Peter Nilsson began his working life as an engraver in the glass industry in Sweden. Besides working as a designer, engraving and figurative expression has always been his language of choice.
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Peter grew up in rural Sweden in the neighbourhood of the Orrefors Glassworks and village. Surrounded by workshops where he was allowed to play as a child, glass seemed the most natural material to use and Peter decided at the age of seven he would become a glass engraver.
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After graduation from the senior high school program at the National Glass School in Orrefors, Peter was hired as a glass engraver at Pukebergs glassworks, where he stayed for seven years assisting a range of designers. After university, Peter spent nine years at the Swedish National Glass School as a teacher in coldworking techniques, sketching techniques and art history.
Peter relocated to Australia with his partner in 2010, where he continues to work as a freelance artist.