Sandy Flowing Cascade Vase by Thomas Spake, 6.75" x 6.75" x 2.25"

Colored in tones of tan, gray and crimson glass chips and powders, this vase features a translucent blue interior and has a flattened shape.

"From my cascade series, this piece is inspired by the waterfalls in the forests surrounding me in Tennessee. To make a piece I will lay out, on a steel plate, glass chips and powders in the configuration that I want. Once I start blowing the piece, with the glass on the blow pipe, I will roll across the pattern and then heat it, melting the pattern into the glass on the blow pipe. I will then continue to blow the piece into the shape that I want and put that piece into a kiln to cool down. After the piece cools down, I will come back over the course of several days and sand blast the piece and then use a diamond wheel to carve into the piece revealing the color underneath exposing the waterfall among the rocks."