Posted 7 years ago
racer4four
(620 items)
A very recognisable piece of Iwata Fujinana here.
The bowl is made of variegated pink glass, a colour he seemed to like, and has been bubbled with soda bicarbonate. Iwata learnt of pulegoso glass when he was in Italy in the 1930s, and he continued to use the technique throughout his life.
The pink has a thick, clear glass outer case and has been hot worked around the rim to give it a lovely fluttering look. It is difficult to see, but the back of the bowl has a ridged texture to it, and I don't know if this was from the bowl mould or was added later.
As was typical of Iwata Fujinana's work the piece has a very free style to it.
It is typical of his work that the colour is unevenly distributed throughout the bowl.
Diameter: 16cm
Very beautiful !~
That's really a fantastic piece Karen!! You do certainly know your glass.
Dito Phil and Scott!!!
Nice shade of pink and interesting marriage of two colours
Lovely color-nice!!
At a glance a pretty pink bowl......but on closer inspection it is so, so much more!
That is just GORGEOUS!!! You give such wonderfully detailed descriptions too!
Thanks for the love and comments all! You might have worked out by now that my knowledge of Japanese glass, and Iwata, has grown heaps since my first posts. Glad you all appreciate it too.
My thanks to:
Phil
Scott
Pascale
Ivonne
MrsT
Peggy
Karen and
Ken
Absolutely gorgeous racer!
Thanks Tahiti. I love me some Iwata :)
Pretty!!!