Venera Bottle, Large

The Venera Bottle, Large, from John Richard occupies a room the way only considered objects do — through sheer presence and unhurried proportion. Standing at over two feet tall, this substantial vessel is rendered in art glass and shaped by hand carving, a process that leaves the surface alive with the quiet evidence of a maker's hand. Its cylindrical silhouette is disciplined yet sculptural, the kind of form that reads equally well alone on a console or in deliberate conversation with other collected objects. A singular piece for interiors that understand the difference between decoration and intention.