CRACKED GLASS:
FUSED GLASS ART
Artist: Andi Murphy
Fused Glass Art Gallery
Eight inches of deep red, ringed by a lip of blue, with blueish-black veins along its interior, this shallow bowl catches the eye, holds it, and mesmerizes the viewer with lushness and warmth.
This elegant 7 x 7-inch square shallow dish features a soft, transparent pale blue palette with subtle geometric accents. Clear glass squares layered with pale blue glass add dimension and visual interest, while a single black square at the center provides a striking focal point and crisp contemporary contrast.
Like a Calder mobile captured in glass, this 10.25 x 10.25-inch decorative plate features transparent sections that trick the eye, with parts of the whole resembling a checkerboard, until you look closer. Pale, pellucid azure and chartreuse vie with solids of yellow and red.
Talismans worn in southern Europe to protect the wearer from harm often resemble a deep blue eye, gazing outward. Like those, this 7-inch concave objet d'art radiates well-being from a cerulean center that, when held to the light, emanates beneficence and good fortune.
Kyoto Calling: Asymmetry and simplicity combine in this Zen-like 6 x 10-inch meditation that calls to mind natural beauty as seen through a modernist lens. A curtain of black ink retreats from the top of the indented rectangle dish to reveal a branch from an unseen tree, bearing improbable fruit.