a unique "Precious Cargo" sand-cast glass sculpture of a boat, Kosta Boda, Sweden, 1987.
Sand-cast bow and stern, blown central section in clear glass with air spiral and orange serpentine, signed 305870075 KOSTA BODA B. Vallien. Length 62 cm, on a blackened iron stand with spikes, height 17 cm, width 20.5 cm.
Bertil Vallien certifies in a letter: "It's delightful to see this old creation from 1987 again. A very special sculpture where I combined casting with a shape that is made on the glassblower's pipe. It was difficult, and I probably won't do it again. The title I remember is 'Precious Cargo'. The title refers to the clear, pure central form that I see as a cocoon, an egg, an embryo. In stark contrast to the boat's rough, rustic surfaces."
A few years later, Bertil Vallien recounts: "Fun to see again, I was a bit wilder back then, the sand mould was made directly in the sand. With my hands, without any templates."