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Mats Jonasson
Mats Jonasson (born 1945) is a Swedishglassdesigner.[1] Coming from a glassworkers family, he started to learn glass engraving when he was 14 years old.[2]
He is notable for his engraved lead crystal sculptures of flowers and wildlife that are manufactured by the glassworks in Målerås, Sweden and are marketed around the world.[3][4] He is represented with several works at the Småland Museum in Växjö, Sweden.[5] One of his larger public sculptures is the Glass Angel in the children section at the Skogskyrkogården ('The Woodland Cemetery') in Ljungby.[6]
In 1981, when Kosta Boda, the owner of Målerås glassworks, wanted to close down the production in Målerås, Jonasson and his colleagues bought the glassworks to keep it running.[3][7][8] A few years later, Orrefors Glassworks (now merged with Kosta Boda), made a new bid for Målerås glassworks.
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