Richard Marquis Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

This is one of the most beautiful blue glass in the palette of the master glass blower Richard Marquis .Made for the studio Noble Effort in 1987 with seve...

Following his M.A., Marquis maintained his headquarters in Berkeley. Over the ensuing years, he operated several studios, some in partnership with other artists, where he did production work (e.g. murrine marbles) both for income and to improve his skills, as well as original work. In the first few years, he traveled extensively, visiting Central America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia (twice). On many of these trips, he taught glassblowing techniques and established workshops. In 1977 he accepted a teaching position at UCLA, and from 1977 to 1982, he commuted weekly between teaching in LA and his studio in Berkeley. In 1982 he pulled up stakes in both California locations, and moved entirely to an island in Puget Sound, where he maintains his studio today. For a few years, he continued a production enterprise, which he terminated at about the time of his marriage in 1987.[3] Throughout his career, Marquis developed and refined glassblowing techniques, and explored experimental directions, some successful, some not. Of one experiment, a set of blown glass and neon heads, he said "I had this need to go backward, to do something entirely stupid.".[3]:?29? He engaged in collaboration with other artists including Therman Statom and Dante Marioni...

Just an amazing glass work by the very well-known artist, Richard Marquis, dated 1980 and signed Marquis.

Magnificent blown glass work in this tea or goblet sculpture. Signed Marquis 1992.

A creation by Richard Marquis ,fused and carved glass murrine set on the handle of a found object. The murrina depict squirrels,bugs,ducks,horses,elephants and butterflies.