Glass Apple Sculpture, Small

A small sculpture of uncommon presence, the Glass Apple by John Richard distills one of nature's most elemental forms into a study of light and breath. Hand blown by skilled artisans, the art glass captures an interior luminosity that shifts with the room — opaque one moment, radiant the next. At five inches in each direction, it occupies the desk, the shelf, or the occasional table with the quiet authority of something that knows precisely what it is.