Some of My Favorite Collectables...

in my collection

" Moon Jellyfish Sculpture"

 Satava Art Glass

sigSigned & Numbered  3183-04

Museum quality piece.

by

Richard Satava

 

"Rainbow Fumed Paperweight"

Signed Original

by

Robert W. Stephan 1988

 

"Fumed Twist Iridescent Egg"

Museum quality piece

Signed & Dated Limited Edition

by

Robert W. Stephan 1986

 

"Fumed Glass"

‘Fountain’   and  ‘Twist’.

Dated and signed 1999

Robert W. Stephan

Hi Sharon,

Attached (pictured above) is the photo of the two pieces you just bought. The one on the right is approximately 9 inches tall and the ‘fountain’ design is slightly smaller. The ‘fountain’ and the ‘twist’. These dated 1999.

Glad you like the granite pieces, they are among my more recent and favorite design pieces.  I love the monolith and would really be sorry to see it be sold, but I have it priced at $8500.  My next sculpture series, and what is taking all my time in development, is a blending of my astrophotography and the glass sculptural form. Here is a link to some of my earlier astrophotography to see what I can see from my back yard. I love to keep looking up!

 http://www.hisglassworks.com/gallery/deepsky
All the best,
Bob
 

Hello Sharon,

It is always so much fun to hear from my collectors. Glad you found me and I’ll be happy to share with you anything you want to know. I’m also very gratified that you still enjoy the work! Dutch Harbor, is that in or near Unalaska?

I called this design the ‘Fumed Twist Iridescent egg’. The color is refracted from interior and exterior application of stannous chloride ‘fuming’ on the various surfaces of the glass as the glass is gathered up creating the design.

Value? That’s a tough one since I’m still alive and working, but I have stopped making those designs several years back, so they are more of a ‘collector’s item’ now. And they were never ‘mass-produced’ at all, probably less than 2 hundred in existence. I made those from 1982 to 1999. I don’t know about appraisals, sorry. Priceless, how about that? Definitely irreplaceable. And, do I remember doing it? Well to be honest that was a long time ago and it is all a blur now. But looking at the picture tells me that it is a particularly nice piece and I am proud to have brought some pleasure and beauty into your collection.

Thanks for enjoying,      
Bob
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Robert W. Stephan
His Glassworks, Inc.
91 Webb Cove Road
Asheville, NC 28804

Bob Stephan at work...

 

 

Visit Bob at his studio in NC

http://www.hisglassworks.com

 

""Anemones on the Reef"

Lead Glass

""Anemones on Reef"

Lead Glass Paperweight

""Anemones on the Reef"

(un-signed, Artist Unknown)

 

ROBERT W. STEPHAN 

         Robert Stephan, whose work ranges from paperweights and kaleidoscopes to architectural tiles and glass puzzles, is challenged by the infinite possibilities of light, color, form and transparency in hot glass.

          In his paperweights, Stephan uses internal iridescent forms and air inclusions.  “It’s my desire to involve the viewer in exploring the interior/exterior design,” he states.  “The chromatics and configurations are a reflection of a redeemed creation with its order and vibrant energy from God, who thought it good to give beauty to humanity.”

          His newest work includes the application of high-tech optical filter coatings, or “Dichroics,” to the surfaces and/or interior of his blown, carved and laminated glass sculptures as well as architectural tiles and glass puzzles.  The optical coatings -- where one color is reflected and another transmitted -- produce dramatic kinetic color shifts.  The equipment required for this process is the same as that used to make high-tech optical components for computer chips, special lenses and color separation filters.

          Stephan received his BFA degree from Florida Atlantic University and his MFA degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.  While doing independent study in an undergraduate ceramics program, he convinced the instructor to allow him to explore glassblowing.  He taught himself the fundamentals of hot glass with a furnace he constructed out of an old 55 gallon steel drum.  Stephan’s fascination with the medium grew and led to his graduate work with Kent Ipsen.

          His work is in many collections including the Chrysler Museum (VA), Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC) and the Corning Museum of Glass (NY). 

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