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Design by Bertil Vallien

Boat Pilgrim Black Limited Edition 500

Boat Pilgrim Black Limited Edition 500

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Regular price $900
Regular price Sale price $900
The boats, or ships, have become a signature for artist Bertil Vallien. Through the boats, he discovered the possibilities of sand casting, which led him to recognize glass as his main material.

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“The boats, or ships, have become my signature, and I’ve worked with them most of my career. Through the boats, I discovered the possibilities of sand casting, which led me to recognize glass as my main material.

The boat carries so much history and symbolism, with a thin hull being the only protection from catastrophe. A boat is its own community. In the past, kings and captains were buried in their boats with golden treasure, horses, and other valuables. The dead were sent out to the open sea, left to tumble off the edge of the horizon into a new life on the other side. In the mid-nineteenth century, when the herring began to run low, fishermen from Bohuslän, Sweden, took their boats to Mobile, Louisiana, where they found and sold kerosene which made them rich. What we’ve been able to do with boats is incredible.

To me, a boat is also a place of solitude. If you row out with your beloved, you are alone, isolated from the world. The boat is to me what the canvas is to a painter. I never get tired of it. Boats take hold of the observer. It is history in glass, which is definitive and cannot be changed.” – Bertil Vallien

Limited Edition of 500 Pieces.

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Specifications

  • Article number:7520119
  • Width: 2.75"
  • Height: 2.13"

Shipping Info

• Every package is insured.
• Hand-packed to the highest standards.
• Delivered to doorstep by UPS Ground to 48 States (Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. Territories require an additional charge).
• We are unable to ship to PO Boxes.
• Discounts do not apply to shipping or engraving charges.
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• No Rush orders on engraving orders.
• Please allow 24-hour processing time for all orders (engraving orders not included).

Care

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Boats

Symbolizes a place of solitude, an isolation from the world.

Design by Bertil Vallien

Designer Highlight

Master of Sand Casting

Bertil Vallien

Bertil Vallien (born in 1938) is an artist who needs no further introduction for anyone who loves the beauty and mystery of glass. During his 60-year career, Vallien has become renowned among glass enthusiasts, primarily for his sand-cast sculptures and especially his world-famous glass ships. “From the very first moment, I was captivated by the seductive properties of glass. I have dedicated my entire life as an artist to exploring and pushing the limits of this material.”

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