{"id":929,"date":"2017-01-24T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/?p=929"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:43:09","slug":"kaj-franck-kremlin-bells-kf1500-kremlin-kellot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(ENG)<\/strong><em> The Kremlin Bells by Kaj Franck are becoming increasingly difficult to find &#8211; especially for a reasonable price. The double caraffes has been sold also separately so there is the possibility of finding it, from a flea market even. I once succeeded finding a yellow middle part for 23 \u20ac. After this I ended up searching in all the second hand vintage store in Turku and finding a glass top by Nuutaj\u00e4rvi (for 10\u20ac) and a signed lower part in clear glass (350 \u20ac). This put together amounts to 400 \u20ac, so it was quite a catch, wouldn&#8217;t you say?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Art of Glass -book tells us that the year 1957 is regarded as a turning point in <strong>Kaj Franck<\/strong>\u00b4s work as a designer. Traided in the spirit of 1930s functionalism, he found it easy after the war to choose his principles of design \u2013 simplicity of form, practicality and social responsibility. Simblification, however, cannot be continued endlessly, for form will be simplified to non-existence. Towards the end of the 1950s, art glass by Kaj Franck became easier to produce.<\/p>\n<p>The double caraffes called Kremlin Bells were shown in the Milan Triennal in 1957. Kaj Franck was awarded Grand Prix for his design production.\u00a0 The caraffes illustrate well the change in Franck\u00b4s design that took place around 1957. The extreme simplicity seemed to be now past.<\/p>\n<p>The caraffes were designed as household glass, but were soon taken into production as art glass.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_941\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_2__dee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"wp-image-941 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_2__dee-1024x768.png\" alt=\"BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_2__dee\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_2__dee.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_2__dee-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 1.<\/strong> <em>Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> Decanter, two stacking parts, several colour combinations, 100 cl. Nuutaj\u00e4rvi, in production 1955-1968.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_935\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_3_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"wp-image-935 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_3_-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_3_.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_3_-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 2.<\/strong> <em>Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> Not all middle parts are signed. Usually whether a piece is signed or not depends on when it was manufactured. In this piece the blue middle part has been signed K.Franck Nuutaj\u00e4rvi N\u00f6tsj\u00f6 -62, where as the clear glassed ones have only the text Nuutaj\u00e4rvi N\u00f6tsj\u00f6. After 1965 the manufacturing year was no longer specified. Instead only the text Nuutaj\u00e4rvi N\u00f6tsj\u00f6 appears.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_999\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_6_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999\" class=\"wp-image-999 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_6_-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_6_.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_6_-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_6_-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_6_-510x382.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 3<\/strong>. <em>Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> The dimensions of the decanter: height 20 cm, mouth 7,5-7,6 cm, bottom 6 cm and circumference (ball) about 45-45,2 cm.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1001\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_4_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1001\" class=\"wp-image-1001 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_4_-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_4_.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_4_-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_4_-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_4_-510x382.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 4.<\/strong> <em>Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> The dimensions of the decanter: height 14,8-14,9 cm, top 4,8-5 cm and bottom 6,8 cm.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1000\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_5_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1000\" class=\"wp-image-1000 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_5_-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_5_.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_5_-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_5_-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_5_-510x382.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 5.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> Glass cork diameters: green 4,8 cm, red 4,6 cm, blue 4,4 cm and dark red 4,6 cm.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1007\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_9_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1007\" class=\"wp-image-1007 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_9_-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_9_.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_9_-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_9_-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_9_-510x382.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 6.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> Reflections of light.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1014\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_10_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1014\" class=\"wp-image-1014 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_10_-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_10_.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_10_-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_10_-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/www.kasma.eu\/designblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BLOGI_myblog_kremlin_bells_10_-510x382.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>PIC 7.<\/strong><em>\u00a0Kaj Franck: Kremlin Bells, KF1500, Kremlin kellot.<\/em> Kremlin Bells and Rooster-bottles. KF1502 in production 1957-1968.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n(FI)<\/strong> <em><strong>Kaj Franck<\/strong>in Kremlin kellot alkavat olemaan harvinaisia \u2013 varsinkin kohtuuhintaan. Karahvia on kuitenkin myyty erikseen, joten joskus on mahdollista tehd\u00e4 l\u00f6yt\u00f6j\u00e4, vaikkapa kirpputorilta. T\u00e4st\u00e4 minulla on esimerkki yli kymmenen vuoden takaa: l\u00f6ysin yhden keltaisen keskiosan kirpputorilta hintaan 23 euroa. T\u00e4m\u00e4n j\u00e4lkeen kiersin kaikki ostomyyntiliikkeet Turussa ja l\u00f6ysin Nuutaj\u00e4rven valmistaman lasikorkin (hinta 10 \u20ac) ja kirkkaan signeeratun alakarahvin (350 euroa), joten koko karahvin hinnaksi tuli alle 400 \u20ac. L\u00f6yt\u00f6 vai mit\u00e4?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lasin taide -kirja kertoo, ett\u00e4 vuotta 1957 pidet\u00e4\u00e4n k\u00e4\u00e4nteen\u00e4 Kaj Franckin muotoilussa. 1930-luvun funktionalismin kasvattina h\u00e4nen oli ollut helppo sotien j\u00e4lkeen valita suunnittelunsa periaatteet, muodon yksinkertaisuus, k\u00e4yt\u00e4nn\u00f6llisyys ja sosiaalinen vastuu. Pelkist\u00e4mist\u00e4 ei kuitenkaan voi jatkaa loputtomiin, koska muoto yksinkertaistuu olemattomiin. Kaj Franckin taidelasi muuttui 1950-luvun loppupuolella yksinkertaisemmin valmistettavaksi.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin kellot \u2013nimen saaneet kaksiosaiset mehukarahvit olivat mukana Milanon triennaalissa vuonna 1957. Kaj Franck sai tuotannostaan Grand Prix\u00b4n. Karahvit kuvaavat hyvin muutosta Franckin muotoilussa, joka tapahtui juuri 1957 vaiheilla. \u00c4\u00e4rimmilleen yksinkertaistettu muotomaailma vaihtui vaihtelevammaksi.<\/p>\n<p>Osat hinnoiteltiin erikseen.\u00a0Franck suunnitteli karahvit k\u00e4ytt\u00f6esineiksi. Alaosassa olisi vett\u00e4 ja yl\u00e4osassa laimennettavaa mehua. Kremlin kellojen kolme osaa saattoi ostaa valmiina v\u00e4riyhdistelm\u00e4n\u00e4 tai ne voi valita itse; osat oli hinnoiteltu my\u00f6s erikseen.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221;Vaihtelevan muodon esimerkkej\u00e4 on jo t\u00e4ll\u00e4 hetkell\u00e4, kuten Franckin kaksiosaiset, p\u00e4\u00e4llekk\u00e4in sijoitettavat ns. mehupullot (h\u00e4n kutsuu niit\u00e4 itse nimell\u00e4 &#8221;Kreml&#8221;, koska lasitulpat ovat kupolinmuotoiset ja v\u00e4rit aivan s\u00e4ihkyv\u00e4t).<br \/>\n<em>E Wn, &#8221;Nuutaj\u00e4rven lasia Sputnik-kaudella&#8221; Kansan Uutiset, 3.6.1958.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>KUVA 1<\/strong> Mehukarahvi Kremlin kellot. Muottiin puhallettua lasia, tulpallinen 2-osainen, useita v\u00e4rej\u00e4. Koko 100 cl. Tuotannossa 1955-1968.<br \/>\n<strong>KUVA 2<\/strong> Osat hinnoiteltiin erikseen. Kaikissa keskiosan karahveissa ei ole signeerausta. Yleisesti ottaen signeeraukset vaihtelevat vuosiluvun mukaan. T\u00e4ss\u00e4 sininen keskikarahvi on signeerattu K. Franck Nuutaj\u00e4rvi N\u00f6tsj\u00f6 -62, kun taas kirkkaat karahvit pelk\u00e4st\u00e4\u00e4n Nuutaj\u00e4rvi N\u00f6tsj\u00f6. Valmistusvuosiluvun merkitsemisest\u00e4 luovuttiin vuonna 1965. Signeerauksena t\u00e4m\u00e4n j\u00e4lkeen oli pelkk\u00e4 Nuutaj\u00e4rvi N\u00f6tsj\u00f6.<br \/>\n<strong>KUVA 3\u00a0<\/strong>Alakarahvin mitat: korkeus 20 cm, suuaukko 7,5-7,6 cm ja pohja 6 cm. Karahvin ymp\u00e4rysmitta 45-45,2 cm.<br \/>\n<strong>KUVA 4<\/strong> Keskikarahvin mitat: korkeus 14,8-14,9 cm, suuaukon\/yl\u00e4osan leveys 4,8-5 cm ja pohja 6,8 cm.<br \/>\n<strong>KUVA 5<\/strong> Lasikorkkien mittoja (halkaisija): vihre\u00e4 4,8 cm, punainen 4,6 cm, sininen 4,4 cm ja rubiini 4,6 cm. Kuvasta puuttuvat: vihre\u00e4 4,6 cm ja harmaa 4,7 cm.<br \/>\n<strong>KUVA 6<\/strong>\u00a0Ilta-auringon heijastuksia.<br \/>\n<strong>KUVA 7<\/strong> Kremlin kellot ja kukkopulloja. Kukkopullot tuotannossa 1957-1968.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Kiinnostuitko blogista, oliko t\u00e4st\u00e4 hy\u00f6ty\u00e4?<br \/>\nTilaa blogi oikealla olevasta sivupalkista.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Sourches\/L\u00e4hteet<\/strong><br \/>\nCollection Kakkonen, Geometria, 2020<br \/>\nLasin taide, Kaj Franck 100-vuotta, Ky\u00f6sti Kakkonen Collection 2011<br \/>\nKaj Kalin, Kaj Franck \u2013muotoilija, Taideteollisuusmuseo 1992<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ENG) The Kremlin Bells by Kaj Franck are becoming increasingly difficult to find &#8211; especially for a reasonable price. The double caraffes has been sold also separately so there is the possibility of finding it, from a flea market even. I once succeeded finding a yellow middle part for 23 \u20ac. 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