Vaas van amberkleurig, opaak glas met tincraquelé 1935

This amber vase was made out of glass, by Kristalunie Maastricht, and it's about a foot tall. I really want to know more about the people who made this, the "who" is so important, isn't it? When I look at this vase, I think about how it was made – that molten glass, how it felt to shape it, to coax it into this form. What does it mean, after all, to hold light? The tint is so evocative, like the end of the day, sun filtering through the blinds in the summertime. When you look at this vase, your head starts to swirl. Glasswork makes me think of painting somehow. Like, what does it mean to manipulate a material into something that holds beauty? Both are a kind of conversation, a to-and-fro between intention and accident, control and release. The artists who made this, they’re part of that big, ongoing chat among creatives across time. It’s a connection, an influence, a nod.