Guiro Bottle Pair by Eric DePan

Eric DePan's Guiro Bottle Pair combines sophisticated layered color with rhythmic carving inspired by the ridged percussion instrument of the same name. DePan first builds layers of color through a demanding "stuff-cup" glassblowing process, blows each vessel to form, and then moves to the carving lathe, cutting repeated grooves across the surface. Those cuts reveal buried colors while also creating a tactile, potentially percussive surface.

Born in Houston, DePan pursued glass through programs at Penland, Haystack, and the Corning Museum of Glass, followed by work experiences that took him from Alaska to Murano, Toyama, Japan, and Sam Stang's Augusta Glass Studio. The pair is particularly satisfying together: related but not identical, one dark and compact, the other elongated and olive green. They turn rhythm, repetition, color, texture -- and even the idea of sound -- into sculpture.

Dimensions (in. WxHxD): 17/12 x 5 x 5

Learn more about the artist at www.ericdepan.com.

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