message in a bottle

"My 'Poet's Bottles' poke fun at marketing and warning labels, but their whimsy also resonates with core truths." Jeff Crandall

with short & sweet snippets like HOPE - warning: do not abandon and one of my favorites,MOAN - a varietal alternative to wine. this product sold by volume, not by weight. please keep it down, jeff crandall has sandbasted and etched a niche for himself in the artworld. sounds like he took the advice on one of his bottles seriously - DREAMS - drink deeply and believe. you can find crandall's poet's bottles at vetri glass.

bottled up emotions

"I am a product of the Golden Age of Hollywood as my father wrote many of the hot comedy shows of that time. My mother came from the theater world in New York and her father owned the largest costume company in the world so I guess all this has influenced the look of my work." Kate Stern

antique bottles + your beloved photograph + kate stern = a unique work of art. stern's love of old bottles and photographs inspired her to find a way to combine the two. this is the stuff of classic, vintage nostalgia.

klissed

"Glass has always intrigued us, especially the material's ability to convey pure color. Some of our current series take advantage of the pure color of glass in the form of shard drawings. Shard drawings are basically abstract assemblages of colored glass shards, cane, stringer, and murrini. The vessel's form becomes the canvas upon which the shard drawing is displayed." Bob & Laurie Kliss

bob & laurie kliss' are having fun creating colorful blown and fused glass vessels and it shows. their collection of 'bobtanical' bottles are playful, graceful and sweet. they look like they are having a conversation, don't they? yes, yes, i know they are glass, so they can't really be having a conversation...but...but...can they?

silver-ware

“My current work is in silver, sculptural hollow forms with embossed and punched surfaces. The imagery I use is drawn from weathered stone surfaces, megalithic rock carvings, and landscape in all its moods.” Pamela Rawnsley

when i think of perfume bottles, i think glass. i think atomizer. i think antique. not anymore. simple forms, strong lines, soft curves and boldly textured surfaces define pamela rawnsley's silver hollow-ware vessels. this u.k. based artist embosses, punches, prints and adds color to her perfume bottles, vessels and jewelry, achieving stunning effects.

coco chanel once said, "perfume is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure". hmmm...i think it might be time for me to accessorize. what about you?