Sakura TFO24030, a textured bronze, blue & jade glass vase by Maarten Vrolijk

Sakura TFO23031 is a unique blue, indigo, cream and multicolored hand-blown art glass sculptural vase, covered in an organic glass shard adornment by the Dutch artist Maarten Vorlijk...

'Sakura TFO24018' is a unique sculptural glass vase covered in an organic adornment of glass shards by the Dutch artist, Maarten Vrolijk. The piece is flame polished to soften the ed...

'Sakura TFO24024' is a unique sculptural glass vase covered in an organic adornment of glass shards by the Dutch artist, Maarten Vrolijk. The piece is flame polished to soften the ed...

'Sakura TFO24017' is a unique sculptural glass vase covered in an organic adornment of glass shards by the Dutch artist, Maarten Vrolijk. The piece is flame polished to soften the ed...

The Sakura glass Art collection uses cherry blossoms as its inspiration.“I am bewitched by spring”, Maarten Vrolijk explains. “Where I grew up in small Dutch town. There was a very special cherry tree in our garden that I felt very connected to in a certain way"". ""I regard my Sakura glass as a canvas where I paint with the various glass pieces like a painter with his paint”. As a child there was something magical about how the black dark branches were converted into something magnificent in the form of cherry blossom that was apparent everywhere. I could not understand how people could keep on working or carry on living in the normal way when this miracle was in progress and nature was wakening again. Children see more clearly. As adults we are so busy fighting for our own egos, for money, success, a bigger house and suchlike that we forget what is important. ” The glass vessels are recognised with their outgrowth of colored glass fragments. The volatility in accomplishing the exceptional thickness of his vases creates a risky balance between strength and delicacy. The thermal stress caused when trying to equalize the interior and exterior temperature of the cooling vessels, is fraught with the threat of breakage. The vessels show show a duality between the crystalline clarity posed against their substantial physical impact. To create each piece, a meticulously patterned bed...

Drill vases Part chaos and part control, drill vases are an exercise in improvisation.   The origin of the project lies in Carrara, and the small fragments of marble found discarded by quarries in the region. I began to collect these stones. Working in the workshop with only hand and hammer...

Iridescent bronze vase by Daniele Giannetti Dimensions: Ø 25 x H 18 cm. Materials: Glazed terracotta. All pieces are made in terracotta from Montelupo, only fired once, then co...

Onda vase in Raku n. 04 / 30 numbered serie Unique Handmade Piece Glazed Ceramic by Daria Dazzan Refractory clay, glazes Measures : 22,5 X 28,5 cm ab. Handmade earthenware vase by Daria Dazzan, unique piece, numbered. Daria Dazzan develops her pieces on the border between design, pottery and sculpture. Her unique, handmade pieces are a combination of the artistic background of the artist: high-end fashion textile. The ONDA VASE Serie is an embroidery on ceramic bodies, made with a gesture of the hand thumb. She creates an aesthetics of colour-saturated, shiny pieces. The functional artistic pieces, entirely Made in Italy, are numbered in serie divided by color combination. Each color will exist in a limited numbered serie of no more than 30 pieces worldwide. Raku is a Japanese style of pottery first made during the 1580s; the practice is characterised by the removal of a clay object from the kiln at the height of the firing and causing it to cool very rapidly. The copper used...