Featured Birds
Mouthblown Glass Birds From Finland
True to Nordic design, Finnish glass birds are superior quality, timeless, inspired by nature, and crafted from the very best materials. Each bird is designed and mouthblown by master glassblowers in Finland. The collaboration between creativity and craftsmanship make each unique glass bird a collectible piece of art.
Brands
About iittala
Since 1881, Finnish design brand iittala has pioneered avant-garde design and colored glass. Through it's artists and master glassblowers, iittala brings together exciting, surprising and inspiring elements to create something original and insightful while celebrating art and craft.
About GlassBirds.com
For more than 20 years GlassBirds.com has been the leading retailer of moutblown glass birds. Specializing in iittala Toikka Birds and Bianco Blu Birds, we offer expertise and service not available elswhere.
About Bianco Blu
Led by Tarmo Maaronen, the Bianco Blu glass studio in Fiskars, Finland delivers one-of-a-kind glass bird creations. Many designs are limited to small batches, making them special collectibles. Often, GlassBirds.com has exclusive Bianco Blu birds which are not available anywher else.
Glass Bird Designers
Oiva Toikka
Professor Oiva Toikka one of Finland's most famous glass artists. His work dates back to the 1950's but is still as popular today. He is most well known for his Birds by Toikka series which took flight in 1972
Tarmo Maaronen
Born in Urjala, Finland, Maaronen has been blowing glass since 1979. Before founding his own glass studio Bianco Blu, he worked as a teacher of Scandinavian glass techniques from 1995 to 1997.
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How Are Glass Birds Made?
Our birds are mouth-blown by master glassblowers. To make these unique creations, glassblowers inflate molten glass using a blowpipe. The glassblower then begins to shape and form the bird. This step is repeated many times throughout the process and additional steps are taken when adding multiple colors, patterns, and shapes. The major tools used by a glassblower are the blowpipe (or blow tube), punty (or punty rod, pontil, or mandrel), bench, marver, blocks, jacks, paddles, tweezers, newspaper pads, and a variety of shears.