Topic: Early Harris or later Dobson 'cut ice fish or lollipop?

[glassobsessed]

Apparently MH was quite deliberate in his placement of bubbles like that.

The only Harris era pieces I remember that were not signed in the 'conventional' manner were MH signed and had personal messages too. Conventional being either just Mdina in diamond point (for the American market) or fully signed by MH.

John

Narrow at the bottom to distinguish does not work for me...

[chopin-liszt]

Everything was very haphazard early on - each piece is individual and unique - I really don't think there were any hard and fast rules about shapes. What I am noticing is that Said's ones use big zig-zag shapes inside, he doesn't really know how to produce something truly random; whereas Michael Harris can produce fabulous artistic randomness!
(I can't do "artistic random" either)
Getting back to overall shapes though, I've even got a round Fish. I believe this is a Michael Harris one although it is unmarked.

[glassobsessed]

MH's work was much more fluid, at least that is how it looks to me.

[chopin-liszt]

Yes fluid - or psychadelic. Not zig-zaggy in an attempt to be fluid or psychadelic!

This is an image of an elongated one I have. Unmarked - I believe it is Michael Harris' work.
(sorry for not producing all the images at once - I'm having to track them down, then resize etc.)

[chriscooper]

Thanks for all your help, seems you were right with your initial assessment
Mr Edwards  it is a 'lollipop' then and there's me doubting you over the words of an expert, seems there are a quite a few mistakes in the book. Not sure why a second edition as been shelved because the studio as closed I think most people are more interested in the earlier pieces anyway?
John I would love you to handle it to assess it better, despite my poor photographs  it is quite fluid with some lovely large 'placed' bubbles nice lines  with a long slim neck and narrow body unlike a lot I have seen that look more like a mallet and more akin to something to hit a burglar over the head with.
Sue have you got a scientific background? sorry but I often struggle to follow your logic all too clinical and scientific for my tiny brain You tell me it can't be a fish, fish vases have wings then you produce a round one 

Chris

[flying free]

The round one still looks like my fish Chris -  it has applied 'wraps' of glass over each side even though it is roundish.  Difficult to see in the pics but it kind of looks as though it has a shawl slung over it's shoulders  
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[chriscooper]

Now that I do understand

Chris

[chopin-liszt]

I am a scientist, yes. 
Who is Mr. Edwards? (if he's a film character, I'm completely clueless  )

Sorry the pic. of my round one doesn't show the wrapped bits too well - again the hazard of pics over reality, but the "crossover strap" is visible between them - and the iridesence marks the v-shape on the front out.
It is hard to tell though, particularly with it being brown.

Yes, there are a couple of errors in the book. This wrongly captioned image of a Lollipop, and the mention of there being green glass at Mdina - but we hadn't found out how to distinguish MDG from Mdina at the time the book was written., so I presume the mention of green came from examples of MDG which had been seen, but mistaken for Mdina.

Then there is the image of that piece (the so-called "obelisk"at the bottom of p.52 which has been doing the rounds for years - both the piece and the image) - it's a tricorn bottle which has been ground down, for heaven's sake!

Are you aware of any others?
I don't know why Mark has put the second edition on hold, there's just an announcement on his website.

[Nemmie]

I am Mr Edwards. Chris was responding in kind because I referred to him as Mr Cooper.

I only did that to avoid typing Chris's vase though which doesn't seem right.

And yes Chris it is amazing but I was right all along.

[Anik R]

Wow... I just wanted to say that ALL the pieces in this thread are gorgeous!
Drool, drool.