Interview

• What’s your inspiration source?

  Nanna: For me it is nature. It touches all my senses, and it’s an indispensable friend in the design process. Nature plays a vital role in my passion for playing with colours. The overall expression of my work is always clean, crisp and fully sympathetic with Nordic design traditions.

• How do you combine your British roots with the Danish traditions?

  Andrew: I try to reflect stories in much of my work, especially the stories and sagas of the Viking age; my fascination with this period is most likely the result of my British heritage combined with a life spent in Denmark. This results is "Glasskibe", sculptures made of glass and wood.

• What’s your signature technique?

  Nanna: Over the years, I have developed a love for the old Italian technique Pastorelli. This technique embraces strictness and minimalism as well as allowing me to show my playful side. My Pastorelli pieces are my trademark.

• What is the Battuto technique?

  Andrew: I have always been fascinated by a combination of hot glass and cold working. In recent years, I have concentrated on Battuto, which precisely embraces both work processes and allows me to immortalise the beautiful patterns I see when sunlight hits the surface of the sea outside my window.