Mark Peiser's most recent series, the Cold Stream Cast pieces, or Arabesques, embody the next chapter in an ongoing conversation between this artist and the essence of glass. In typical Peiser style, these fascinating pieces are a marriage of classical aesthetics and intense, technical innovation.
"I took my first glass class in 1967. The first time I tried to gather molten glass out of the furnace on a blowpipe, it sort of oozed off forming a series of circular loops as it fell and hardened on the floor. I thought, isn't that curious.
A year and a half ago, I thought about that again. And I thought about spontaneity. And I thought about making glass objects that really have no precedent. And I though about having fun."
- Mark Peiser 2005
After three years of exploring the properties of streaming glass from the bottom of his tap furnace, the Arabesques emerged. The loose, airy structure of modulating lines are as fanciful as they are gravity-defying and rare. The few pieces ultimately completed, exist because of Mark Peiser's intimate understanding of what is happening with the glass and the ability to react in a split second. Each remarkable form demands precision, teamwork, understanding and flexibility. They require patient action and offer inexhaustible, visual reward.
In a deeper exploration of the drawing quality inherent in these works, a handful of decorated pieces have been created in collaboration with studio assistant Susie Silbert. Upon the completion of a successful Arabesque, Silbert will painstakingly apply elaborate patterns with prismacolor pencil to the glass, over the course of several months, transforming them from orchestrated objects of elegant rhythm into jazzy jewels of fused visions. |
Wajah's Feast
Mark Peiser
$16,000 | Isfahan Arabesque
Mark Peiser
$14,500 | Peridot Arabesque
Mark Peiser
$7,800 | Tourmaline Single Line
Mark Peiser
$7,800 |
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Rosaline Plaited Basket
Mark Peiser
$2,500 | Topaz Arabesque
Mark Peiser
$7,800 | Lapis Filigree Flat Top
Mark Peiser
$5,500 | Satin Garnet Arabesque
Mark Peiser
$6,500 |
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Tourmaline Low Filigree
Mark Peiser
$6,500 | Cobalt Arabesque
Mark Peiser
SOLD | Emerald Plaited Basket
Mark Peiser
$2,500 | Turquoise Plaited Basket
Mark Peiser
$2,500 |
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