Helén Krantz

Helén Krantz (b. 1953) studied glass and ceramics at the College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Her interest in glass deepened during a scholarship year at Orrefors in 1986, and two years later she began her career as a designer.

Helén Krantz often works with patterns of small images to give the glass what she terms "rhythm". She has worked in the Graal and Ariel art glass techniques and has also developed a technique of her own: Airpocket, a refinement of the venerable Ariel technique.

Examples of her contributions to the collection are her Zaza, Cruise, Quartet, New Corner and Excess series.