Red, cream and gold “jeweled" six-inch egg. Handblown murrine glass art.

This handblown “jeweled egg” was created using the ancient Venetian (Muranno) technique of murrine (patterned disks of colored glass). The result is a pattern of red and cream on a background of transparent gold. Murrine (disks of patterned glass) are fabricated by first pulling canes, often complex canes with multiple layers of color (one studio day). Those canes are then assembling into a patterned bundle (another day), then heated in a kiln, picked up on a pipe, fused together and then that fused bundle is pulled out into a rod approximately a half-inch to an inch in diameter (another day). That rod is the broken or cut into disks (another day), which are called murrine. To make the piece, these murrine are laid out in a two-dimensional sheet, heated to fuse them together, and then rolled up into a three-dimensional object (another day). This sculpture is sold with a transparent acrylic ring to support it for display, as seen in the images. This “jeweled egg” sculpture is one of a kind and was blown by the artist (David L Smith) with a unique shape and pattern. Because this is hand-blown, there are small bubbles and tool marks present in the piece. These are artifacts of the process and are not considered flaws in the product. This sculpture is a piece of art and is signed and dated (2024) by the artist. Thanks for supporting independent artists!