Blown glass vase, unique and one of a kind. This vase is approximately 10″ height, 4″ diameter. The colors in this glass come from manipulating the glass parison (partially shaped mass of molten glass) by pinching and cutting it to make it uneven. When reheated to reshape the glass, the uneven reheating produces the colors. The glass formula includes several metals including copper, manganese, zinc, and silver and is called chalcedony.
Maker
Ed Pennebaker
Business
Red Fern Glass
City
Clinton
Website
https://www.artglass-sculpture.com/
Bio
Ed Pennebaker started making glass in 1981 in Kansas. After a couple years blowing glass at Hale Farm & Village in Ohio, Ed established Red Fern Glass in 1985 in Salem, Arkansas. The studio was located near Osage from 1991-2018. The current studio is in Clinton, Arkansas.
Ed is known for his custom sculptural lighting. His mixed media, minimal, environmental sculptures are statements about pollution and climate change concerns at the local to the global level.