Art Glass: Avant Garde Art Glass

Kara Cox -- Home Accents Today, 8/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

With art glass maintaining its contemporary appeal, these colorful pieces add a touch of eye candy to the mod mix. Abstract designs grab your attention in electric hues of red, blue and green or with graphic touches of black and white. Art glass is an easy way to update the home with a touch of modern appreciation.

Global Views' tall oval bowl in a fiery orange hue has a playful iridescent touch. eLink 515

The Avalon glass vases by Zodax lend graphic styling with contrasting opal and black spots ($42 to $57). eLink 504

The Desert Sky vase from Glass Nuvo is a contemporary interpretation of nature handmade by European artists creating a one-of-a-kind, signed piece ($318). eLink 521

The Frosted vases from Roberta Schilling's Moderna Collection blend tradition with contemporary art by being blown individually by glassmaker Mario Seguso who descends from one of Venice's legendary glass-making families. eLink 504

The Saint Andrea vase from Mila Brown's European Signature Art Glass Collection by Romanian artist Mihai Topescu has a textured surface that adds further interest to the blue and green glass ($355). eLink 523

The Tsiari Glass Collection from Imax is available in three distinct shapes in a rich palette of cocoa and blue for a modern color slant ($30 to $40). eLink 519

Infinity Instruments' fishbowl-shaped art glass creates a whimsical look in deep purple contrasting with electric orange stripes. eLink 525

East of Eden's hand-blown glass vases and figurine showcase offbeat shapes in purple jewel tones ($43 to $53). eLink 524

A rainbow of bright swirls creates a mystical design on the vase from Harris Marcus Home ($79). eLink 520

The tall vases from Blenko Glass require six craftsmen to make each piece in mostly wooden molds, the historic way of making blown glass ($15 to $125). eLink 522

The Aqua vessel from DeSantis Designs is made of fused glass with a delicately shaped lip and colorful accents of orange, yellow and black ($150). eLink 516

The one-of-a-kind Incalmo Neck vase from Hoglund Art Glass was created by using handmade colored glass canes fused into the molten glass for a candy stripe effect in punchy pink and orange ($1,875). eLink 517

All prices are suggested retail.