Gather Vase
Made in two gathers of glass, the fluid line around the neck shows where the second amount of liquid glass was gathered from the furnace. It’s a skilful process, which demands that the temperature of the first bubble (or ‘post’) is just right before putting it back into the furnace. Too hot and the bubble will collapse in the heat, risking contaminating the whole pot of clear glass, or a puddle of glass on the workshop floor. Too cold, and it could crack with the thermal shock. Every one of these vases will be completely unique, in the different ways the fluid glass line looks, the way the colour fades through the form, and the proportions of the two parts.
All my glasses are made from free-blown hot glass so sizes and shapes do vary. Your glass might have a small bubble or tool mark, and has a melted ‘pontil’ mark on the base. These are all characteristics of hand made studio glass.
Made in two gathers of glass, the fluid line around the neck shows where the second amount of liquid glass was gathered from the furnace. It’s a skilful process, which demands that the temperature of the first bubble (or ‘post’) is just right before putting it back into the furnace. Too hot and the bubble will collapse in the heat, risking contaminating the whole pot of clear glass, or a puddle of glass on the workshop floor. Too cold, and it could crack with the thermal shock. Every one of these vases will be completely unique, in the different ways the fluid glass line looks, the way the colour fades through the form, and the proportions of the two parts.
All my glasses are made from free-blown hot glass so sizes and shapes do vary. Your glass might have a small bubble or tool mark, and has a melted ‘pontil’ mark on the base. These are all characteristics of hand made studio glass.
Made in two gathers of glass, the fluid line around the neck shows where the second amount of liquid glass was gathered from the furnace. It’s a skilful process, which demands that the temperature of the first bubble (or ‘post’) is just right before putting it back into the furnace. Too hot and the bubble will collapse in the heat, risking contaminating the whole pot of clear glass, or a puddle of glass on the workshop floor. Too cold, and it could crack with the thermal shock. Every one of these vases will be completely unique, in the different ways the fluid glass line looks, the way the colour fades through the form, and the proportions of the two parts.
All my glasses are made from free-blown hot glass so sizes and shapes do vary. Your glass might have a small bubble or tool mark, and has a melted ‘pontil’ mark on the base. These are all characteristics of hand made studio glass.