Sapphire Blue Handblown Glass Vase II

A vessel born of breath and heat, the Sapphire Blue Handblown Glass Vase II by John Richard captures the deep, saturated quality of cobalt at its most elemental. Seeded glass — with its deliberate, suspended air bubbles — animates the surface with quiet movement, each tiny inclusion a reminder of the hand that shaped it. The gloss finish intensifies the color, drawing light inward and casting a cool luminosity across any surface it inhabits. Slender in proportion at nearly fourteen inches tall, it reads as sculpture first, object second.