Octopus

[workinforwood]

I just received my Octopus I purchased, made by glass artist Tracy Jacob while in Haleiwa Oahu Hawaii. It's about 10-12" in size. I'm such a sucker for blown glass, especially being made by hand right there in the store. I bought another big piece of artwork from a local artist as well, but it hasn't arrived here yet, so I still have time to build another wall in my house somewhere to hang it.

 

[hewunch]

cool. Creepy, but cool :biggrin:

 

[Jim15]

Wow, that's pretty neat.

 

[workinforwood]

yes, they are a bit creepy. I love how the colors float inside the glass. You can put a light inside it too, but I can't be bothered with that sort of thing, I just like low maintenance. It's very entertaining to watch glass blowing, I could sit and stare at that craft all day.

 

[hewunch]

Yeah, and they get the most $ per hour of any 3D art.

 

[jskeen]

Just be sure that if you do sit and stare at it all day, you get some of those gold glasses, or you can kiss your retinas goodbye.

 

[rjwolfe3]

That is too cool!

 

[Toni]

Jeff~I LOVE it! huge fan of blown glass!! When we lived in New York state we had a large studio in our town with glass blowers. You could go and watch I used to bring the boy scouts there. I wanted to take lessons, but the HUSBAND said NO! with good reason I should not be around fire. It is amazing the talent that goes into each piece blown. sorry for the ramble.

 

[Ligget]

That is beautiful, the colours are fantastic!

 

[Scott]

I love it! That is a great piece of glass! Something like that would have a prominent place in our home!

Scott.

 

[Smitty37]

Corning

Great item. I lived not to far from Corning and used to drop in at Corning Glass now and then to watch the glass blowers.

 

[bitshird]

Cool piece of art.

 

[workinforwood]

Thanks guys...I'm just proud to be able to support local artists, just like we want people to support us in our own arts.