Fine Writing - Stylus Magazine
Fine Writing - Stylus Magazine
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