Art Glass Mod Squad
Tracy Bulla -- Home Accents Today, 8/1/2005
Sleek and sultry, contemporary styling marks the best in art glass designs. While voluptuous forms are still ever so shapely, the current look makes a thin-is-in statement as shapes are streamlined with a slimmer perspective. Curves are by no means out, but look for shapes to be stretched upward, resulting in taller, towering pieces of super-skinny proportions. Metallic highlights, saturated jewel tones, and abstracted geometrics top off the trends with a dash of bohemian flair.
| Minaret-inspired stoppers create exotic cachet in Mila Brown's new jewel-toned perfume bottles ($205 each). |
| Sleek, cylindrical forms are texturized with bubbled, hammered glass and spiral applique, scaling up Maitland-Smith's vases in chic fashion ($30 to $70). |
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Fiery-hued, overlapping tiers of "feathers" dress up the new stem vase from Evolution by Waterford ($275). |
| Soapbubbles, a new design from Ann Wahlstrom for Kosta Boda, juxtaposes pure shapes with translucent color for sheer visual effect. |
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Sprawling root forms enhance the inherent organic vibe of glass in Esque's bud vases ($368 to $473). |
| Light, sparkle and color add sizzling flair to The Phillips Collection's gold-flecked, hand-blown glass vases ($385). |
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Shimmering like quicksilver, slender bottles from Repertoire evoke cutting-edge, mod styling ($25 to $32). |
| Abstract stripes punch up John-Richard's skinny, skyscraping vases ($159 to $205). |
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Inspired by an archival design from 1931, Moser's Flying Decanter set debuts in clear, giving the elegantly askew design a perfectly modern slant ($1,850, decanter and six tumblers). |
| Global Views donates a portion of the Murano Peace doves purchase price to Save the Children ($650, pair). |
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A shimmering hint of iridescence luxes up the luster on Seguso Viro's Murano glass shells ($360 each). |
| Eye-popping waves of applied color bring a fun, contemporary viewpoint to Jamie Harris Studio's classic, elongated bottle shapes ($200 each). |
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