Sara Lundkvist

Based in Stockholm, glass artist Sara Lundkvist creates artworks that are otherworldly. 

Sara first became intrigued with glass because of its complex materiality: the intense heat makes it very challenging to work with, while the material itself is incredibly fragile. Ever since she studied at Orrefors Glass School, she has pushed the boundaries of what is possible to create with glass, often inventing new shapes and expressions in the process. After completing her MA in Ceramics and Glass at KonsHack University of the Arts, Crafts and Design, she initiated the female glass group BOOM!, based on sisterhood and the need among glass artists to share their knowledge with one another.

In her craft practice she is using an interdisciplinary approach where her interest lies in studying and understanding how to use the definition and concept of material culture and how to use its channels of communication to tell new stories. Sara Lundkvist is inspired by magic phenomena, spirituality, and science fiction where she is interested in making her glass objects reflect our desires, hopes and dreams. Her glass work could be seen as objects from another world, from a mysterious darkness or all the colors of the rainbow.

The glass objects Portals have inspiration from the movie Terminator 2, where one terminator becomes liquid metal and another inspiration comes from the science-fiction TV series Stargate where the portals are technological doorways that connect two separate locations in space, gateways which can transfer matter from one to the other.