Released
in February and just reaching shops is Royal Copenhagen’s latest
series Globe – small sculptures for everyday use. Designed by
artist Jens-Flemming Sørensen who found inspiration in
nature’s own works of art when he was given the task of
creating the new series, and his play with porcelain became
Globe, a series of sculptural porcelain bowls and dishes based
on the round, organic shapes of the globe.

Globe is Jens-Flemming Sørensen’s first foray into
applied art. His successful debut is a collection of bowls and
dishes, at one and the same time raw and organic like a force
of nature and so harmonious in form that they will function
as small sculptures in the home. But, according to Jens-Flemming
Sørensen, the series is first and foremost functional
everyday art that has been created to be used: “I wanted
to produce a series that bore a sculptural stamp, but the most
important thing was to create art that could be used in everyday
life. It had to be a series with something rustic about it,
and here it was exciting to discover the possibilities contained
in porcelain, a material I had never tried my hand at before.”

In
nigh on a lifetime he has breathed life into materials such
as iron, marble and bronze, and he has used this experience
to give Globe a robust stamp that becomes the delicate porcelain
and gives the series an idiom all of its own. The bowls and
dishes in the series come in several sizes that lend themselves
to use in the home as imagination and temperament dictate. The
bowls will bring life to seasonal flowers or fresh twigs, and
when filled with chocolate, sweets or cakes, they will be perfect
for serving a little something sweet with coffee. The curved
shape of the dishes suggests all sorts of possibilities when
it comes to serving, such as filling them with grapes, fresh
berries, caviar – or a cool bottle of champagne with ice.

Jens-Flemming Sørensen

Jens-Flemming Sørensen (born 1933) long since took his
place in the pantheon of Danish artists, and the 71-year-old
self-taught artist is well known both in Denmark and internationally
for his sculptures, decorative projects and installations. His
works are full of organic shapes, often taking the female body
as a point of departure and muse, and they have a dynamism,
as if they are constantly changing and a new shape is about
to burst forth, creating its own narrative.
Jens-Flemming Sørensen is behind several decorative projects,
including on Toftegaards Plads in Copenhagen, Marselisbrg Castle
in Aarhus, Copenhagen Airport and in front of firms like Grundfos,
Louis Poulsen and Carlsberg. His sculptural works can be enjoyed
at Galerie Asbæk in Copenhagen at regular intervals, and
he is also represented in Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Esbjerg
Kunstmuseum, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum,
Århus Kunstmuseum and Museum Beelden Aan Zee in Holland,
among other places. Furthermore his sculptures can be enjoyed
in Hamburg, Montreux, Chateau de Caix, Lyon, Washington, Florida
and Abbey Gardens in England.
Jens-Flemming Sørensen l ives and works in the small Italian
town of Pietrasanta, a town with a fine tradition of sculpture
that attracts creative artists from all over the world.

Globe consists of votives (8 cm) and two bowls (15 cm and 18
cm). The material is white, unglazed porcelain with blue or
white glaze on the inside. Furthermore Globe consists of a limited
series of large items also in unglazed porcelain and these items
are a large vase (50 cm) and dish and bowl (50 cm and 36 cm).

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