Resin Bubble Sculpture

Handmade resin abstract sculpture in yellow-colored resin in the style of Japanese-American artist Leo Amino. This piece's curves look to be that of a womans body. Dimensions 5” wid...

Round Murano glass dish made in Italy features a thick round glass form with a deep well. Dimensions 6" diameter x 1.5" height. Condition Excellent vintage condition; Professionall...

Round glass bowl features a sleek body that tapers towards two sides. The underside of the bowl is impressed with a leaf like design. Signed - on the bottom. Dimensions 11.5" width...

Ceramic textured vessel with yellow glaze. The center of the vessel has an opening with hints of red navy and brown. It can be used for holding florals or a finishing piece for displ...

Acrylic sphere sculpture, Resin, Lucite. Large and heavy clear cast acrylic sphere table sculpture with internal bubble inclusions. 5" diameter flat bot...

Large amorphic handblown bullicante glass sculpture with air bubble inclusions has unique shape from all angles. Beautiful light reflections throughout.

Vintage Italian clear Murano glass paperweight hand blown with bollicine technique / Made in Italy, circa 1960s Measures: Diameter 3.75...

Early Art Glass sculpture by Hiroshi Yamano features a grouping of raising controlled air bubbles in the center of a clear glass disc object. The bubbles are partially enveloped by pale green, pink, and blue colored glass layers that are flowing around and through the central structure. The underside is polished flat, adding clarity to the sculpture and emphasizing the use of negative space in the composition. The sculpture is signed and dated by the artist in etching on the underside; it can be used as a paperweight, if desired. It is contemporary to Yamano's famous "From East to West" series, that he started in the late 1980s, while he was a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The sculpture was created in 1988; it is evocative of flowing water and underwater views. While we don't think that the sculpture is a part of the series, it is an important early work and a reflection on his studies. Hiroshi Yamano (b. 1956) is recognized as one of Japan's foremost and innovative glass artists. He attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, the Tokyo Art Institute, and Penland School of Crafts (where he served as an assistant), before receiving his Masters in Fine Arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, in 1989. Yamano began working with glass after seeing an exhibition of Scandinavian glass in Kyoto. At California College of Arts and Crafts he studied under Marvin Lipofsky, learning the creative aspects of glass. In 1986 he worked as an instructor at Leon Applebaum...