Topic: Blue trailed vase

[chopin-liszt]

Here's an image of a couple of early amethyst strapped pieces, which demonstrates how difficult it is to achieve good looking random strapping. They both fail, quite spectacularly.

[AndyD]

I see what you mean. I have some and some are good, others similar to yours. I do like them all though, they still have character.

[Baked_Beans]

I've put a video of mine on youtube to show the strapping in more detail ....using a cake decorating stand !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm6qC-IYAwg

[AndyD]

The same as mine but with a clear base, the pattern of the trailing is the same too. I wonder how many there are yet to be found.

[chopin-liszt]

I think we're up to knowing of 8 of the tall amethyst bottles.
There are about 40 Crizzle Stones, currently known.
Of these blue pieces, there's yours, John's, Mike's, and possibly 2 or three more?
There are perhaps about 10 Zig-zags known?
(John keeps up to date with things and watches the market far more than I do.)

[Baked_Beans]

Some general trailing of glass going on in this video , just shows how quickly it all happens and how skilled you have to be !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b41AELY7i04

[Baked_Beans]

Very pleased indeed to report that , having made a visit to the HQ of  Isle of Wight Studio Glass , there is a very similar vase on display in the glass museum which is attached to the studio .

I took the vase with me and didn't expect to talk with either Timothy or Elizabeth but ended up having a very nice chat with both about my example of this type of vase. Timothy thinks it was most likely made towards the end of Michael's time at Mdina . He also mentioned that the blue colour would have been dark to begin with but as it was used up... clear glass was added to make it last longer. The result of this was that over time the blue colour became much lighter . Hence the difference in colour between the two vases.

I was kindly given permission to take a photo of both vases placed next to each other. I would like to thank the Museum and Elizabeth and Timothy for all their huge help 

Sue ....you were spot-on 

[chopin-liszt]

I've been wondering if this was a more simple and regular "psychadelic" sort of pattern he was trying to make so that others could repeat it? But maybe this one was too difficult?

There is the Chinese bowl design with a thick pattern of strapping on, one others could make, and the three spirals which was also repeatable.
Just musing!

[Baked_Beans]

I think it's a variation of this design seen on this shallow bowl but more elongated (& simpler but more difficult to execute on the side of a vase perhaps ! )....repeated twice on my vase .

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mdina-Signed-Eric-Dobson-1974-Shallow-Ochre-Swirl-Glass-Bowl-Charger-Rosenthal-/192219352976?hash=item2cc12a8f90%3Ag%3At4oAAOSwiQ9ZQ~8F

[chopin-liszt]

That's the three spirals design.
It does have differing executions though. A particularly nice one is like the one in that link, with the extra wiggles at the top, and some of the trails being quite thin as well as thick, as opposed to without wiggles and no variation in thickness.

Here's a couple of images (one with light reflecting off the surface, the other with light coming through) of a similar charger, but a different execution. No wiggles and thick, even trails.
Also, images of two bullet bowls, one much larger and more finely blown than the other, but with the much more elegant wiggles and varying widths of trail.