Posted 10 years ago
racer4four
(620 items)
This beautiful vase recently arrived from Japan and I think is indicative of the skilled glass artists at work presently there.
Although art glass has a relatively short history in Japan, the manufacture of art glass for the Western market in the 60s and 70s started a whole new arts discipline, and Japan is now home to a number of worldwide respected glass art colleges and studios.
Matsuura Akane is one of the many glass artists making a living in Japan today. Born in 1963 she appears to have worked in a number of glass studios before graduating in 1997 from Tama Art Studio. Today she works at the Azumino Glass North Studio and sells her works from a number of worldwide dealers. She has been exhibited at many National and International Arts Exhibitions and has been added to the collections of the Notojima Museum of Glass and the Corning Museum of Glass.
This vase is so beautiful in it's simplicity but shows incredible skill in it's use of colour melding and casing.
I know this is very different to other Japanese glass I collect but to me it is the continuing thread of Japanese Glass. I hope you like it!
14cm high (5.5in) and about 17cm (6.5in) wide
very beautiful Karen!!!
Thank you Sean for the love and comment!
Thanks also to agh for the love.
Well I think this is just superb! Spectacular modern glass!
I'm not skiting here Kevin but I am really happy to have this piece.
Just shows where glass can go - certainly has a bit of a Scandinavian influence.
The colour choice is very subtle. So Japanese!
So elegant !
Damn that's nice.
Lovely colour and contour.
Thanks for the love and comment Mike - as you know the Japanese are good at elegant.
Thanks also Cpo - I agree it all works so well together!
sommerso and incalmo in one piece, really really nice!
I see anything but simplicity there, maybe I just didn't get Your point :D
Thanks MacArt.
I guess I mean the glass is simple in it has no surface texture or mixing of colours.
It is very clean in it's design.
You're right, it is quite a complex piece when you think about the technique!
Your very welcome Karen!!
Thanks for the love and comment Ken!
Thanks also to for looking and loving:
Ho2
William
George
Catteann
Slave to Glass (love your name!)
Radegunder
Lovely...:-)
Soooo beautiful racer!!! Wow, This is a love-love it!!!
Thanks SUP.
Hits all the right buttons this one!
this is absolutely wonderful and the colors are amazing! Great photos as well!
It really does! Amazing choice of colors...
like a lot of things from japan this is very different,a very exciting colour combination,love it!!!
They certainly have an individual style that results in a different beauty!
Thanks CC, SUP and artislove.
Love the shape and use of purple and green at the top. Very nice.
Japanese have always had sophisticated taste for beauty,simple and never too ornate or over decorated.
I agree Ivan and I appreciate you looking at my glass and commenting on it.