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Mary Melinda Wellsandt Vase
$45Mary Melinda Wellsandt uses functional glass as a surface to explore. Using a sandblaster, permanent paints, enamels and other media, she renders her original photography, drawings and paintings in a unique and "high touch" way to produce pieces like this exquisite blue vase that sits at 4" tall.
Donated by Fine Line Designs Gallery
https://www.finelinedesignsgallery.com
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Art Glass Vase
$136David studied art and graphic design as an undergraduate at Yale University, and glass at San Francisco State University, Pilchuck Glass School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Public Glass in San Francisco. In 2012 he won the award for Best Hot Glass at Public Glass's Artist and Artisans Benefit Auction Gala.
This piece uses extra material in the base to raise the circular volume up into the air that fills it, while the hole in its center emphasizes its shape and helps anchor it in space.
"I used spots of an opaque, reducing frit* on the outside with aventurine old gold below the surface to create a combination that sparkles in bright light and communicates a simple statement of form in shadow."
David's vase stands 9 7/8" tall and is 8" at its widest point.
David Ensign's Portfolio - Glass
* Frit is crushed glass often melted onto other glass to produce patterns and color
David Ensign is Door Shakespeare's Graphic Designer and the brother of Managing Director, Amy Ensign.
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Art Deco Vase
$125This simple art deco style vase, featuring a unique glaze, is functional and dishwasher safe.
Artist Sharon Scrattish has been a potter with the Madison Potters Guild for a number of years.
All of her work is fired in gas kilns at 2300 degrees, creating the richness and matte tones you see here.
Scrattish became fascinated with glazes, how they flow in the kiln, and how this movement can be controlled for the desired aesthetic effect. Because the focus is on the glaze effects, she tends to keep her shapes simple. She makes functional objects because she believes it's great for artwork to be used as well.
Donated by Woodwalk Gallery.
https://www.woodwalkgallery.com/
