/ ALEKSANDRA Ehrensvärd

Aleksandra is a professional glassblower and glass designer. She primarily creates functional glass objects, including tableware and lighting, as well as nature-inspired sculptures. She is a highly skilled glassmaker, and her passion for glass is fueled and inspired by the process itself. Despite being made of lifeless minerals, glass is often seen as a material with lifelike qualities: it moves, flows, glows, and during the glassblowing process, it resists or obeys the artist's will just like an animated substance. In her creations, Aleksandra aims to preserve the vitality, dynamism, and softness of hot glass in a still object, using curved lines and cheerful colors. Unlike straight lines, curves are associated with likability and playfulness. In her animal sculptures, she hopes to remind people of the simple beauty around them by using colors and forms inspired by Estonian nature. Pavlenkova believes there are many simple things around us worth celebrating.