Copper Blue Parabola P08920-P01027 one side is roughly textured

one side is roughly textured

Base: Approximately 3

filed and sanded to perfect the areas where the round meets the flat of the leg

Cargo pocket

Copper Blue Parabola P08920-P01027 one side is roughly texturedThis elegant blown glass vessel from the artist's "Parabola Series" is created using the exacting "veiled cane" technique to achieve perfectly spaced stripes. To make veiled cane, Patchen first encases a rod of white glass in molten clear glass, then coats it again in molten blue glass. After a final encasement of molten clear glass it is stretched 50 60 feet long, reducing its diameter to about the thickness of a pencil. After cooling, the rod is cut