Copper Blue Parabola Size:Medium Coiled copper neck

Coiled copper neck

It is woven with palomino horse hair

The laser cut steel stands act as part of the design in addition to providing the armature

Each is shaped from stoneware clay

additionally the clasp can be hooked on any of the links

Copper Blue Parabola Size:Medium Coiled copper neckThis elegant blown glass vessel from the artist's "Parabola Series" is created using the exacting "veiled cane" technique to achieve perfectly spaced stripes. To make veiled cane, Patchen first encases a rod of white glass in molten clear glass, then coats it again in molten blue glass. After a final encasement of molten clear glass it is stretched 50 60 feet long, reducing its diameter to about the thickness of a pencil. After cooling, the rod is cut