Vessel Gallery News

Scott Benefield is internationally known as a glassblower and educator with a speciality in Italian cane techniques. He has conducted workshops on these techniques in the UK, ROI, Turkey, Japan and throughout the United States where he resided for many years. Now you can admire his work at Vessel Gallery.

Benefield takes the exquisite techniques of mid century Italian glass as a starting point to his work. His Vetro Mosaico Vessel moves beyond historical replica by intentionally disrupting the rhythm and order of pattern to create a unique, tension filled piece that question our ideas about perfection and control. The collection uses sheet glass that has been fused into murrine and blown out using only a glory hole (without a furnace).

Large Blue Murrine vase by Scott Benefield, Unique – Width 18cm, Height 26cm  -  Price:£600

Small aqua/blue 18cm height £500,  Orange/aqua/red 26cm height £600

Jade 30cm height £550, Large blue 26cm height £600

Orange/aqua/red 26cm height £600, Red/orange 26cm height £600

Vessel Gallery is proud to present New Works by Hanne Enemark who is a British designer and glass maker of Danish descent with and understanding of the hot and cold qualities of glass. She draws heavily from her Scandinavian upbringing, the softness of her blown bubbles are in stark contrast to the addition of the hard gem like elements clustered at the foot or the rim of her pieces. The works are labour intensive and all pieces are hand blown and polished using age old techniques. The resultant forms celebrate the many conflicting qualities of glass, from airy fluidity to sharp rocky shards. On show will be her newest and largest pieces ever made, her award winning Cristallized collection and her Phototaxis chandelier.

New Works by Hanne Enemark runs from 10th July to 19th August
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Fools Gold vases from £350 each

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The original Bolle collection have been added to with these five new pieces. A series of bottles that are so perfect in balance, colour and composition, it seemed impossible that they could be improved upon. We stand corrected. Wirkkala excells with form but here it is shown he is also a master with colour. Available from June 2012.

New 2012 colours for Bolle collection by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini
Prices from left to right £1020, £1140, £1850, £1020, £1140

Original colours of Bolle collection

Bolle measurements, from left to right.   New Bolle by Wirkkala PDF
1 – 502.01 ø cm 19 h cm 19 (7,6” – 7,6”) £1020
2 – 503.01 ø cm 10 h cm 34,5 (4” -13,58”) £1140
3 – 503.00 ø cm 12 h cm 47,5 (4,72” – 18,70”) £1850
4 – 502.02 ø cm 13 h cm 21 (5” – 8,26”) £1020
5 – 503.02 ø cm 14 h cm 25 (5,5” – 9,84”) £1140

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ROLL UP…ROLL UP….

IT’S SALE TIME AT VESSEL

To wish you all a Happy New Year and keep the winter blues away, our sale is now on with items discontinued by up to 75%. Sale ends Friday 10th February.

Angel, Juliet and Amy hope to see you see you soon as we’re making room for new treasures……….

Presenting you Vessel’s 2011 Christmas window and our carefully selected gift selection……..

Don’t forget that during December we are open on Sundays 12-5pm and late until 8pm on Thursday the 8th. Also during December FREE shipping if you spend over £150 in the UK and £500 in Europe. Let us know if you’d like our elves to gift wrap your purchases for you too! Last day for guaranteed UPS delivery for Christmas is 21st for Europe and 22nd for the UK. Please call us for overseas schedule and quotes. E. info@vesselgallery.com or T.  +44 207 727 8001

PLEASE CALL US FOR AVAILABILITY AND SHIPPING : INFO@VESSELGALLERY.COM

We are introducing Karl Lagerfeld’s first line of crystal products with Orrefors. Clean lines and streamlined designs makes up a collection of glasses, bowls and vases. In transparent, black or milky white crystal, the series unites the strict lines and contemporary elegance of Karl Lagerfeld with the exacting quality and expertise that has characterized Orrefors for over a century. The collection is now available to order for the holidays. The collection is limited to 5000 sets and comes boxed in an elegant black luxury packaging with the collaboration logo engraved in an exclusive badge in metal.

Stemware in clear: Small wine 22cl,  Large wine 29cl £80 each including coaster

Stemware in black or white: Small wine 22cl,  Large wine 29cl £150 each including coaster

Champagne stemware in clear: Champagne flute 13cl £80,  Champagne coupe 19cl £90 each including coaster. Coasters are also sold separately, £80/for 4

‘I’ve always wanted to design glasses with a little tray under them,’ he says. ‘Every teacup comes with a saucer, but beer glasses are put on paper coasters. I don’t know why glasses have never had this matching tray. It’s such a basic, stupid idea, I don’t know why no one thought of it before.’ KL

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Swedish artist Ann Wåhlström has made glass for companies from Ikea through to Kosta Boda and is well known for her sense of colour and simplicity of design. We are pleased to showcase a collection of  unique art works for the first time and exclusively in the UK.

Her inspiration comes from nature, ancient architecture and children’s book illustration (she cites Moomin creator Tove Jansson as a huge influence). For the past few years Wåhlström has been producing glass works handblown in Seattle and Tacoma where she collaborates with hugely talented blowers that can offer her a different perspective from her Swedish roots.

Lollipop XI – 23x39cm h46cm, Unique by Ann Wahlstrom £2900

Madras XIII – diam 24cm h46cm, Unique by Ann Wahlstrom £2900

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We had to share Lynn Read’s new collection with you. Our window looks like the world’s most exquisite chemist shop right now!

Tube Tops – mini £95 each

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Vidar Koksvik is one of Norway’s leading lights in contemporary studio glass. He has shown and is represented globally – and we are very pleased to introduce him to our Vessel audience. Koksvik is master of an amazing array of traditional glass techniques from Scandinavian though to Italian and his motivation is to produce pieces of stunning beauty. We are in thorough agreement as his work is utterly captivating.

Ikkuna, 42cm, round murrini vase with windows – £2450

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Lynn Read is a new artist to Vessel and we have just this week received delivery of his colourful graphic pieces. Read graduated from Maryland College of Art with a degree in sculpture but a love of glass prompted him to apply his artistry to this material. Working with renowned artists such as Ben Moore and Boyd Sugiki at Pilchuck, Read has honed his craft and produces his stunning collections from a studio in Portland, Oregon.

His inspiration stems from sources as diverse as medieval tapestry to Bauhaus and he manages to combine complexity of pattern with clarity of form. One of the most important issues is that the pieces are all made by hand using age old techniques of glass blowing that have remained unchanged for centuries. The directness of his approach is a welcome juxtaposition to the graphic nature of his forms.

Cloud Bottles £240 each. From 21cm high.

Raindrops, £49 each. 16cm high

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