Mats Jonasson® Miscellaneous (Crystal Fox Gallery)

#26110
Mats Jonasson Muzika Guitar Red LargeMats Jonasson Muzika Guitar Red Large
Price $280

#26116
Mats Jonasson Muzika left part of CD-Ends. Note Black, - LEFTMats Jonasson Muzika left part of CD-Ends. Note Black, - LEFT
Price $135

#26112
Mats Jonasson SHE Black - retiringMats Jonasson SHE Black - retiring
Price $85

#6189
Mats Jonasson SHE Clear - retiringMats Jonasson SHE Clear - retiring
Price $81

#6343
Mats Jonasson Turtle Doves, MJ 33849Mats Jonasson Turtle Doves, MJ 33849
Price $80

#6091
Mats Jonasson Viking ShipMats Jonasson Viking Ship
Price $133

MJ BalanceMJ Balance
Price $350

#6124
Nativity Christmas SceneNativity Christmas Scene
Price $230

#33923
Pig by Mats JonassonPig by Mats Jonasson
Price $75

#6417
Rock-Carving 01, Mats JonassonRock-Carving 01, Mats Jonasson
Price $94

#33802
Rock Carving 02, Mats JonassonRock Carving 02, Mats Jonasson
Price $70

#33803
Rock Carving 03, Mats JonassonRock Carving 03, Mats Jonasson
Price $70

#33804
Rock Carving 04, Mats JonassonRock Carving 04, Mats Jonasson
Price $95

#33805
Rock Carving 05, Mats JonassonRock Carving 05, Mats Jonasson
Price $95

#5946
Santa Claus LargeSanta Claus Large
Price $156

#5942
Santa Claus MediumSanta Claus Medium
Price $129

#33823
Santa Claus SmallSanta Claus Small
Price $85

#6421
Viking Ship, large, color Mats JonassonViking Ship, large, color Mats Jonasson
Price $199

#33910
Viking Ship, small, color, Mats JonassonViking Ship, small, color, Mats Jonasson
Price $140

AMAZE Blue Bowl, medium Mats JonassonAMAZE Blue Bowl, medium Mats Jonasson
Price $180

#MJ Heart bowl
Heart bowl Mats Jonasson Click MORE INFO for other sizesHeart bowl Mats Jonasson Click MORE INFO for other sizes
Price $69

#55823
Mats Jonasson AMAZE Blue Bowl, largeMats Jonasson AMAZE Blue Bowl, large
Price $230

Mats Jonasson AMAZE Sandyellow Bowl, largeMats Jonasson AMAZE Sandyellow Bowl, large
Price $230

#5892
Mats Jonasson AMAZE Sandyellow Bowl, mediumMats Jonasson AMAZE Sandyellow Bowl, medium
Price $171

#5922
Mats Jonasson ATHENA Red Bowl, mediumMats Jonasson ATHENA Red Bowl, medium
Price $110

More Information about Mats Jonasson® MiscellaneousMats Jonasson Swedish crystal, Bowls, Santa Claus, Nativity, hearts, Buddha, girl,dragon, butterfly, guitar, viking ship and more, handcrafted, sandblasted and carved by hand, all of them are individually signed with the artist or studio signature
"Having done a drawing I make a plaster model. This is an exact replica of the finished piece. At this stage, I decide on the background - what is to surround the piece. It is often more difficult to achieve perfect harmony between the motif and its surroundings and I frequently spend longer working on the surroundings than on the animal itself. It is the chiselled, crystal-like texture that I want to bring out. An eagle on a cliff works well but an animal moving throught the forest is more difficult. The background to the animal motif must help to create the mood.
The next step is to engrave the body on the plaster model. Then I varnish the model and make a postivie cast of it also in plaster. This cast, which is the right way round, is the model for the final iron mould. On the final plaster model, I enhance the fine details of the motif before passing it to the iron foundry. In the foundry, a sand core is produced and then the iron mould is cast. We now have a raw mould. the raw mould is also worked on. I use diamond drills, revolving files and ultrasonic tools to clarify the details of the motif and to polish the parts requiring a glossy finish. When I am satisfied with the mould, it is passed to the glass workshop where the molten crystal is cast in it. We start by heating the iron mould so that the diffence in temperature between it and themolten crystal is not too severre. A "gatherer" takes molten glass from the post using a long iron. Gathering the melt can leave imperfections in the crystal. Bubbles may develop and these have to be removed. We use a crystal of a special type which the Swedish Glass Research Institute has helped us to develop. This is the most costly crystal but it is especially well suited to casting and pressing. A large piece of this crystal has greater refraction and is smoother and more brilliant. It treats the light in a special way.
After casting, the galss is annealed in a lehr for 15-10 hours. If it is cooled too quickly, it will crack. After annealing there is a first quality inspection. Glass with imperfections is thrown out. It is important to get rid of defective pieces before the laborious post-production work is started. the first stage of this is sandblasting. If I want a particular area to remain glossy - the stripes on a zebra, for example, I mask them with silicon which prevents the sharp sand from getting at them. We work with different grades of cutting sand at various velocities. After sandblasting,the motifs are polished and some are then sandblasted again using coarser sand at a higher velocity to increase the whiteness.
Any unevenness of the background and foot of the pieces is then ground smooth. First the pieces is ground on a coarse diamond wheel and then on a finer wheel before being polished in two stages. the second "putty" polishing uses tin oxide which gives a highly polished surface. The final stage consists of engraving in order to achieve the minutest details of coat, plumage and eye that are so vital to the impression made by the finsihed piece.
Beside the effects obatined from making use of relief, i also have access to the graphic artist's full range of possibilities. The graphic artist can use every nuance from black to while while I have a scale from polished gloss to coars matt. The craft process means that each relief is different. Many hands and eyes have contributed to the finished object". Mats Jonasson

Mats Jonasson® Miscellaneous

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