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John Barrable
Anne:
I assume it's signed? Can you show us a good clear closeup of the signature please? And some more shots of the vase against a plain white background would help too. Thanks. :)
jal:
Hi Anne, I dont think it's signed, although you could make the marks on base look like JB, with artistic licence.
Further pictures encl. Front--Close up --Base.
Best regards, J.
jal:
Whoops, it was meant to be:-
aa:
I met him in the eighties when he was a mature student who graduated from the late lamented International Glass Centre at Dudley. I don't know what happened to him though.
jal:
I have just contacted Richard Golding ref above. His edited comments are:-
John was an older student at the glass centre in Brierly Hill in about 1982, after running his own advertising business. Got bored after retiring, so set up a glass house in Cambridge, making unique pieces of copper & ruby glass. It was my fault he went down that direction, because I showed him how no two melts ever come out the same. That was it, he was hooked. John worked for about 3 years on some amazing pieces, & then had heart problems, & died during a bypass op. A sad day, we all lost a great artist that day. & I lost a friend. You have a very special piece.
Many thanks to all who replied to my message.
Regards., John.
With thanks to Richard Golding for the above information.
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