />

crystal has been created. Each<br />

piece in the Crystal Collection<br />

is blown, cut, ground and<br />

polished entirely by hand to<br />

Oscarson’s exacting design

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