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Iittala Cup Glass-Blowing Championships

(Source: Reuters) Keijo Kopra from Finland creates a sphere as he competes in the Iittala Cup glass-blowing competition June 7, 2008.

I think you’ll all agree that there is a ton of energy surrounding the Iittala brand these days as they continue to be a major driving force in the art of glass-blowing.

IITTALA, Finland (Agnieszka Flak of Reuters Life!) - Juggling a giant ball of molten glass is all in a day’s work for masters at the finals of the Iittala Cup glass-blowing championships.

Some 32 participants from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Hungary took part in Saturday’s Cup in the northern Finnish town of Iittala, which has been organised by the Finnish design company of the same name every two years since 1984.

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