Pink Algae Pate de Verre Bowl by Verity Pulford
£395.00
A beautiful Pink Algae pâte de verre bowl by Verity Pulford, delicately capturing the intricate forms and subtle rhythms found in nature.
Inspired by organic structures, Verity explores the interplay of light and material, embracing the way glass can hold, diffuse, and transform illumination. Using a range of warm glass techniques alongside more architectural processes, she creates pieces that are both sculptural and atmospheric, celebrating the quiet magic of light in the natural world.
(H) 12cm X (D) 16cm (at widest point)
"My inspiration has always been plant life- cryptogamic plants such as lichen, moss, algae, fungi. But I am also interested in using the structures and textures of marine creatures and invertebrates such as sea urchins, sea stars, jellyfish, sea anemones and coral. I have investigated and combined qualities of these plants and animal organisms in sculptural works. Continuing with the development of combining found natural elements.
"I live and work rurally in North Wales and my immediate environment provides my inspiration. Natural structures such as algae, lichen, moss, grasses, ferns, and fungi. I am interested in the complexity of life- how within each organism are other organisms, each living its own unique existence, layer upon layer of complexity yet a universal oneness, the feeling that we are all the same thing- a system, in communion, a beautiful symphony. It is this blissful, expansive and calm space that I access through nature which is what I am trying to communicate and share in the medium of glass.
I like to combine techniques: cast, pate de verre, kilnformed, painted, etched and also found natural materials in my work. I play with ideas of magical realism, creating my own forms inspired by or combining different plants and organisms."