Lunberg Studios - Company Biography
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Daniel Salazar

Lunberg Studios was founded in 1970 by the late James Lundberg and is known for its clear-encased California Style paperweights as well as Art Nouveau and Tiffany style iridescent glass. James Lundberg began working in glass in the 1960s, while a student at California State University. He and brother Steven moved their small studio, Nouveau Glass, from San Jose to Davenport in 1973 and renamed it Lundberg Studios. Steven Lundberg left the studio in 1997 to establish his own studio. The Lundberg Studios are most widely known for the World Weight, created in 1989 by James Lundberg. Each of these ethereal spheres depicts the earth in remarkable detail, showing continents, oceans and cloud formations. Made in a variety of sizes, the World Weights range in size from 1 1/2" to 6" in diameter. Lundberg World Weights can be found in the Oval Office of the White House, in numerous public and private collections, including those of the late Jacques Cousteau, ABC News Anchorman Ted Koppel & the National Geographic Society.

Lundberg Studios is staffed by glass artists working in the Renaissance studio tradition, with each one contributing his or her own unique skills to the creative process. A mainstay since the early days, Daniel Salazar creates signed pieces for the studio, which continues under the direction of Rebecca Lundberg. James Lundberg began working in glass in the late 1960s, while a student at California State University, San Jose. He and brother Steven moved their small backyard glass studio, Nouveau Glass, from San Jose to Davenport in 1973, and renamed it Lundberg Studios. Steven Lundberg left the studio in 1997 to establish his own studio. Each piece created at Lundberg Studios is signed with the studio name, the artist’s name, date and registration number. The studio’s work are included in numerous major museum and private glass collections, including the De Young Museum, SF; Los Angeles County Art Museum; The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, WI; The Museum of American Glass, NJ; Scone Palace, Scotland; The Corning Museum of Glass; The Art Institute of Chicago; and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.