{"title":"Backhaus-Brown \u0026 Egeværk","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlasskibe by Backhaus \u0026amp; Brown and Egeværk: sculptural vessels uniting hand-blown, battuto-cut glass and carved oak, inspired by the Viking ships of northern Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hati-and-skoll","title":"Hati and Skoll","description":"\u003cp\u003eHati and Skoll draws on the Norse myth of the wolves who pursue the moon and sun across the sky, their chase bound to the cosmic cycle that culminates in Ragnarök.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than illustrating the legend, Backhaus-Brown \u0026amp; Egeværk give it physical form. A dark, battuto-cut glass hull is held within an oak keel that rises into two taut, opposing arcs, creating a sense of pursuit, suspension, and inevitability. 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Fashioned into an arrow and placed in the hand of the blind Höðr, it becomes the instrument of Baldr’s death—and one of the events that foretells Ragnarök.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBackhaus-Brown \u0026amp; Egeværk translate the gravity of the myth into an extraordinarily spare, elongated form. A dark glass hull, cut with battuto and held within a finely shaped oak keel, stretches between two rising points that suggest both vessel and weapon. The deep red interior gives the work an almost visceral undertone, while the sweep of the oak carries the sculpture forward with remarkable tension and restraint. 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