Spotted Wave Bowl

A sculptural study in arrested motion, the Spotted Wave Bowl by John Richard captures the fluid dynamism of hand-blown art glass in a form that reads equally as vessel and objet. Its generous proportions — seven and a half inches in height spanning a sixteen-and-a-half-inch width — lend it the quiet authority of a piece that anchors a surface rather than merely decorating it. The organic undulation of the silhouette and the dappled patterning within the glass speak to the irreducible individuality of the hand-blown process, where no two pieces can ever be precisely alike. Placed on a console, library table, or credenza, it holds its own against architecture.