Topic: Glass Birds. I think I should specalise..

[Paul S.]

wow - I'm all for being pals with a lady who knows 77 positions  - don't tell me you've been looking at the Kama Sutra again    But hark, I hear Anne approaching  -  we must desist

[claretjugcollector]

i love these fat boys ...http://cgi.ebay.de/Livio-Seguso-purple-blue-glass-two-birds-GRAL-Germany-/250697844723?pt=UK_Art_Glass&hash=item3a5ec187f3

[rosieposie]

Whew, thanks for rescuing me claretjugcollector!! I couldn't cope with 'look 43' from Anne!

On a more serious note, yes I have these two on watch as well....I've got one piece I think is his and another that might be (so what is the difference I hear you say!!). They just look a bit like his work....one more so than the other!!

If I sell lots I will buy these two to go in my 'specials' cabinet.  Do you think they might be neodymium glass??

[claretjugcollector]

i would recommend these two birds - yes they are Neodymium ( like glass by Lotton Art Glass or Alexandrit glass ba moser glass works )  :or:

[chopin-liszt]

They look much nicer than most neodynum - I normally don't like neodynum at all - too pale, too nearly pink .
But these birds got me depressed - I don't collect paperweights, I don't collect birds, I don't collect Murano. I couldn't possibly justify spending that much/anything much on them, but I lust after them, they match my socks. :cry:

Are they a special sort of neodynum, or is it something strange about the photograph that makes them such a lovely bluey deep purple?

[rosieposie]

'Tis the simplicity of form that makes these so desirable....like Jaako Niemi or Jorma Vennola's work. 

Subtlety is everything in glass work (unlike the colour of your socks Sue!!!!) How they make such exquisite pieces with so few pinches and pulls or additions to the glass, leaves me breathless......they are like Japanese calligraphy......stunning in their simplicity, and because they are three dimensional, they are compellingly tactile....so now we have gone from purple socks to poetic description.....I hope!

Neodymium glass is just fascinating, in the same way that for some, uranium glass is.  It doesn't have to be pale pink, it depends on the amount of neodymium (a rare silvery earth metal) is added.  Incidentally, this metal was discovered by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach in Vienna, Austria in 1885. I have some stunning pieces....birds and animals.
Carry one of these pieces from room to room with different lighting and see the look on my Grandson's face as he sees the colour change, then you realise how magical it is!! :rah:

[claretjugcollector]

just a quick pics - to show the difference - always a very interesting effect - one pic with flash and one without  :fr: :or:

[chopin-liszt]

 
I don't do subtle.
My socks are stripey purples and blues, shiny, fluffy chenille - to keep my tosies cosie, rosieposie!  :ha:

And those aren't pinky-lilac and grey-blue, Thomas!

What's the dichroic one Moser does which is olive green and blood red? That's the one I like.

[rosieposie]

Oh so it is Thomas is it!?
Well Thomas, I threw the Vienna, Austria reference in specifically for you.....did it go over your head?

And Sue, I will ask my husband the name of the red/green colour change glass...he is 'He who knows everything' sometimes! :ooh:

Sounds like you need Ugg Boots (other brands are available!) Sue. :24:

Bet you are sorry you started all this Steve!!

[claretjugcollector]

We all see colour differently!
 :ha:

and moser glass is named alexandrit glass :angel: