Aqua Blue Vortex Bowl P08415-P00146 these elaborate earrings are inspired

these elaborate earrings are inspired by both blossoming flowers as well as celestial constellations

when the ink is 'squeegeed'

Special edition of holiday colored glass flowers sit atop hand sculpted black stems and an elegant flat metal base on the garden of glass flowers perfect as a small table centerpiece

The artist had scouted this location two weeks earlier and was lucky when he returned as cloud and light conditions evolved dramatically

Each teardrop dangles freely

Aqua Blue Vortex Bowl P08415-P00146 these elaborate earrings are inspiredThis hand blown glass platter was created by first rolling a molten clear bubble of glass through a layer of pale green blue glass chunks that are about the size of rock salt, and then rolling it though similar sized aqua powdered glass. The next step is to blow the bubble into a aluminum optic mold that has 12 triangular ribs on the inside of it. The ribbed bubble is heated and twisted to create the vortex spiral. Another layer of molten clear glass