'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: