Thorbjørn Feyling (1907–1985) was a

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and Head of design at the Norwegian

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company

Stavangerflint AS Stavangerflint AS was an earthenware factory that was in operation from 1949 until 1979 in Stavanger, Norway. Company history Production of pottery tableware for households and for the professional market started in 1949 under the name of ''Sta ...

in the city of

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in south-western Norway. Feyling was Head of design at the Norwegian earthenware producer Stavangerflint AS from its foundation in 1946 until 1955. He was a member of Stavangerflint's management team and created the company's design program for the production start in 1949 and the following years. He served the company as an artist designer until retirement. Many of his designs are well-known collector items.

Biography

Feyling was born in

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and died in

, Norway. He was trained as a

before

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and then employed at A/S Egersunds Fayancefabriks Co until 1946. He was then recruited to the position of Manager of design at Stavanger Fajansefabrikk, Stavanger, from 1952 renamed into

. Here he created the company's design program from scratch. From production start in September 1949, he became a member of the company's management team. From 1955 Feyling was replaced by

Eystein Sandnes Eystein Sandnes (7 November 1927 – 14 November 2006) was a Norwegian ceramic and glass designer who is known particularly for work done at the ceramic industries Stavangerflint AS and AS Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik Biography Sandes was born ...

as Head of design. He continued working as a designer for the factory until retirement in 1977.

The ceramic artist

Feyling's designs were adopted to meet the taste of different consumer groups. His most well-known forms are those named ''Glatt'', ''Standard'', ''Skaugum'' and ''Bygdøy''. They were produced for many years with a variety of decorative designs, created by himself or other artists. The designs were either sprayed, hand painted or made from ready-made transfer pictures. Finer objects may have been applied with strokes of gold painting. He created many series of exclusive objects for gifts and decoration, as well as a large range of souvenirs for cities and tourist sites in Norway and abroad.

References

*Stavangerflint's archives at Figgjo AS, Norway. *Promotional booklet for Stavangerflint 1954. *Jan Gjerde: ''Fra Kvaleberg til cyberspace'', . *http://gratisnettside.no/stavangerflinthistorie/. *Media coverage from 1950 - 1970. *Bjørn Feyling's private archive. {{DEFAULTSORT:Feyling, Thorbjorn 1907 births 1985 deaths People from Egersund Norwegian artists Norwegian male artists