{"product_id":"kaj-franck-kf-235-lentava-lautanen-art-object","title":"Kaj Franck KF 235 'Lentävä lautanen' (Flying Saucer) Art Object","description":"\u003cp\u003eA model KF 235 'Lentävä lautanen' ('Flying Saucer'), designed by \u003ca title=\"Kaj Franck\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artandutility.co.uk\/collections\/all\/kaj-franck\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKaj Franck\u003c\/a\u003e in 1956 for \u003ca title=\"Nuutajärvi Notsjö\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artandutility.co.uk\/collections\/all\/nuutajarvi-notsjo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNuutajärvi Notsjö\u003c\/a\u003e, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the rarest and most scarcely seen designs by Kaj Franck, this sculptural art object reveals a more playful and experimental side to his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned during a period of immense technological optimism, the piece takes its inspiration and name from the flying saucers that captured public imagination worldwide during the 1950s. Composed of two truncated cones placed base to base, its broad flattened profile unmistakably evokes the popular image of an unidentified flying object, whilst remaining sufficiently abstract to be chic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, the success of the object lies in its ambiguity. Viewed from one angle it appears almost weightless, hovering just above the surface upon which it rests. From another, it becomes a weighty exercise in pure geometry, composed of simple yet substantial cones with carefully balanced proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoreover, like many of Franck's most successful glass objects, Lentävä lautanen relies upon the material itself for much of its visual effect. That said, describing precisely how light behaves within this design is difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot only is the exterior of the object a rather unusual prism, in the truest sense. The hollowed out interior, emphasised using glass blowing colour techniques, introduces an additional optical complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glass used to produce this design is both cased and flashed. At its core is a Tyrian-purple interior, cased in a dark yet crystal-clear sea blue, before being finished with a thin flashed layer of clear glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombined with the complex form, the result is an interplay of refraction and reflection which confounds density and transparency, as the object continually changes according to its surroundings and t\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehe position of the viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth a product of its era and remarkably contemporary in appearance, 'Lentävä lautanen' remains one of the most distinctive, imaginative, and technical brilliant objects produced by Nuutajärvi Notsjö.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nuutajärvi Notsjö","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58107727118723,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/9331\/1702\/files\/Kaj-franck-scarse-lentava-lautanen-ufo-art-object-rare-vintage-finnish-collectible-museum-quality-model-kf235.jpg?v=1779491911","url":"https:\/\/www.artandutility.co.uk\/products\/kaj-franck-kf-235-lentava-lautanen-art-object","provider":"Art \u0026 Utility","version":"1.0","type":"link"}