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Per Lütken (10.11.1916 - 10.2.1998) was educated at the Jens Møller-Jensen's School of Danish crafts 1932-38. When Jacob E. Bang 1941 left Holmegaard Glasswork - and the glasswork started searching for a new artistic leader. Per Lütken joined Holmegaard Glasswork in 1942 and had, like his predecessor he never worked with glass before. Hand-blown glass was done in a workshop consisting of a varying number of skilled craftsmen. Per Lütken brought new ideas to Holmegaard Glasswork both new techniques and new designs.

Over the years Per Lütken acquired a huge knowledge and experience about how glass is made and was thereby in a position to develop new techniques or improve old known with the glassmaker's tradition-bound tools. For example the "self-blown" technique (1955) consisting of steam from a wet piece of wood which the glass is held against and the steam blows up the bowl (“Arne” and the “Provence” bowl). Per Lütken was interested in making glass without molds but making glass where the centrifugal force determines the shape (e.g the “Selandia” dish). This also applies to his completely original ducking vases from 1952 or his further development of a technique known as stick-blowing (1970). Per Lütken cultivated other types of art glass e.g "Lava" where the mass is mixed with colored menge and blown into wet clay shape. Finally Per Lütken developed art glass series with stained glass and lots of marbling effects (“Cascade”) and glass pieces and decorative embellishments. Per Lütken also signed several of the glassworks popular glass services, such "Gyldenholm" (1949), "Copenhagen" (1953), "Clausholm" (1958), "Atlantic" (1962).

Per Lütken made well over 3,000 different pieces of glass. His resourcefulness and respect for craftsmanship and artistic discipline has positioned him as one of the most prominent glass artists. Per Lütken participated with Holmegaard Glassworks in major Danish exhibitions and abroad  like his work is represented in many major museums in the world eg. MUseum of Mordern Art in New York Per Lütken worked at Holmegaard until his death 1998.

Sources: “Glass is life” by Per Lütken, Gyldendals Åbne Encyklopædi and Holmegaard.dk