Topic: studio handblown blue mottled vase with goldy streaks/stripes

[flying free]

does anyone recognise this please?  the technique even? neatly cracked off pontil mark even though my pic doesn't make it look that way.  
Many thanks
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[glassobsessed]

That's nice, how big is it?

John

[flying free]

about 10cm wide and 9cm tall.
It is a lovely piece.  I like the surface texture.  It needs to be backlit though to see the effect of the blue mottled powder and then it looks glorious.
m

[chopin-liszt]

The surface texture reminds me of Fat Lava - lovely thing, but I'm clueless m, sorry!

[Paul S.]

sorry if this is a daft question........but is the gold effect marvered into the glass, or on the surface only??

[Lustrousstone]

I think you mean is the gold effect on the surface or under the surface (covered with more glass); either way it will have been marvered onto the glass (i.e., the glass gob is rolled in "gold" powder on the marver).

[flying free]

Christine is right.  I can only think it was clear rolled in blue bits  then the whole thing somehow rolled with these 'stripes' of goldy/ochre colour.  The stripes are on the surface and it isn't cased in clear, leaving this lovely bubbled texture.  I can't think of where it may have come from.  Will Shakspeare (It's not his I am sure) uses that blue technique on some recent pieces as I'm sure many makers have done now and in the past.  What's nice is the gold on top.  I think it's not new actually.  Not that I'd know, but the shape is reminiscent of shapes done in the 70's -80's  to me, more organic forms. 
m

[Lustrousstone]

Yes, two separate marverings with reheating and blowing before the "gold" was added to spread out the blue and smooth the surface, and then less reheating and blowing to retain the texture of the "gold". Rolling your item once over a stripe of colour will produce a stripe; rolling back and forth over a spread of frit is more likely for achieving an all-over effect.

[flying free]

thank you!  It's good to have things explained.  I keep meaning to make a trip to Taunton to Will's glass blowing workshop but haven't managed to organise the time yet.  I've only seen glassblowing once and the pieces being blown weren't intricate (and I had two littlies with me huffing and puffing and saying 'let's goooooo') so it was a little distracting.
m