Goccia Vessels - Short Straw & Sage Style:Medium Indigo & Smoky Topaz Hard-carved poplar wood finished with

Hard-carved poplar wood finished with acrylic paint

The artist uses itajime shibori dyeing techniques to create this elegant open-front jacket in lightweight silk crepe de chine

oxidized sterling silver with 23k gold keum bu accents

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Then the interior was sealed with white gesso and filled with colored epoxy resin

Goccia Vessels - Short Straw & Sage Style:Medium Indigo & Smoky Topaz Hard-carved poplar wood finished withThe pieces in the artist's Goccia Collection are two toned statement vessels that feature smoky, translucent hues and a speckled gold leaf seam at the shoulder. The color banding is achieved using a traditional Venetian glassblowing technique of joining two color fields into a single vessel. Each style captures its moment of creation in a voluminous form that is blown and shaped by hand. Each piece is unique; due to the nature of hand blown glass,