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Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: chuggy on August 02, 2006, 05:56:01 PM: I've had a bad day today what with the triffid and now this. SWMBO says it looks an alien mated with dog poo. It measures 5" x 4.5" with a textured back surface to the glass and all four edges are frosted. I thought it had the look of Higgins style, but I'm open to all comments.
Please remember I've owned up in the past to having dubious taste in glass.

http://i5.tinypic.com/23gzbeb.jpg

Paul
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Pat on August 02, 2006, 05:57:08 PM: ummmm???
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Frank on August 02, 2006, 05:58:49 PM: Slump lump :?:

Or perhaps someone did a course in glass casting.
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 02, 2006, 06:44:26 PM: :shock: I'm inclined to agree with SWMBO
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Ivo on August 02, 2006, 06:58:24 PM: I'm looking at this bug-eyed - I think it could be Andreas Meyer at Nahariya Glass, Israel who made some shockingly bad slump designs over the years. Does it have a little metal hook at the back to hang it from?
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Frank on August 02, 2006, 07:01:09 PM: Shouldn't that be screw-head-eyed Ivo.
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: aa on August 02, 2006, 08:52:32 PM: More likely to have been marver cast than slumped, looking at the edges, which were probably frosted to get rid of the angle-iron marks (guess) with the copper pressed in. :D

Not that I have that much experience of that sort of stuff and even if I did, would deny it! :lol:
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Post by: Catisfaction on August 02, 2006, 09:16:48 PM: I've never seen anything like it!
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Post by: chuggy on August 02, 2006, 09:47:36 PM: No hanging hook to the back, it's so bizarre that I do find it interesting.
Paul
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Max on August 02, 2006, 10:45:47 PM: Paul....I can't add anything about attribution, but honestly, I find it scary! It looks like some archaic effigy, or icon. I wouldn't put it in the bedroom...might open its eyes and be glaring at you.... :shock:

Oh!!! Maybe it's some kind of sign - it's an eagle owl! :lol: :lol: :shock:
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: svazzo on August 03, 2006, 02:58:54 AM: I was just going to say it looks like an owl.... weird, but thats why I like it! :D
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Post by: chopin-liszt on August 03, 2006, 09:05:08 AM: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

I might be tempted to use it as a coaster for very hot things.

Or tiling for a urinal.

:D I have a bit of a problem with slumped glass. Why is it always that really green sort of clear glass that is used? The sort of green that screams "utility, double-glazed windows" and precludes me seeing it as art?
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Frank on August 03, 2006, 09:15:26 AM: Quote from: "chopin-liszt"
Or tiling for a urinal.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Often ordinary window glass is used as the cheapest resource.
Title: What have I bought now??????
Post by: Pip on August 03, 2006, 10:18:19 AM: :shock: I like it too Paul! It has that kind of sludgy 60's look about it and it does look like an owl - another very 60's design theme - it'd sit great in my e-shop (what does that say about my stock?) LOL
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Post by: heartofglass on August 03, 2006, 12:38:29 PM: Sorry Paul,
but I think it's horrid!
I loved the triffid, but this specimen is truly grotesque.
Wouldn't suffer it in my house! :lol: