April Wagner & Jason Ruff have created a series of art glass called "Splash Vessels." This vessel is done in Lemon, Red Stripe and Granny Apple Lip. It is artist signed epiphany and dated. It is approximately 7.5" x 6" x 5.5". The style is reminiscent of "Dale Chihuly."

small (7.0" x 6.0" x 5.0").........................................................$260
medium (10" x 9" x 6.5")........................................................$575
large (16.0" x 12.0" x 10.0").................................................$1575
jumbo (18" + )..................................................individually priced

a contrasting stripe color added to the outside of the splash free form reveals another dimension of the splash free form series. the stripe helps define the curvaceous exterior and flowing nature of these pieces. to make the stripe of the piece, a colored glass bit is touched onto the piece near the lip of the form and spun in concentric circles to the bottom. the clear glass fingers are then sculpted over the stripe.

"our most popular colors in the splash series are the transparent jewel tone pieces with the gold and silver striping. paired with a rich, saturated transparent body color the effect of the metallic hues is stunning. the gold and silver colors are created via a technique termed "reduction". by removing the oxygen from atmosphere of the glory hole (a 2400 degree reheating chamber), the carbon molecule will attach itself to the gold and silver elements in the glass. these elements become trapped on the surface of the piece, thus creating our unusual and eye catching metallic stripe and lip wrap colors."

"the specialized equipment necessary to create and control the "reduction" technique is in place on both our medium and jumbo glory holes. this feature on our jumbo glory hole allows us to create these gold and silver metallic colors on a scale capable by only a select few studios in the world."

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